Salvatore D'Angelo

Experience

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  Brookstone

  Aug 2012 - Feb 2014

  Sales Manager

  · Led the recruitment process and managed and onboarding for new hires and service representatives.· Supported company ad campaigns promoting high-margin and highly-movable products.· Routinely exceeded monthly sales goals by targeting product-line growth, conversion sales, and securing client loyalty.· Handled conflict resolution in a way that led to higher customer retention/satisfaction rates.

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  Six to Midnight Productions

  Nov 2014 - Apr 2019

  Co-Founder + Management Head

  · Co-founded multimedia production company, securing investment capital and launching several product lines.· Led technical team in hosting dynamic events including live music, CG graphics, and presentations.· Provided creative, fiscally-efficient advertising for local businesses and non-profit organizations.· Sourced local talent to strengthen community trust, generate pragmatic advertising, and grow regional client base.

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  Trenton Social

  Dec 2015 - Oct 2020

  Bartender, Musician, Audio Engineer

  · Managed, served, and satisfied upwards of 500 patrons on a nightly basis.· Performed musical arrangements using acoustic instruments, digital sequencers, and heavily effected vocals.· Co-hosted and provided technical support for weekly live events.· Tracked, mixed, and mastered recordings for musicians, comedians, and other performers.· Leveled and cleaned live audio for podcasts and presentations.

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  Sixtom.com

  Nov 2018 - now

  Founder + Technical Lead

  − Developed custom business solutions leveraging headless CMS, Svelte(kit) frontends, and open-sourced analytics− Created branded content management systems using React and Sanity− Implemented serverless microservice architectures to augment statically rendered sites− Performed CMS migrations from injected html to schema/structured content− Automated performance and accessibility testing to optimize web applications

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  Rhone

  Jul 2021 - Feb 2023

  Senior Web Developer

  − Transformed legacy jQuery/Liquid codebase to modern JAMstack architecture− Deployed serverless functions for authentication, inventory management, and product feeds− Integrated search provider, resulting in 50% improvement in search conversion rates− Streamlined SEO and accessibility optimizations, increasing site health scores by 30%− Managed repositories and CI/CD processes in Agile environment− Mentored junior developers and improved team technical capabilities

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  Made In

  Feb 2023 - now

  Senior Software Engineer

  − Own end-to-end feature development, including requirements gathering, technical task breakdown, and release management− Conducted accessibility audit, achieving WCAG AA compliance and increasing organic traffic by 12%− Optimized core web vitals, reducing mobile Interaction to Next Paint (INP) by 50% to sub 200ms− Architected automated testing infrastructure with Vitest and Playwright, integrated with GitHub Actions− Modernized the e-commerce platform, using canary releases of Next.js App Router and TailwindCSS− Revamped account system in Shopify, updating legacy Liquid code to modern tech stack− Utilized AI to automate alt text and SEO description generation− Upgraded codebase to strict TypeScript, reducing runtime errors and improving development efficiency− Implemented and managed A/B testing experiments to boost conversion rates Show less