samantha joy whelpley

Resume

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Experience

VISIMO

Software Developer II // September 2023 - Present


More details to come.


Software Developer I // May 2021 - September 2023


More details to come.

University of Pittsburgh
School of Computing and Information

WiCS Web Developer // November 2020 - May 2021


Redesigned and built the website for Pitt's Women in Computer Science club! View the finished product here: wics.cs.pitt.edu

Pittsburgh Quantum Institute

Computer Technician // October 2020 - May 2021

RedTree Web Design

Web Design Intern // May 2020 - August 2020


Designed and developed prioriTask, a responsive task management web application using Adobe XD and React.

Responsival

Design Assistant // May 2020 - August 2020


Created a case study for designing a platform Explore National Parks, a web application for trip tracking and organizing information on America's National Parks.

Nourish'd

Full-Stack Developer Intern // June 2019 - September 2019


Collaborated with five other interns to develop Nourish'd Café and Juicery's cross-platform mobile app using the Ionic v4 framework and Shopify Storefront API with Node.js and GraphQL.

Education

University of Pittsburgh

B.S. Information Science // April 2021


Concentration in Human-centered Computing

Minor in Computer Science, Certificate in Digital Media

GPA: 3.8/4.0

iXperience

Cape Town, South Africa // June 2019 - August 2019


6-week study abroad program studying Full-Stack Coding and completing an internship

Coursework included independent project building full-stack Angular applications

University of Virginia accredited

Skills

Languages

HTML | CSS | JavaScript | Python

Frameworks & Libraries

Frontend: React & React Native | Astro.js | Vite | Angular | Ionic

State Management: Redux | Apollo Client v3

Testing: Jest | Enzyme | React Testing Library | Vitest

Design: MUI | Bootstrap

Backend: Flask | Django | Express | GraphQL

Tools

Programming: Visual Studio Code | Git | Sublime Merge

Design: Figma | Adobe CC (XD, Illustrator, Premiere Pro)

Activities

Kappa Theta Pi (professional technology fraternity)

Development Team Member // March 2019 - April 2021


Participated in technology career-oriented events and at least 10 community service hours each semester

Worked on the Dev Team to improve chapter website used for attendence and recording membership requirements. Built using React, Node.js, Express.js, and MongoDB.

University of Pittsburgh Varsity Marching Band

Piccolo Section Leader (2020), Squad Leader (2019) // August 2017 - April 2021


Was responsible for leading a section of 30+ members, ensuring quality control and marching consistency during practice and performances and being a main point of contact with band leadership.

Practiced over 8 hours a week and participate in at least 10 performances during the Fall semester.

Tau Beta Sigma (national band service sorority)

Member, Focus on Five Committee Head (2019) // August 2018 - April 2021


Participated in at least four service and fundraising events for our bands and local community each semester.

Planned events that promoted leadership, music appreciation, and diversity, specifically for women in the music profession.