Hi, my name is Matt
I'm a Software Engineer living in Portland, Oregon with knowledge of PHP, JavaScript, HTML, and CSS.
I'm a Software Engineer living in Portland, Oregon with knowledge of PHP, JavaScript, HTML, and CSS.
Hello, my name is Matt Davis. I'm a software engineer with experience in the full software development life cycle, including estimating projects, writing code, automated testing, and writing documentation.
Most recently I worked for Copious, a digital agency in Portland, Oregon. At Copious I helped build e-commerce websites for our clients, extending the Magento platform (I'm a certified Magento developer!). I worked on new site builds as well as site maintenance, which included adding new features and fixing bugs.
Worked on an agile team as a PHP developer building Magento websites for clients such as Zumiez, Xerox, and Chrome Industries.
Estimated level of effort for engineering projects.
Created detailed documentation for business users and future software developers to ensure knowledge is not lost.
Performed code reviews for other engineers’ work to maintain a clean and efficient codebase.
Worked with project managers to finalize functional requirements. Communicated complicated technology to those without tech experience.
PHP and JavaScript developer fixing bugs and building new features for an ecommerce web store built on the Magento Ecommerce framework.
Designed and engineered a new mobile responsive frontend for OMC’s Magento website, omcgear.com.
Created a custom, more efficient admin system for building products in Magento.
GolfPOD is built with the CraftCMS framework, a PHP content management system.
The GolfPOD website features golfing games and drills for golfers of all ages and skill levels. It is designed to provide fun and challenging games and drills for golfers to play while on the course or at the driving range.
The GolfPOD application has gone through many restructurings. Beginning as a bare-bones PHP application, I rebuilt GolfPOD using the Laravel Framework, and eventually rebuilt the site again as a CraftCMS application.
You can view the current code in my GolfPOD GitHub repository or test out the live site here
Key details:
Its hosted in the cloud with DigitalOcean.
Uses CircleCI to manage deployments. Git commits kick off builds on CircleCI and deploy the application to my DigitalOcean servers. Super easy!
As a Certified Magento Developer I have developed many custom extensions for client websites.
I have built modules for Magento 1 and Magento 2 websites, on both the Enterprise and Community editions of the platform. Magento modules are composer installable so I can reuse them on multiple projects to speed up development times. All of the modules I develop outside of client work are open source and can be found on my GitHub profile links below.
Custom Magento Modules:
Create your own secret language!
Built with React v16. The My Secret Language app uses the Local Storage API so users can use the app anywhere, even offline.
Features of the app:
Add, edit, and delete new words.
Translate sentences from English into your secret language.
View all your words in your own language's dictionary.
Study your own secret language by using the app's flashcards feature.
Can be used offline when you don't have an internet connection.
Bachelor of Science
Major: Economics, cum laude
Graduated: Fall 2013
GPA: 3.77
I'm a self taught programmer. My first foray into computer science came through a website called Stanford Engineering Everywhere. By using this site I was able to watch all of Stanford University's CS106A, Programming Methodology, course for free from my home (Side Note: Mehran Sahami, the professor of that class, is the greatest teacher ever). I began learning Java and C++, then began developing websites by teaching myself HTML and CSS, and eventually moved on to programming with JavaScript and PHP before starting my career as a web developer.
