Orry Mevorach

orry.mevorach@gmail.com  •  647.389.1211  

linkedin.com/in/orrymevorach  • orrymevorach.com

Skills

JavaScript | React | Node.js | Next.JS | Redux | GraphQL | Apollo | Node | Contentful | Netlify             React Router | Webpack | HTML | CSS/SCSS/LESS | Git/GitHub/GitLab | Firebase | Airtable Stripe | Mailgun | Google Analytics | Storybook | Jest | React Testing Library | Puppeteer

Leadership | Communication | Mentorship | Collaboration | Entrepreneurial

Education

Juno College of Technology (Formerly HackerYou)                                          2017 - 2018

Toronto, ON Canada

Web Development Immersive                                                                                                                  

Advanced Web Development                                                                                                                    

Western University                                                                                                        2008 - 2013

London, ON Canada

Bachelor of Management and Organizational Studies

Specialization in Consumer Behaviour

Major in Film Studies

Work Experience

Freelance Web Developer                                                                                   08/2022 - Present                                             

• As a freelancer, I work in multiple capacities:

• Contract roles: I contribute to existing projects, often within a team environment
• Full Project Ownership: Build projects from scratch for new businesses, owning the entire development lifecycle, including development, hosting, DNS configuration, deployments, managing releases, and finding useful tools and platforms for clients.

• Recent Projects (these and other projects can be found on my portfolio website):

• espnW Summit Canada: Developed a website for an event co-hosted by ESPN and Canadian Tire. Contracted by  TORQUE strategies, a marketing agency that launched the event.
• Borderless AI: Developed a component library and page templates for use with Hubspot CMS by content builders on blogs and landing pages.
• Highlands Music Festival: Developed the website, a custom ticketing platform, and a cabin reservation platform for guests of the festival, all of which are managed through Contentful CMS, Airtable, and Stripe.
• Midnight Cookie: Built the website from scratch using React, and migrated the content from Wordpress to Contentful

Loblaw Digital                                                                                                     

Senior Developer                                                                                                            06/2022 - 08/2022

• Build a CMS page builder, which gave our content team the power to launch new pages into production within minutes, and eliminated development efforts for content pages. I worked with the content and design teams to ensure our CMS content models were scaling within the rules of our design system.
• Technical team lead responsible for replacing Google Tag Manager with Snowplow
• A dedicated coach and mentor for teammates, consistently pair programming, conducting code reviews, and scheduling one-on-one meetings

Technical Lead (Developer II)                                                                                     05/2021 - 06/2022

• Team lead responsible for the rebuild of the checkout page, built using React, Apollo Client, and GraphQL
• Working with designers and product managers to plan features, provide timeline estimates, write Jira tickets, and coordinate developer resources
• Leader of a weekly frontend practices meeting, where developers across multiple teams discuss Javascript technologies and best practices
• Introduced testing practices for unit, component, and snapshot tests, using React Testing Library. Testing strategies leaned on functional programming principles.
• Working alongside the design lead to build a component library in order to optimize the design and development processes, leveraging both Storybook and Netlify

Developer II                                                                                                                     05/2020 - 05/2021

• Shared lead responsibilities for the delivery of home and department landing pages
• Led the drive for the adoption of test driven development
• Introduced functional programming design patterns in the architecture of React components
• Owned the integration of Contentful CMS
• Made ongoing contributions to Webpack and tooling to continuously improve our release process and development experience

Developer I                                                                                                                       01/2019 - 05/2020

• Converting designs from Figma/Zeppelin to accessible and responsive web pages using JavaScript, React, and SCSS/CSS Modules.
• Building features that are AA compliant according to the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines
• Major feature highlights include:

• Order tracker built as a SPA on the Next.js framework using React, Redux, and deployed with Netlify through Gitlab CI
• Ship-to-store option on the checkout page using Google geolocation and maps APIs
• Upgrade React v.15 to React v.16.3 on the checkout, cart, and PDP pages
• Login page

• Champion of code review and Javascript best practices
• Involvement with frontend site deployment, release scheduling, and hot fixes.
• Knowledge of Git and version control via GitHub and Gitlab. A preference towards a trunk based development branching strategy.

Freelance Web Developer                                                                                 07/2018 - 12/2018

• Worked with business owners on the following projects, managing each project from greenfield to production (more details about each project can be found on my portfolio site):

• Casa Horizon Surf and Yoga Luxury Hostel
• Head & Heart SK
• Breadbox Bakery (website taken down, company shut down)
• Wrepit (website taken down, company shut down)

• Technical highlights include React, Firebase (database and authentication), Netlify, and Shopify.

Flight Centre

Travel Consultant                                                                                                                        2016 - 2017

• Coordinated logistics of complex travel itineraries, minimizing customer travel costs, and provided excellent customer service which was notable in my reviews.
• Within 3 months I was recognized as the in-house expert on travel in Southeast Asia.
• Consistently improved monthly sales by creating new leads and acquiring new clients

Free and Easy Traveler

Trip Leader                                                                                                                    2014 – 2015, 2017

• Directed backpacking tours around Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, and Indonesia that were up to 40 days, and ranged from 15 - 25 group members.
• As a senior trip leader, I trained new leaders, managed the onboarding process, and facilitated key relationships among teams and local vendors.
• Coordinated complex travel logistics and received consistent high-ratings from trip members.

Camp Walden (overnight camp)

CIT Coordinator/Unit Head/Counsellor                                                                              2008 - 2014

• Over the course of 7 summers, I made the progression from a counselor, to a unit head that oversees 6 cabins of 60 campers plus 12 staff, to the coordinator of the counselors in training.
• In my final two summers, I trained over 120 CITs (counselors-in-training) to be staff members

Volunteer Experience

Y.E.S Speed Mentoring Event (Youth Mentoring Services)                                                                             2020

Juno Web Development Mentorship Program (Juno College of Technology)                                              2019

Fireside Conference                                                                                                                                        2017, 2018

Volunteer flag football coach                                                                                                                                   2012

Hobbies and Interests

Snowboarding

Basketball

Camping

Drums

Traveling

Rock climbing

Music

Golf