Roger Jacob

RateMyGhar is a platform that lists properties in the UK and provides a comprehensive review system for renters, tenants, and buyers.

• Orchestrated the integration of responsive layouts and intuitive UX/UI elements using Bootstrap and Sass, enhancing the overall user experience on the website.

• Employed React, Redux, and TypeScript to create a front-end application, leveraging AWS Amplify for seamless deployment and achieving a 50% reduction in development time while ensuring optimal user experience and scalability.

• Developed and deployed Express.js API endpoints on AWS Beanstalk with load balancers, leveraging MongoDB Atlas as the database, resulting in a 40% decrease in response time.

• Engineered end-to-end automation of application deployments through the implementation of a highly efficient CI/CD pipeline utilizing AWS CodePipeline, CodeBuild, and CodeDeploy; achieved a 100% success rate, reduced deployment time by 75%, and enhanced overall productivity.

• Pioneered the front-end architecture and software design, creating a web application using React.js, showcasing a sophisticated table interface, advanced filtering options, and data visualizations powered by MapboxGL.

• Closely collaborated with product managers and backend engineers, achieving a 30% reduction in frontend integration time and ensuring a consistent user experience across all platforms.

• Elevated code coverage to an exceptional 93% for the dashboard module by implementing a suite of units leveraging the React testing library and Jest, resulting in enhanced stability, reliability, and performance.

• Led code review process within the team of engineers, fostering knowledge sharing, providing actionable feedback, and ensuring adherence to coding standards; increased code quality and reduced bug count by 40%.

• Championed agile methodologies, driving planning, stand-ups, and retrospectives; expedited project delivery by 25% and amplified team productivity by 15%.

• Refactored a React web application, leveraging TypeScript and implementing Redux for state management, leading to a 30% improvement in application performance.

• Spearheaded the implementation of server-side rendering (SSR) using Next.js; executed comprehensive SEO strategies that led to a 50% improvement in page ranking on Google, resulting in a ~35% increase in organic leads generated.

• Resolved performance of Node.js APIs through refactoring, achieving an impressive 40% reduction in response time; seamlessly integrated new AWS Lambda functions and layers, optimizing scalability and API Gateway efficiency.

• Implemented a visually stunning redesign of the story search page leveraging Algolia's robust search capabilities, resulting in a significant ~30% increase in monthly page views.

• Developed landing and listing pages for the YourStory TV feature, driving a ~50% increase in organic search traffic and a ~25% rise in conversion rates, leading to significant revenue growth.

• Revamped the user profile page by implementing a modern design, resulting in a 40% increase in user engagement and a 20% decrease in bounce rate.

• Rewrote the “Create Post” module using Redux state management, improving code organization, maintainability, and scalability resulting in an improvement in user satisfaction.

• Increased user engagement, improved website traffic, and enriched user-generated content by implementing a new rich text editor with advanced formatting options.

• Delivered new features and UI components for the Hush web app, working closely with product and design teams to translate requirements into high-quality front-end implementations.

• Implemented the company landing page and associated sections of the company module, increasing conversion rates.