Sam Munro

Experience

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  YMCA of the USA

  May 2014 - Aug 2016

  Camp Counselor

  • Supervised and mentored 8-12 children in a weekly cabin setting. • Organized and lead unit activities, working both in team situations and individually. • Specialized as a YMCA Lifeguard and certified archery instructor.

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  Indiana University Bloomington

  Aug 2017 - Dec 2017

  Biology Teaching Intern

  • Planned, organized, and taught two classes of up to 32 university students.• Conducted weekly office hours, and kept in frequent contact with students for assistance.• Participated in weekly instructor meetings with colleagues.

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  Grazie! Italiano

  Mar 2018 - Sept 2019

  Bar Manager

  • Conducted training for service and bar staff members, teaching customer service, procedures, and company culture• Organized and delegated nightly closing tasks, oversaw the bar inventory, and brainstormed/implemented seasonal drink menus and specials

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  Munro-Co Brands

  Jan 2020 - Oct 2020

  Brand Manager

  • Worked to increase sales and brand awareness by focusing on tasks such as SEO, advertising, consumer relations, conversion rates, product optimization, and more.• Redesigned and optimized a retired product line, increasing Amazon product views by 209% with anaverage conversion rate increase of 13.3% (21.62% to 34.92%)

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  Theeasyscore.com

  Aug 2020 - Feb 2021

  Software Engineer

  • Technologies used: React, Redux, JavaScript, Node, Express, OAuth2, Heroku• Redesigned and developed a student-centric React web app for course-planning and complex data comparison.• Developed and integrated complex front-end functionality to dynamically sort through over 4,900 course results and their corresponding data points, included features such as filtering, fuzzy searching, and charting data. • Consulted with design team to create a modern, intuitive interface with consistent branding. Show less

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  Lambda School

  Apr 2021 - May 2021

  Technical Project Lead

  • Led a team of 4 Software Engineering students and 6 Data Science students through an open-source build-on project with Human Rights First• Coordinated the team's development process by organizing the breakdown of MVP features into user stories, engineering tasks, and delegating the work appropriately• Held daily standup meetings, reviewed team's Sprint Challenges, and participated in team meetings with stakeholders

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  Gumroad

  May 2021 - Jun 2021

  Software Engineer

  Worked as part of a cross-functional team of 3 designers, 17+ engineers, product managers, and moreDeveloped the followers page, using i18n, React.js, and Ruby on Rails to reach 30,000 users in 14+ languagesMigrated legacy code (Flight.js, HAML, Javascript) to React + TypeScript for reusability and maintainabilityLeveraged knowledge of React, TypeScript, and Full-Stack development to implement new features via server-side rendering with Ruby on Rails and ReactWrote end to end test cases for a new feature using Ruby on Rails with Capybara Show less

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  Bloomberg LP

  Sept 2021 - now

  Software Engineer