Paula Banks

As part of the Milan ArtTech team, I'm excited to be part of a mission that transforms the art world through education and creativity. To help artists find their voice,turn their passion into a career, and use tools like ArtSocial to sell their art. Despite the recent decision to transition to a new Managed Software as aService (SaaS) and conclude all development contracts, this short period has been a valuable experience. I've gained significant insights and learning opportunities, reinforcing my enthusiasm for contributing to innovative projects.

• Became familiar with Gitlab CI pipelines, ensuring smooth transition from Circle CI.
• Explored migration from Vue.js to React

• Role: Managed 80/20 split between development and management for effective project oversight.
• Team Management: Oversaw team of engineers, providing guidance for optimal performance.
• Technical Leadership: Provided cross-disciplinary technical leadership, fostering collaboration.
• Collaborated Across Teams: Worked with DevOps, Data, Integration teams for project integration.
• Stakeholder Engagement: Directly interacted with stakeholders to align product development.
• Contributed to Full Product Cycle: Involved in planning, design, and implementation of products.

• Front-End Development Leadership: Oversaw and evolved codebase for scalability and resilience through iterative development using React, React Testing Library, and Jest.
• Collaborative Coding Engagement: Aligned coding efforts with COO, clients, and internal teams for integrated solutions.
• Specialized Payment Integration: Implemented WebSocket-based PDQ machine payments through front-end coding.
• Full-Stack Coding Contributions: Actively involved in both front and back-end coding for comprehensive product development.

• Developed web applications using PHP8 with Symfony 4, MongoDB, Twig/Mustache, JQuery, JavaScript.
• Implemented testing methodologies using PHPUnit, Behat for behavior-driven development and Cypress for end-to-end testing.
• Explored and applied React fundamentals to enhance one of our product pages.
• Working within an Agile framework for project management.
• Actively expanding knowledge in Node.js to broaden skill set and contribute to future development tasks.

• Developed web applications using PHP (Vanilla and CodeIgniter framework), MySQL, HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.
• Contributed to both in-house developed product and external projects.
• Participated in the complete development lifecycle, from design to implementation, testing, and maintenance of web applications.
• Ensured cross-browser compatibility and responsive design for optimal user experience.