Ian Mitchell
Résumé

Experience

Work history

Enterprise and healthcare platforms, mostly frontend, usually somewhere in the middle of a transition.

  1. Apr 2023 - Present

    independent

    DevArrw

    Full-stack web engineer, founder

    Independent web development and modernization consulting for general and corporate clients.

    • Custom Shopify storefronts built with Next.js and Tailwind CSS, with AI tooling integrated into the commerce experience
    • LLM automation workflows using LangChain, n8n and vector databases, including local-inference configurations for clients with data confidentiality requirements
    • A map-first social platform built as a React PWA with MapLibre GL JS, Supabase and WebRTC peer-to-peer calling, structured as a Turborepo monorepo

  2. Oct 2022 - Feb 2023

    contract

    Ascension Health System

    Frontend developer

    Frontend development on a hospital system platform, in a compliance-aware environment during organizational restructuring.

    • Built platform UI with React 17 and TypeScript
    • Delivered a full revamp of the scheduling calendar used across the hospital network
    • Partnered with the backend team on the GraphQL and Ruby on Rails queries behind the interface
    • Wrote Jest unit tests and worked directly with QA through the full feature cycle
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  3. May 2021 - Jun 2022

    contract

    vTestify

    Full-stack engineer

    Feature work on a teleconferencing platform used for legal depositions, owning features end to end.

    • Built platform features with React 17, TypeScript and SCSS
    • Developed backend APIs with Ruby on Rails, GraphQL and Twilio for B2B clients
    • Owned features from requirements gathering with clients through unit testing and QA resolution
    • Ensured audio/visual transcription output met governmental, enterprise and ADA compliance standards
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  4. Feb 2021 - May 2021

    contract

    Cisco

    React UI developer

    Short engagement building features for an internal calendar product.

    • Built internal application features with React 16 and TypeScript
    • Queried backend services with GraphQL
    • Maintained coverage with Jest unit tests and Cypress end-to-end tests
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  5. Dec 2019 - Apr 2021

    permanent

    Armstrong Transport Group

    Full-stack developer

    Led frontend modernization onto React and Redux, and built the shared foundation several products were built on.

    • Led migration of a legacy frontend estate to React 16 and Redux, improving performance and bringing the platform into ADA compliance
    • Built enterprise interfaces with React and Redux, and backend services with .NET/C#
    • Created a Lerna monorepo with TypeScript, Jest and Enzyme tooling, plus an internal component library adopted across frontend applications
    • Handled DevOps across the company AWS environment
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  6. May 2019 - Dec 2019

    contract

    Wells Fargo

    React UI developer

    Frontend feature work on an enterprise banking platform.

    • Built frontend features in React
    • Resolved defects surfaced by QA

  7. Sep 2018 - Jan 2019

    permanent

    EOG Resources

    React developer

    Internal enterprise application development, owning a legacy product end to end.

    • Owned a legacy internal product including maintenance and DevOps
    • Built data visualizations using D3, Mapbox and related libraries

  8. Jan 2017 - Dec 2019

    contract

    Trilogy Education Services

    Teaching assistant — web development and data visualization

    Taught across university bootcamp cohorts at Rice University and UT Austin.

    • Taught React, enterprise architecture patterns, HTML/CSS, jQuery and MySQL/MongoDB
    • Supported the data visualization track in Python, R, SQL, Hadoop, Matplotlib and Pandas
    • Partnered with lead instructors on supplementary workshops covering accessibility and UX/UI practice

Skills

Frontend

  • React
  • Redux
  • Next.js
  • TypeScript
  • JavaScript (ES6+)
  • Vue 2
  • SCSS/Sass
  • Tailwind CSS
  • Responsive design
  • ADA/WCAG accessibility

Data visualization

  • D3.js
  • Mapbox
  • MapLibre GL JS
  • Matplotlib
  • Pandas

Backend

  • Node.js
  • Express
  • GraphQL
  • REST APIs
  • Ruby on Rails
  • .NET/C#
  • PostgreSQL
  • MySQL
  • MongoDB
  • Supabase
  • Twilio

AI and LLM tooling

  • LangChain
  • Langflow
  • n8n
  • Vector databases
  • RAG pipelines
  • Local inference
  • Agent orchestration

Testing and tooling

  • Jest
  • Enzyme
  • Cypress
  • TDD
  • Git
  • Docker
  • AWS
  • Heroku
  • Lerna monorepos
  • CI/CD
  • Agile/Scrum

Education

  • Current

    University of Houston

    Computer Science coursework

  • 2017

    The Iron Yard

    Full-stack web development · 12-week immersive, Houston, TX

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