Thaís Cailet

eCommerce Developer and MERN instructor
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Work Experience

2U

MERN Instructional Specialist
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Feb 2024 - Current

Responsibilities include: educating adult learners in full-stack web development using the MERN stack and adapting lessons to diverse backgrounds. Stay current with industry standards in Mongoose schema design, Express.js routing, React component architecture, and Node.js server management to refine instruction. Provide ongoing student support, including feedback on assignments and tutoring before and after class. Advise on the effective use of AI tools like Generative AI for learning reinforcement, highlighting potential pitfalls such as poor prompt engineering and output hallucinations. Collaborate with Teaching Assistants and Student Success Managers to manage class operations, track attendance, participation, progress, and ensure compliance with partner KPIs.

Tech: MongoDB, Mongoose, Express.js, React.js, Node.js, Canvas LMS, Slack, Gitlab, Github, Vite, Webpack, Heroku, Render, Netlify, VSCode, JavaScript

Liventus, Inc.

Senior Magento Consultant
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Mar 2023 - Feb 2024

Responsibilities include: deploy solutions to various production and pre-production environments, and troubleshoot issues. Create technical documentation such as design documents, specifications, software architecture documents, and instructions. Regularly communicate with product owners and interpret requirements. Work in a team environment using agile development processes to deliver work on time and within budget to each client. Follow up with issues in an efficient manner, including working hand-in-hand with Quality Assurance, Project Management, and/or other senior developers. Regularly communicate project progress, issues, and risks to team and managers. Handle code reviews and quality checks.

Tech: Azure DevOps, Docker, DDEV, Git, HTML, JavaScript, jQuery, Signifyd API, Converge API, LAMP, Kount, Google Analytics 3 & 4, Magento 2.x, MySQL, PHP, PHPStorm, MS Teams, Webscale

Corsair Memory, Inc.

Full Stack eCommerce Developer
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Nov 2019 - Mar 2023

Responsibilities include collaborating with Marketing, Operations, IT, and consulting agencies to enhance staff and user experience of our eCommerce site, Manufacturing Enterprise System, and customer service application. Tasked with product usability research after application deployments, review and QA code changes prior to merge and deployment, overseeing web accessibility compliance and efforts, co-ordinate projects with outsourced team, partner with Marketing, Operations, and other IT members to increase AOV and CR, enhance UI/UX of eCommerce website, and train staff prior to new user-facing feature releases.

Tech: Docker, Git, HTML, JavaScript, JIRA, Confluence, jQuery, jQuery UI, JSON, Klaviyo API, LAMP, Laravel 8, Laravel Nova, Magento 2.x, MongoDB, MySQL, PHP, PHPStorm, Prismic Headless CMS, Zoom, React, Slack, SmartSheet API, Zendesk API

ServerMonkey.com, LLC

Full-Stack eCommerce Developer
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Oct 2016 - Nov 2019

Tech: Akeneo (PIM), Apex, CSS, Confluence, Docker, Git, HTML, JavaScript, JIRA, jQuery, jQuery UI, JSON, KnockoutJS, LAMP, Magento 1.9, Magento 2.x, MySQL, PHP, PHPStorm, Prototype, Knockout.js, Redmine, SAP, SFDX, SOQL, Salesforce, Symfony, Vagrant, VM VirtualBox, XML

edX Bootcamps, LLC

Web Development Instructor
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Aug 2018 - Dec 2023

Tech: CSS, HTML, JavaScript, JQuery, jQueryUI, Node.js, Express.js, React, Canvas LMS, Git, Github, Gitlab, Laravel, Postman, MongoDB, VSCode

NEXT Financial Group, Inc.

Fullstack Developer & Designer
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Oct 2012 - Sep 2016

Tech: ActionScript, Adobe Acrobat Pro, Adobe Fireworks, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, ASP.NET, C#, CSS, SASS, Final Cut Pro, Google Analytics, Google Webmaster Tools, HTML, JavaScript, Joomla!, jQuery, jQuery UI, JSON, MAMP, MySQL, Objective-C, PayPal REST API (PHP SDK), PHP, Sharepoint Designer, Visual Studio 2015, VM VirtualBox, WordPress, XML, proprietary CMS and CMF, GotoMeeting, LogMeIn Remote Access

Tor-Rey USA

IT Project Manager
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Dec 2011 - Nov 2012

