Mario Parris

QLess Inc., 2017 – Present (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 process documentation.
• Increased developer productivity by containerising the development environment to resolve long-standing parity, stability and consistency issues between development and production environments.
• Automated builds and tests by creating CI/CD pipeline for legacy JavaScript and Java projects. 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.
• Automated WCAG AA compliance checks and remediated accessibility issues.
• Developed analytics reports for Twilio SMS notification costs using Grafana and Python to assist the company in reducing costs.
• Mentored and successfully transitioned a Support team member into a Frontend Engineer role.

Whitenoise Inc., 2021 – 2021 (Remote)

Consultant

Advised on the design of, and assisted with, the front-end development of the registration portal for Barbados’ National ID, the Trident Card.

Scoros International, 2012 – 2017

Software Developer

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

• Reduced configuration and deployment time of SSO integrations from 4 hours to 1 hour by automating it and upgraded the implementation to SAML 2.0 standards.
• Developed internal automation tools, using 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.