Mario Parris

Software Developer with over a decade of experience in full-stack web development.

Available for remote contract work

Email: mario+hire at eightbitmachine.com

Experience

QLess Inc., 2017 – 2025 (Remote)

Frontend Engineer

Maintained and improved the core web application suite for digital queue management used by thousands of customers. Built tooling and processes to improve code quality and team velocity.

  • Improved software quality and reduced bugs by improving software development practices, tooling, and internal documentation for our processes.
  • Containerised development environment. Resolved long-standing issues with fragile and error-prone local environments and reduced first-time setup from multiple days to hours. Eliminated environment inconsistencies between local and production, and standardized it for all engineers’ onboarding.
  • Set up CI/CD pipeline for legacy JavaScript and Java projects, adding linting and automated tests. Reduced the number of bugs reported and enabled the team to ship with confidence.
  • Optimized frontend performance across multiple applications by reducing memory leaks and improving state management. Achieved 1.5-2x improvements in load times on affected pages, directly improving user experience for thousands of end-users.
  • Implemented automated accessibility compliance checks during ADA migration of one application. Caught regressions early and made ongoing compliance maintainable. Mentored and successfully transitioned a Support team member into a Frontend Engineer role.

Scoros International, 2012 – 2017

Software Developer

Developed features for Northern Light’s SinglePoint Platform. Worked across PHP, JavaScript, and MySQL.

  • Refactored SSO integration to SAML 2.0 standards and automated deployment configuration. Reduced deployment time from 4 hours to 1 hour, eliminated manual error-prone steps.
  • Built internal automation tools in Python to flag risky changes before they went live.
  • Trained colleagues on how to use git and other console tools.

Brightsquare Inc., 2009 – 2012

Frontend Developer

Transformed digital designs into HTML/CSS templates for a proprietary CMS platform used by marketing and e-commerce clients.

  • Improved page-load performance of all client sites by 2-3 seconds.
  • Implemented a Faceted Search system, using Zend Framework (PHP) and JavaScript, for a real estate search engine.
  • Advocated for WordPress migration from the existing CMS, wrote a plan showing how it would reduce costs and development time while improving capabilities. It was adopted and implemented.

Education

BSc. Computer Science (Upper 2nd Class Honours), 2009

University of the West Indies, Cave Hill, Barbados.