Aaron Ritchey

Aaron's Work with JavaScript

Projects: Rhosmenteil Games

To sharpen my reverse engineering skills and explore a personal passion, I used Phaser.io to recreate game mechanics from retro video games. This served as practice with analyzing and deconstructing software behavior through black box testing. Playable demos are available online.

Projects: Google Maps Optimizations

Developed cutting-edge features for Google Maps, including embeddable maps and marker display optimization, before Google Maps itself.

Projects: Survey Tool Extension

Let the expansion of a Node/React survey-building framework, developing both new features and supporting documentation to reduce development time for new surveys and new survey types.

Projects: Unofficial Team Lead for App Migration

Proactively supported the coordination of a four-person team of developers to rebuild a React app in an entirely new technology stack.

Projects: Internal Tools at SAP-Concur

To address a wide range of workflow inefficiencies, I gradually developed a suite of lightweight tools that reduced debugging time, simplified issue reporting, and streamlined administrative work. These tools helped the team stay focused on complex projects.

Projects: Online Coding Challenges

An explanation of the breadth of experience in software development, commitment to ongoing learning, and accomplishments on various coding challenge websites.

Projects: Retro Video Game Password Generator

Reverse-engineering the password system of a 30-year-old video game. For fun. (...don't judge me.)

Experience: PaperG (now Thunder)

Web Developer on a startup's flagship SaaS product. Designed and implemented internal tools to streamline troubleshooting and reduce support inquries from customer service. Created the team’s first automated testing framework, and led documentation efforts that improved developer self-sufficiency.

Experience: Tacoma News Tribune

Web Developer promoted from intern after developing a high-impact interactive map that supported local news coverage. Built audience-facing web apps that boosted engagement and ad revenue, and developed a custom CMS to streamline the workflow of a six-person content team.

Experience: SEO Protocol

Lead Web Engineer managing 20+ WordPress sites for multiple clients. Partnered with clients on technical and budget-conscious feature planning, while developing new marketing features and converting mockups into responsive websites.

Experience: SAP-Concur

Web Developer building marketing features for 30+ corporate websites. Took initiative to lead the department's knowledge base, stepped in as temporary scrummaster, and created internal tools to address QA bottlenecks.