Hi there,
I'm Michelle.

I build things with code.

About

Hi! I'm Michelle and welcome to my professional internet space! I'm a passionate introverted extrovert with a BCIT Computer Systems Technology diploma and a cup of tea (be it hot steaming genmaicha or iced Library Blend) within a metre of me. I enjoy building things with code (since high school), along with figuring out the “why” behind why something works...or doesn't.

I have a year of experience from working in startup-like environments, one of which was within a regional household name. During that year, I worked alongside non-technical stakeholders, more experienced developers, and other team members who raised my standards for what's expected in a deliverable (be it a web application, a support ticket, or documentation). From those environments, I've had the opportunity to create deliverables that are easy to understand and use (and mantain for code).

Outside of creating code and learning more about technology (...and tea), I also enjoy baking a new dessert, the good ol' keyboard-and-mouse gaming, learning a new human language (CEFR A2.1 in both French and German), and talking about aspects of Asian popular culture at events.

Feel free to check out my résumé*, connect with me on LinkedIn, or drop a line through [firstname] at cellehcim dot com.

* - If you would like a version that has my phone number and Stealth Startup's identifying information on it, please message me on LinkedIn.

Experience

HCLTech

Junior Back-End Software Developer

Dec 2022 - present

  • Implementing solutions for FinTech companies. More to come!
  • Springboot
  • React

    • Earls Kitchen + Bar

    Junior Full-Stack Software Developer

    Dec 2021 - Oct 2022

  • Rebuilt the website of the annual Bus Fuller Golf Classic event that attracts hundreds of upper-level store managers, corporate employees, and vendor representatives combined.
  • Integrated card reader functionality into the gift card order processing application, eliminating all manual data entry when entering in gift card numbers.
  • Accelerated projects by addressing the development team's internal help desk tickets, greatly reducing the senior developers' Jan - mid Oct 2022 ticket load by 75%.
  • Highlighted important company-wide information in front of over 7000 employees by installing a carousel to the company intranet's homepage and teaching the content editor how to maintain it.
  • Expanded the development team's knowledge base by authoring 14 internal wiki articles, 4 user guides, and numerous ticket response templates.
  • Illustrated alumni and employee discount usage among 65 stores by creating and documenting the SQL query (given a date range and discount type) that generates the corresponding reports.
  • Django
  • Flask
  • SQL
  • Google Cloud Platform
  • SASS
  • jQuery
  • Figma
  • Zendesk

    • Stealth Startup

    Junior Software Developer

    Jul 2021 - Oct 2021

  • Translated all business requirements into user flows, user stories, and acceptance criteria.
  • Forged a new path for customer payments by researching and prototyping Stripe charging.
  • Created the website's homepage using React-Bootstrap.
  • Node.js
  • React
  • Bootstrap
  • Figma

    • deenSTRONG

    UI/UX Intern

    Jun 2020 - Aug 2020

  • Spearheaded a mental health practitioner-patient MVP's design process by translating all business requirements into Figma mockups and UI elements.
  • Demonstrated how each mockup and UI element should work in front of the development team.
  • Figma
  • LucidChart

    • Projects

    The Unofficial Tales of the Hunger Games API

    Before Katniss and Peeta, who were the seventy-three children who won the Hunger Games? Christian Blanco was one of the people who had that question in his head, to which he created a universe containing his answer. This API catalogs those seventy-three children (along with Katniss and Peeta as Victors).
  • Node.js
  • Express
  • Heroku

    • The Bus Fuller Golf Classic 2022 Website Redesign

    With COVID (mostly) out of the way, it's time for another Bus Fuller Classic event at Earls. Marketing also wanted the site to have company branding, along with the usual 2022 information. I not only brought a given desktop wireframe to life, but also designed the mobile interface and mantained the website for the team post-development.
  • Django
  • Bootstrap
  • jQuery
  • Google App Engine
  • Figma

    • This site!

    I figured that as I gain experience and work on more projects, I'd add more content for this website. This means manually adding more divs, which wasn't something I felt comfortable doing (due to having more code lines to mantain). I integrated Hugo into this site, so I can power it using a few easy-to-mantain (and easy-to-read) YAML files. Yum!
  • Hugo
  • Bootstrap
  • Figma
  • GitHub Actions