Hello World!
I'm John Parks 
I'm a Software Engineer
in San Diego
working at Rakuten
I've also been called:
- Full-stack Developer Portfolio »
- Consultant
- Development Manager
- DevOps Engineer
- Server Engineer
- Designer Portfolio »
- Photographer Portfolio »
Get in touch »
john.m.parks@gmail.com
619-306-1135
https://linkedin.com/in/jmparks
https://github.com/jmparks
Resume 2018
Skills »
Development:
- Web Application Development/Design (HTML5, CSS3/SASS)
- Software Design/Development (API, Microservice)
- ECMA (JavaScript, ES8, jQuery, too many frameworks)
- Node.js (Express, Restify, Clustering/IPC, Messaging, Gulp/Grunt, Mocha)
- PHP7 (Laravel, Symfony, Composer, professional WordPress)
- Database Design (MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQLite, Redis)
- Chrome Extensions (UIX Overrides, Competitor Pricing Aggregates, "Affiliatization", Session Hijacking)
- Development Tooling (Git/SVN, GitHub, GitLab, BitBucket, Vagrant
- Scraping/Web Automation (Google Puppeteer, Browserless HTTP, Webdriver)
- eCommerce (Stripe.js, PayPal, UPS, FedEx, USPS, Affiliate Networks, Subscriptions, Tax/Price Estimation)
- Social (Social Sign-on, Advertising, Data Collection, Lead Generation)
DevOps:
- Linux/UNIX (Primarily Debian and Ubuntu)
- AWS (Certified Solutions Architect - Associate #255285)
- Docker (Specifically Application Containerization)
- Nginx/Apache2
- Varnish/Memcached
- VMWare ESX/Workstation
- Database Administration (MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQLite, Redis)
Security:
- PCI DSS Compliance
- OWASP
- Authentication (OAUTH2 w/Custom Grants, Social-sign on, Multi-tenancy)
- Web Application/Environment Auditing
- Incident Response/Investigation
- Botting/Anti-botting
Graphics:
- Adobe Photoshop (Web Asset Creation, Interface Design/Mock-ups, Photo Rework/Restoration)
- Adobe Illustrator (Web Asset Creation, Logo Design, Branding)
- Adobe Lightroom (Photo Catalog Management, Live Shoot, Photo Rework/Restoration)
- Adobe InDesign (Page Layout/Design, Product Catalogs)
Business Intelligence:
- Datadog
- Loggly
- Grafana
- InfluxDB/Telegraf
- ELK Stack (Elastic Search, Logstash, Kibana)
- Graphite/StatsD
- Google Analytics/Tag Manager
Experience »
Rakuten - Ebates Inc.
Senior Software Engineer (San Diego, California 2015 to present)
Ebates, acquired by Rakuten in 2014, is an online cash-back rewards solution that shares affiliate commission from eCommerce sales back with it's users.
- Technical lead for initial PCI DSS compliance audit, remediation, and certification; developed high-availability/multi-tenant authentication server based on OAUTH2 which handles every Ebates (and Ebates subsidiary) user/device authorization
- Developed "Constitution Jobserver" in Node.js which handles headless Chrome instances performing automated product scraping, and eCommerce checkout automation on behalf of our users to maximize the affiliate commission per-sale
- Utilized enterprise BI tooling such as Datadog, Loggly, Graphite, and StatsD to provide critical systems/business insight through custom data feeds/dashboards and intelligent alerting
- Worked with DevOps and engineering resources to consolidate our services/applications from internal datacenters and disparate server colos onto AWS (EC2, SQS, S3, etc.)
Consulting
Full-stack Developer (San Diego, California 2012 to present)
Throughout the years I've done freelance consulting and web applications development for small-to-medium sized businesses and niche industries.
- Currently partnered with financial publication Model Investing (modelinvesting.com) as a full-stack developer providing branding, web development, marketing, and subscription billing solutions
- Managed, designed, and developed over 20 web solutions for clients ranging from custom software development, to e-commerce, to CMS-driven websites
- Give back through offering professional web/IT solutions to non-profits and technical mentorship opportunities
Leepfrog Technologies
Software Developer (Iowa City, Iowa 2012)
Leepfrog builds and supports course catalog, scheduling, and curriculum management solutions for over 200 higher-education institutions worldwide.
- Developed and maintained collegiate course catalog publishing solutions utilizing proprietary JavaScript CMS platform "CourseLeaf" for institutions including Cal Poly and Auburn University
- Helped improve and automate course import solutions from Oracle PeopleSoft and Banner student information systems to streamline initial project development and client on-boarding
- Developed modern JavaScript/HTML5 browser-based interoffice IM solution on unique legacy BBS platform "Gestalt"
Premier Guitar
Technology Manager, Web Developer, Photographer (Marion, Iowa 2011-2012)
Premier Guitar is a print and online magazine for guitar enthusiasts.
- Helped manage web and technology solutions for an industry-leading online and print publication
- Developed an independent WordPress solution for high-traffic link aggregate site migrating all user/content information from proprietary Joomla solution
- Photography work published numerous times in both online and print publication
Metro Studios
Development Manager, Senior Developer, Director IT & Server Administration (Hiawatha, Iowa 2007-2011)
Metro Studios is a creative services agency that specializes in multimedia web marketing.
- Developed custom web application, e-commerce, and website solutions for over 40 projects
- Played a key role in scaling the company web department from three members (one marketing expert, one designer, and myself as the first developer) to 10 (account managers, project managers, developers, marketing experts, designers, etc.)
- Managed small team of application developers through implementing code reviews, Git version control, and strict specification/documentation guidelines
- Deployed and managed seven (four physical, three VPS) LAMP stack web servers hosting over 100 client websites and applications
Yellowbook USA
Server Engineer (Cedar Rapids, Iowa 2006-2007)
Yellowbook USA (now Hibu) is a print and online directory lookup service.
- Built and maintained multiple server, application, and automation solutions on both Linux and Microsoft platforms at Yellowbook's Cedar Rapids datacenter
- Worked with operations and network engineering departments to improve monitoring solutions utilizing open source technologies such as MRTG
- Deployed and verified security patches and updates to hundreds of servers on all platforms using customized PatchLink enterprise deployment solution
Education »
Coe College Cedar Rapids, Iowa 2005-2008
- Studied computer science, art, and writing
- Developed custom content management solution and LAMP stack currently running Coe.edu (10 years strong!)
Additional »
- General marketing experience
- Sales and customer support experience
- A+ certified computer repair technician
- Eagle Scout, Boy Scouts of America Troop 360