Jon Sakas
Software Engineer & Technology Leader
Charismatic, positive team leader and forward-thinking developer with marketing knowledge. Balances a broad range of technical capabilities and insights with authentic consumer understanding and creative approaches to marketing problems.
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Work Experience
Doubledrop
Founder & CTO
2019 - Current
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2019 - Current
Building high performance, accessible, beautiful websites and web apps.
Beatport
Engineering Manager
2018 - 2019
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2018 - 2019
- Managed team of 9 full stack software engineers.
- Led development for the completion of new product initiatives.
- Ran all agile ceremonies including planning, backlog maintenance, sprint review, and daily standup.
Beatport
Senior Software Engineer
2014 - 2018
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2014 - 2018
- Lead maintainer for flagship e-commerce product which serves over 5 million users.
- Built frontend component library (Beatport UI) which currently powers 5 production applications.
- Architected and deployed Content Management System for internal and external parties.
Digital Evolution Group
UI Engineer
2014 - 2014
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2014 - 2014
- Created mobile optimized front-end applications for web and email.
- Work with strategic and creative teams to produce content that was both user-friendly and forward thinking to maximize campaign success.
- Collaborated with marketing managers to brainstorm impactful campaigns
- Creatively matched marketing goals with appropriate technical plans
Merkle, Inc.
Solution Developer
2010 - 2014
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2010 - 2014
Led a team of developers and worked alongside marketing managers to come up with and execute mobile optimized, device-driven marketing campaigns for some of the world’s best-known brands.
- Technical lead for a team of 10 developers
- Collaborated with marketing managers to brainstorm impactful campaigns
- Creatively matched marketing goals with appropriate technical plans
- Developed and maintained a proprietary web application for internal use
- Clients included: Samsung, Eddie Bauer, Royal Caribbean Cruises, DirecTV, Walt Disney Parks & Resorts
Web Development & Graphic Design
- HTML5
- CSS
- Sass
- PostCSS
- CSS-in-JS
- JavaScript
- TypeScript
- React
- Vue
- Backbone
- jQuery
- Babel
- Webpack
- Grunt
- Gulp
- REST
- SOAP
- Adobe Creative Suite
- Sketch
Computer Programming & Database
- Python
- Django
- Flask
- Node
- Express
- PHP
- Zend
- WordPress
- MySQL
- PostgresQL
- GraphQL
- NoSQL
- Linux
- Shell
- Bash
- Docker
- Compose
- Vagrant
- GCP
- AWS
- Firebase
Workflow & Productivity
- Test-Driven Development
- Continous Integration & Delivery
- Git
- Agile
- Kanban
Marketing & Analytics
- Google Analytics
- Salesforce Marketing Cloud (ExactTarget)
- SendGrid
- Segment
- Looker
- CRM