DIANNA LEE

SENIOR BACKEND ENGINEER
Based in Eugene, Oregon, USA; actively seeking remote work opportunities.

Dianna is a senior backend engineer with over 15 years of professional experience in full-stack and backend web development. She has strong expertise in backend technologies, particularly PHP/MySQL and the Laravel framework, and is adept in front-end development using vanilla JavaScript, jQuery, and React. Additionally, she brings extensive experience with modern CMS platforms like Drupal and WordPress. Dianna has a keen eye for detail and is dedicated to delivering high-quality products while ensuring an exceptional user experience.

SKILLS


PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Creative Market: Senior Backend Engineer
Remote, June 2018 - June 2024
Laravel 8, PHP 8, PHPUnit, MySQL 5.7, Git, Docker, Redis
  • Assisted in paying down large chunks of tech debt by migrating legacy code (huge monolithic classes/methods) to modern Laravel framework, abstracting into testable models, controllers, services, repositories, etc. This reduced friction and increased developer confidence allowing faster builds and deploys.
  • Built and maintained RESTful APIs for retrieving products, updating user settings, and purchasing products.
  • Integrated external APIs for payment processing, partner product ingestion, and other proprietary services.
  • Utilized Redis streams to alleviate table locks by batching data updates, leading to enhanced site stability.
  • Significantly reduced site load time by optimizing SQL queries, which also accelerated the loading of upselling areas, resulting in greater impact and improved performance.
  • Collaborated with the front end developers ensuring solid and efficient builds.
  • Mentored engineers and actively engaged in pair programming, rubber ducking, and collaborative discussions to determine the best approach for feature development.
  • Other responsibilities included planning, scoping, setting milestones, and coding new features.
  • Participated in the on-call rotation of engineers.
Warner Music Group: Senior Site Developer (Full stack)
December 2012 - June 2018
Drupal 6/7/8, HTML, CSS, JavaScript/jQuery, PHP, MySQL, Git, Python, Alexa Skills
  • Added features to and maintained sites for Rhino.com and artists such as Grateful Dead, Monkees, Gene Simmons, and Led Zeppelin.
  • Developed daily and monthly contest modules for websites using Drupal 6 and 7, engaging users and promoting products, which resulted in increased repeat visitors and customers.
  • Created an Alexa Skill to synchronize with a daily site feature, with the goal of boosting user engagement.
  • Collaborated with the marketing team on time-sensitive campaigns to ensure their success.
  • Regularly conducted meetings with the hosting technical product manager to discuss and address various aspects of site health, ensuring consistent performance, reliability, and stability of the website.
Vonderland Studios: Senior Web Developer
July 2012 - December 2012
HTML, CSS, JavaScript/jQuery, PHP, MySQL
  • Worked directly with Real3D to plan, scope, estimate, and build a custom social platform for their global workforce, successfully increasing user engagement and improving collaboration across their international offices.
  • Developed new features and provided ongoing maintenance for clients' e-commerce websites.
Tuesday Creative: Senior Web Developer
December 2003 - July 2012
HTML, CSS, JavaScript, PHP, MySQL, ASP.NET, Ruby on Rails
  • Planned, scoped, estimated, built, and maintained custom B2B sites and CMS' for clients.
  • Maintained and updated legacy B2B and consumer facing sites.
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