David Mostoller

Full-stack Engineer

Philadelphia, PA, US

Open to relocation

MySQL

REST

PHP

ASP.NET

Backend Development

Semantic UI

Tailwind CSS

Web Applications

Computer Science

Software Development

Web Development

Redux

Next.js

Node.js

Front-End Development

React

Javascript

Python

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Versatile software engineer skilled in front-end and back-end development.

Full-stack developer with a background in music and teaching. Strong skills with frontend and backend technologies such as Javascript, React, and Python. Proven ability to collaborate and communicate with cross-functional teams in an agile environment. Interested in new technologies and leveraging insights gained from diverse experiences to develop innovative applications that push the boundaries of user experience.

Projects

Musician's Base

A social fan page allowing musicians to create content and fans to interact with content and other fans through comments, a chat forum, and saving music releases to their collection. ● Developed a React/Javascript front-end and Python/Flask-Restful/SQLAlchemy back-end application. ● Implemented useContext and Bcrypt to authenticate users and manage user/admin authorization. ● Integrated Cloudinary and WaveSurfer to enable image and audio file uploads and audio playback. ● Leveraged Google APIs to implement Youtube video playback, a user Map, and a GIF picker.See More

Social Artist Portfolio

An artist portfolio with social features, allowing users to comment on posts and paintings. ● Developed a Flask-Restful/SQLAlchemy backend to create a structure for a social portfolio website. ● Developed a React frontend to enable users to access the site, sign up as users and make comments. ● Coded forms with Formik/Yup validation so that an admin can create/edit/delete resources directly from the site. ● Implemented Cloudinary to enable the direct upload of images from the react front end.See More

Mars Base

An interactive turn-based CLI game created with Python and SQLAlchemy. ● Developed Flask-Restful resource models and routes to create the basis for a game. ● Coded a looping structure of functions in python to create a turn based game in the style of Oregon trail. ● Integrated ASCII art and the Playsound library to add art and music to the game. ● Designed logic structures and assigned probabilities to make the game a mix of chance and skill.See More

TutorBot

An AI-assistant chatbot that responds to queries based on specific youtube video playlists, built with OpenAI's ChatGPT-4, llama-index, youtube-transcript-api, react (vite), and flask. See More

Work History

Full Stack Software Engineer

FreelanceFreelancer● Develop React/Javascript front-end and Python/Flask-Restful/SQLAlchemy back-end applications for independent clients. ● Test and deploy servers and software applications for client websites using an extensive range of technologies. ● Work closely with clients to establish application specifications and designs. ● Modify and maintain existing projects to correct errors, improve performance and scale applications.

Software Engineer

Entourage YearbooksFull-time EmployeeJan 2010 - Oct 2012 • 2 yrs 10 mos● Led a team that developed a full stack web application including an online store and functionality for managing content and the production of yearbooks, both for the customers and the in-house production team, helping Entourage become the fastest growing yearbook company in the USA at the time. ● Assisted in the integration of a web-based photo editing and layout software (Chili Publish), becoming the first online yearbook publisher with a fully featured web-based design software in the USA. ● Managed accounts and guided clients in the design and creation of photo books with digital software.

Business Analyst

Zoomer, IncFull-time EmployeeJan 2015 - Nov 2016 • 1 yr 11 mos● Assembled maps, graphs, and charts for visualizing data using Mapbox and other tools, to enable executive decision making processes such as choosing which new markets to enter, helping Zoomer compete with other RDS startups (DoorDash, Grubhub, etc.) and attract investors during funding rounds as Zoomer grew to a multi-million dollar valuation.

Education

Flatiron School

Certificate, Software Engineering & Computer ScienceDec 2023 - Mar 2024

Wesleyan University

Bachelor of the Arts, GovernmentSep 2004 - May 2008

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