Eric McCarthy

Full Stack Developer experienced in both leading and developing scalable web applications. Proficiency spans across frontend, backend, databases, and devops. Eager to be part of a highly-motivated team that builds quickly and deploys often.

Rust
Python
Javascript
Typescript

[email protected] https://github.com/ericmccarthy7 https://linkedin.com/in/ericmccarthy7

Professional Experience

Royal Bank of Canada

Lead Full Stack Developer

2019 - Current

Led the design, architecture, and successful implementation of multiple web applications in production, used by investment advisors managing high-net-worth clients
Demonstrated rapid advancement, starting as an a Junior Developer and ascending to roles of increasing responsibility, culminating in the current position as Lead Developer
Conducted comprehensive analysis, presenting findings directly to key stakeholders, in one instance leading to a significant pivot in the development focus of a major initiative and improved product performance more than 10x
Initiated projects beyond specific role to build several internal sites for improving developer productivity and onboarding such as a developer handbook and custom status pages
As part of the top 1% of employees, received an all-expenses-paid cruise trip in recognition of exceptional performance and contributions
Actively manage and mentor a team of 4 high-performing developers, introduced a pair programming methodology within the team, each team member pairing at least once per week resulting in an improvement in code quality and team morale

Freelance & Self-Directed Projects

Tuder.ca

Co-founder

Successfully built and deployed a web application for students to find tutors
Served hundreds of customers and sessions, paid out tutors and accepted payment from students via Stripe integration directly in the application
Built a scalable chat system using websockets, AWS EC2, SQS, and ElastiCache

Molson Coors

Worked with Molson Coors and several agencies over a period of 10+ years to build web applications for the events and sponsorship team
Applications built included contest entry websites, landing pages, and live score tracking for event activations
Connected several applications with external google APIs (sheets and places), deployed different components on fly.io, AWS lambda, ec2, vercel, netlify