Shannon Scott Schupbach - Software engineer

Software Engineer

Frontend, full-stack

Chicago, IL

email: ssschupbach@gmail.com

phone: (512) 638-7024

Downloadable/Printable Resume

Work History

Sr. Software Engineer

Optum Digital part of UnitedHealth Group; formerly Rally Health (August 2020-April 2023)

Migrated from AngularJS to React the administrative app UI used for configuring targeted content across the entire org
Built new admin app UI for managing customer tags used to focus targeted content across the org
Improved and maintained automated Jenkins deploy pipelines
Led initiative to standardize and enforce coding style and best practices across the team’s three UI apps

Software Engineer - Enablement Team Lead

Amount; split from Avant in 2019 (July 2017-August 2020)

Overhauled large portions of AngularJS app to improve platform scalability and stability
Transitioned core app from Bootstrap to internal CSS library and custom AngularJS components
Created road map for migration of core app from AngularJS to React/Typescript/GraphQL
Implemented Angular to React proof of concept; obtained buy-in from core Frontend leadership
Brought all customer- and business-facing UIs into WCAG compliance

Sr. Software Engineer and Front End Lead, Analytics Platform

Aspera, an IBM Company (July 2015-July 2017)

Architected a new analytics platform consisting of an Angular/D3 user interface, a Go/Glow big data processing component, an autoscaling Redis cluster, and a Rails API server
Designed and implemented the Rails API server that feeds the Angular front end, queues background jobs for the Go back end, and utilizes a custom ORM and query language to retrieve schematized data stored in Redis
Built all Angular modules pertaining to layout, site navigation, and basic UI, guided by a desire for an intuitive and aesthetically-pleasing UX
Led the office in Legos displayed on desk and decorations put up at Christmastime

Owner, Web Developer

Denali Adventure Tours (Summers 2010-2015)

Built tour reservation system with PHP and MySQL, including sales report generation and dashboard, as well as a user-facing tour information page
Automated online reservations to decrease daily workload and increase off-season sales

Teaching Assistant in Linguistics and ESL

University of California, Santa Barbara (September 2013-December 2014)

University of Montana (August 2011-May 2013)

Led 30 to 60 students each quarter/semester in in-depth discussion and practical application of course material
Researched, designed, and implemented curricula for four EASL (English as an Academic Second Language) courses for undergraduate international students with sub-par English proficiency
Received excellent end-of-course evaluations from all classes

Projects

Stargate: Planetary Defense

JavaScript, HTML5

Reimagined classic arcade-style game with a Stargate twist.

Implemented a custom key handler to allow for multiple simultaneous key events
Coded vector-based two-dimensional elastic collisions for ship/asteroid interactions (source)
Included several difficulty levels and game durations for variability of game play

Parallax Scroll

jQuery plugin (used on this page)

Creates a two-tiered scroll with html content and a background image.

A straightforward jQuery plugin with a simple yet flexible API

Treeify (work in progress)

Ruby, HTML, CSS, JavaScript

Create an interactive, recursive index for easy exploration of any directory

Written in plain Ruby with a simple CLI
App builds dynamic index pages with both a tree-view and a document-view for interacting with the directory contents
Next steps include adding a few smaller features and bug fixes, refactoring, and packaging as a gem

Volunteer Work

Midwest Access Coalition

Tech volunteer (January 2018-May 2021)

Added “Quick Exit” and browser history override features to main site to help ensure client privacy and safety
Core contributor on redesign of the organization’s primary informational site built with Jekyll
Assisted in Netlify integration, enabling non-technical org leadership to maintain site content
Delivered key UI features/bugfixes for "Lockbox", a funds management and accounting app

RailsBridge

TA, Teacher, Event Organizer, Open-source contributor (May 2015-June 2017, January-February 2020)

Wrote algorithm for predicting number of event attendees based on prior attendance
Taught students foundational concepts of Ruby on Rails apps and frontend design
Planned, organized, and ran several events at various locations around SF Bay Area/Chicago

Education

Ruby on Rails Bootcamp

App Academy (February - May 2015)

Immersive software development course with focus on full-stack web development, DRY coding, test- and behavior-driven development, agile, and scrum methodologies
Strong emphasis on code quality and design patterns, engrained through pair-programming increasingly larger projects
Highly selective with consistently strong outcomes for students who complete the program

Coursework toward a PhD Linguistics

University of California, Santa Barbara (2013-2014)

Investigated issues related to language complexity within an Information Theoretical framework using Python and R to parse and analyze linguistic data and visualize the results (link to working paper)
Co-founding member of Wugbot, an extracurricular student group devoted to exploring computational approaches to solving linguistic problems
Left program to pursue a career in web development

MA Linguistics (GPA 4.0)

University of Montana (2011-2013)

MA Thesis: "The Blackfoot demonstrative system: function, form, and meaning" (link to thesis)
Earned student research conference Award for Outstanding Graduate Student Performance

BA Classics (GPA 3.97)

Grand Valley State University (2008-2010)

Received The Department Award in 2010-11 (highest departmental award given to one student each year)
Awarded The Sophia Prize for Accomplishment in Classical Languages in 2009-10 for academic excellence in Greek and Latin
Earned award for Distinction in First-year Latin in 2008-09 (out of approx. 50 students)

Relevant Skills

Fluency

Ruby (Rails)
JavaScript (AngularJS, jQuery, React, TypeScript, Webpack)
HTML5 (Jade, HAML, ERB)
CSS3 (SASS, Stylus)
SQL (MySQL, PostgreSQL, Sqlite)
Redis
Git

Familiarity

Python
RSpec
Jest
Grunt
Gulp
Backbone.js
Unix shell (bash, zsh)
R
PHP
Docker
Jasmine