Resume

Anne Winterbottom
San Leandro, CA 94577
510-691-6569
winterbottom.anne@gmail.com

Summary

Over 24 years professional experience designing, developing, implementing, and supporting web-based software and e-commerce projects to launch for technology and e-commerce companies of all sizes.
Demonstrated ability to roll with the changing objectives and unforeseen problems of a dynamic work environment.
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
Extensive experience with requirements gathering including working sessions with design and production engineers, product managers, external clients, and other related personnel.
Successful execution of onsite pilots of emerging software for clients and prospects.
Expertise in working with, training, mentoring, and managing people with diverse and eclectic backgrounds and skill sets.
Document all workflows including sequence diagrams.
Promote technical debt and technical excellence initiatives, targeting a combination of these to 30% per sprint if possible.

Tools and Technologies

Full Stack Web Development
HTML5, XHTML, DHTML, CSS including LESS and SASS
JavaScript vanilla E5 & E6, Node, React, Next, Typescript, Mustache, Handlebars
Design system and component library use and contribuition, Storybook
jQuery, JSON, AJAX, REST, GraphQL
Java, Redis, Tomcat, Spring Boot, Docker, JSP, PHP, ASP
SEO, Responsive development, Bootstrap grid
Security, Performance optimization, Scalability

Usability and Accessibility
Screen Reader and VoiceOver validation
ARIA roles, states, and properties
W3C guideline adherence
Participate in user research sessions

Testing
Cypress, Jest, JUnit

Feature/Bug Prioritization and Tracking
Backlog grooming, sprint planning, retrospectives across teams all via Jira
Code reviews via Git

Content Management Integrations and Wiki
Contentful, Wordpress (personal projects)
Wiki document creation and collection organization

Tag Management
Tealium CDP, Ensighten, Proprietary Paypal pa.js
Ingration, maintenance, tech excellence
Understand privacy laws such as GDPR, CCPA, CPRA to inform tagging implementation
Maintain living documentation
Partner with analytics and marketing to translate business requirements into a robust reality and update implementation(s) as required

Analytics
Google Analytics, Mixpanel, VCX³
A/B strategy, testing, and monitoring

Feature Deployments
Align backward compatible dependency launches across internal and external teams
Jenkins, continuous integration, ECD pipeline configuration, smoke testing
Production troubleshooting and hotfix creation / deployment as needed

Native App Web View Integration
Maintain session authentication
Work with native app and broader teams to limit web view/native app intermingling

Graphical and Source Control
Miro, Figma, Fireworks, Photoshop, Visio, PPT
Git, Perforce, SVN, VSS, CVS
UX and UI input, validation, and design

Data
Secure handling of sensitive data including PII
SPL, MySQL, SQL, Access

API Design and Creation
For integration of Xoom money movement services with PayPal

Scrum Master
Lead DSU, backlog grooming, and retrospectives, both web team and cross-platform

AI
ChatGPT

Always Learning
Web3, Vercel, Svelte

Experience

Anne Winterbottom Web and Software Development LLC, 08/2024 - present
Freelance Web and Software Developer

Provide responsive UX / UI design and implementation
Wordpress with WooCommerce integration
Ensure accessibility, SEO, performance and scalability
Monitor site usage with Google Analytics

PayPal, 07/2020 - 04/23
Web Team Tech Lead

Core contributor in raising new High Yield Savings product from the ground up - a startup within PayPal
Integration with internal and external teams and microservices
Run Agile ceremonies
Coordinate with Product, Android, iOS, and Backend leads for product delivery and parity of experience and functionality across client platforms
Drive the implementation of an internal application to audit, open, close, and fetch statements for Savings accounts using Node, React, Next.js, and Typescript
Built an internal application for the team to mitigate customer account issues; functionality including auditing accounts, creating accounts, closing accounts, and retrieving account statements across multiple accounts (closed and reopened)
Architecture of the web client for the brand new banking product
UI and UX lib evaluation/orchestration/integration
CI/CD development and usage
Responsible for production deploys
Proprietary internal PayPal tag management pa.js implementation
Google Analytics
Query Splunk using SPL for debugging
Tech Stack including: Vanilla JavaScript, Node, React, Next.js, Typescript, LESS

Xoom Corporation, a PayPal Service as of 07/2015, 11/2012 - 07/2020
Senior Web and Backend Developer

Core contributor in developing, maintaining, and extending Xoom-PayPal integration to support international bank account and cash pickup transactions
Collaborated in converting a monolith code base into microservices via Spring Boot and Tomcat and later Docker
Created and implemented the API/microservice for the Xoomn-PayPal integration
Architecture of the Xoom-PayPal integration including API design, gathering stakeholder buy-in, and implementation
Contentful CMS selection and integration
Partner with product and design to create pixel-perfect UX and UI
Tealium CDP
Ensighten
Proprietary internal PayPal tag management pa.js implementation customized for Xoom, a subsidiary of PayPal
Google Analytics
Execute mySQL and SQL queries for local environment set-up
Query Splunk using SPL for debugging
Tech Stack including: jQuery, Vanilla JavaScript, Node, React, LESS, Java
Developed web tutortial and sample node application with exercises for Girls Who Code
https://slides.com/anne-w
https://github.com/girlsWhoCodeXoom/sample-node-app

Autodesk, 09/2007 - 11/2012
User Experience Engineer

Core front-end contributor for standing up seek.autodesk.com and mimistudio.com
Mobile development of selected homestyler.com pages
Partner customization for homestyler.com
Third-party social widget integration across products
Driver of third-party software selection process for both CMS and Customer Support software
Migration of static homestyler.com content to Wordpress
Partner with product and design to create pixel-perfect UX and UI

VolunteerMatch, 02/2006 - 09/2007
Project Manager, User Interface Developoment

Champion the VolunteerMatch user interface, and grow it in collaboration with the team through project management, prototyping, testing, and feature build-out
Provide branding for corporate and national nonprofit clients
HTML email production
UX design
UI design

Ask Jeeves, 06/2001 - 07/2003
Kanisa, 07/2003 - 08/2004
Professional Services

Perform Web Development responsibilities enumerated below
Implement, customize, and troubleshoot emerging software onsite and remotely on both Windows and Unix platforms
Work with backend engineering to adapt emerging software to meet client business needs
Conduct external client trainings
Run SQL queries to facilitate customer support

Ask Jeeves, 08/1999 - 06/2001
Lead Web Developer

Scope client requirements and create application architecture
Engage in front-end coding of demos, pilots, and applications
Create, maintain, and redesign client applications including those of Nike, Dell, Ford, Verizon, Purina, and Daimler-Chrysler
Collaborate with content specialists to build customized applications that would achieve client-specific business goals
Work with Site Operations and Quality Assurance teams to codify a process for implementing application launches, redesigns, and changes from development to QA to release to QC
Responsible for interviewing, selecting, and training co-workers

Ask Jeeves, 05/1999 - 08/1999
Producer of Client Extranet Sites

Produce all aspects of client extranet sites, including, but not limited to: site architecture, server- and client- side coding, content, and copyediting
Perform ongoing outreach to multiple internal and external stakeholders to ensure that the client extranet sites were meeting and exceeding stakeholder needs
Created and used Access database to store extranet client-specific account information

Education

University of California at Davis - BA, Sociology

References

Available upon request.