Dustan Bower

Remote Senior Full-Stack Developer

Waynesboro, United States

Summary

I turn complex problems into simple ones. I've been remotely doing Full-Stack web development with a Python focus for 11 years, solving an assortment of problems with various degrees of complexity.

Languages:

English

Favorite Python Packages:

requests pillow django djangorestframework

Experience

Technologies worked with: Django, React.js, Nuclear.js, PostgreSQL, Django REST Framework, HTML/CSS, JavaScript, jQuery, React.js/FLUX, Google Maps, git, Django CMS, blueprint, mezzanine, XML, Mako, SQLObject, Mercurial, agile and Test-driven Development

Example tasks completed:

• built and designed restful APIs using Django Rest Framework
• worked on dynamic frontend components utilizing React.js and Nuclear.js
• migrated data from legacy site to new site with different schema
• built dynamic frontend components using React.js
• built and designed restful APIs using Django Rest Framework
• used Google Maps API to render dynamic maps
• created dynamic pdfs based on user preferences
• implemented dynamic pdf generation and emailing
• back-end and template redesign to remove code duplication
• importing and exporting of models and resolving existing bugs
• set up access controls using Django's permission system
• abstracted common model and form fields to inherited classes to remove duplication
• assisted with back-end code design
• fixed and implemented automatic report and notification emails
• dynamic page restructuring for usability
• redesigned back-end and template code to remove code replication
• implemented dynamic alteration of page components with easy to update code
• implemented extremely dynamic pages with user-definable content
• implemented a complex multilevel permission system using metaprogramming
• handled schema and data migrations
• generated QR codes
• handled deployment issues
• added extensive unit test coverage
• handled SQL errors on production server
• created dynamic pages for a custom Python web framework
• created dynamic webpages and supporting object models
• load-tested page and helped to resolve performance issues
 

Skills

Backend Development, Celery, Django, Django REST Framework, Frontend Development, Fullstack Development, Git, JavaScript, Linux, Mercurial, MySQL, Nginx, PostgreSQL, ReactJS, Test-Driven Development, Web Development, jQuery

Joined: August 2017