Daniel Manila

Experience

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  UNC App Lab

  Jan 2019 - May 2022

  AppLab Manager

  - Developed open source full-stack Clojure application as project manager to aid users in understanding Clojure error messages, working closely with Professor Jeff Terrell- Mentored/guided dozens of students in various technologies such as iOS, Android, React, React Native, NodeJS, AWS.

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  OnCourse Systems for Education

  May 2019 - Aug 2019

  Software Development Intern

  Upgraded production-level, interactive web app with JavaScript/ExtJs, used by thousands of people.Utilized and followed good coding practices, including intensive code review enabled by Git

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  OnCourse Systems for Education

  May 2020 - Jul 2020

  Software Development Intern

  Upgraded production-level, interactive web app with JavaScript/ExtJs, used by thousands of people.Utilized and followed good coding practices, including intensive code review enabled by GitCreated Docker container to host production level application

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  Amazon

  May 2021 - Aug 2021

  Software Dev Engineer I Intern

  - Designed, developed, and deployed production-level Java code to AWS Supply Chain Infrastructure projects, analyzing and processing data within an existing pipeline- Leveraged AWS technologies, including Lambda and DynamoDB, to create a serverless application

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  WillowTree

  Jun 2022 - Aug 2022

  Software Engineer Intern

  - Developed a successful pilot project from scratch in four weeks using React and TypeScript- Transitioned projects successfully and brought an additional three week project to a successful close- Grew into greater ability to communicate with clients and stakeholders, including presenting to the company engineers on my initial project

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  University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

  Aug 2022 - May 2023

  Research Assistant

  - Integrated new features with an existing Spring Boot legacy code base- Worked across multiple projects to create an integrated login system using OAuth2

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  WillowTree

  Oct 2023 - now

  - Operated as an effective full stack developer, while collaborating with our team leadership and QA team- Designed features from the ground up, investigating requirements, implementing code, and constructing infrastructure- Diagnosed and resolved critical issues in live software. In one case, implementing an optimization for a production performance issue resulted in a 50% improvement in system speed.- Mentored and guided peers in learning new tools and encouraged a deeper understanding of the system and enabled them to more effectively complete tasks on their own Show less - Contributed to a mircoservices-like, Docker-hosted Python backend, both independently and pairing with teammates- Designed new features and worked with senior engineers, engineering leadership, and product leaders to focus on the best result for the project- Explored new tools and ways to improve the project, refactoring out needed code and improving performance and clarity- Worked cross-platform to the frontend as needed, using a holistic understanding of the project to increase productivity Show less

  • Platform Software Engineer

    Jul 2024 - now

  • Software Engineer

    Oct 2023 - Jul 2024