Tech:  Active Directory, Adobe Acrobat Pro, Adobe Fireworks, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Amazon Webstore, CSS, Drupal Commerce, eBay API, Google Analytics, Google Webmaster Tools, HTML, JavaScript, jQuery, jQuery UI, JSON, LAMP, MAMP, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Project Management, Microsoft Server 2008, MySQL, PayPal REST API (PHP SDK), PHP, Sage PeachTree, VMware Workstation, Microsoft Remote Desktop, VNC Viewer

Education

University of Texas at Austin

Full-Stack Flex Boot Camp Program

An intensive 24-week long coding boot camp dedicated to designing and developing modern web applications as a full-stack developer. Skills learned and topics covered include HTML5, CSS3, jQuery, the MERN (MongoDB, Express, React, Node.js) stack, Mongoose, Firebase, Software Application Testing, Search Engine Optimization, Web Caching Strategies, Security and Session Storage, User Authentication, Application Deployment Strategies, and Computer Science fundamentals.

The Art Institute of Houston

Interactive Media Design, BFA

A 180-credit curriculum Bachelor of Fine Arts program, which includes all specialties covered under the Associate of Applied Science Degree program, and adds on project management and creative media development techniques for effective media communication. A large portion of the curriculum emphasizes Human Interaction Design (HID), focusing on the design and development of engaging and interactive user experiences for software, websites, video games, kiosk interfaces, and other digital artifacts. Some topics covered include Programming Logic, e-Learning Design, Media Business Law, Technology Project Management, Usability Testing, 3D Modeling, Audio Engineering, Media Authoring, Digital Marketing and Communications, and Integrated Information Design.

Company Project Examples

RMA, Customer Support, and ERP integration

SCUF Gaming, of Corsair

Co-ordinate and collaborate with other developers for the RMA and Zendesk customer support integration, in collaboration with another developer responsible for the Oracle ERP and PowerBI integration, the IT Director, and the RMA manager to reduce overhead in processing the current RMAs created by Covid-19 by automating the processes, estimates, and communication as much as possible between the customer, accounting, and warehouse staff, while also integrating the process into our new holding company’s ERP system. Project goals included refactoring legacy code to fit new integration, improve return merchandize UI to allow for handling multiple items per return request, showing warranty information changes to both customers and warehouse staff in real-time, migrating aspects of the process that were handled by customer service to Zendesk, automating documentation of payment and disputes during the quoting process, propagating the information between Zendesk, the Manufacturing Enterprise System, and ERP, integrating Klaviyo notifications to customers during key steps in the RMA process, and making that same timeline visible on the Magento storefront for customers to check on.

**Tech **includes Eloquent, Laravel, Magento, Klaviyo API, PayPal API, PHP, CSS, HTML, MongoDB, MySQL, Zendesk API

Salesforce Ecosystem Integration

ServerMonkey, of Smith & Associates

Co-ordinate and collaborate with 7 person team of 3 developers and four agency contractors, in collaboration with Product Owner, company’s VP of Sales and subsidiary’s regional manager, Senior Marketing Coordinator, and CIO to migrate from HubSpot to a more robust analytics tool that can also be integrated with our B2B eCommerce platform. Project goals included implementing marketing components for Pardot and DiscoverOrg in Salesforce, adding an interface for sales staff in Salesforce to edit and comment on existing Magento customers and quotes, allow Sales representatives to complete Magento purchase from Salesforce for authorized quotes, sync Magento and Salesforce leads and quotes, and train staff on how to setup reports in Salesforce to track quotes and lead generation.

**Tech **includes Apex, PHP, Knockout.js, HTML, CSS, Magento, React, Salesforce REST API, MySQL

Compliance Document Migration

WE2, of NEXT Financial Group, Inc.

Manage and collaborate with a person team of 2 web developers and 1 graphic designer to assist the Compliance Manager of one of our subsidiaries. The project goals involved migrating compliance documents previously registered broker-dealer representatives from a soon to be phased out part of the company’s extranet ASP site to its public facing WordPress site. Project requirements included, but were not limited to: adding a compliance section to the member’s-only website scope, adding the ability for staff to easily upload and manage compliance documents from the WordPress administrator dashboard, allow those forms to be associated to an article or section on the customer-facing side of the WordPress site, and show each article as a downloadable and collapsible link list to customers upon publication by the managing administrator(s). Final deployment included QA by select company staff, and staff training of management tools.

**Tech **includes PHP, jQuery, LESS, WordPress, HTML, and CSS, MySQL