Shea Faigan

Email: contact@sheafaigan.me

I am in my final year of Software Engineering at University of Victoria. I have experience in full-stack enterprise web application development, and QA testing and automation. I expect to graduate in August 2022 and am open to work. I am also looking to learn more about software engineering and computer science through conferences and hackathons, as well as build my professional network.

Education

University of Victoria

Bachelor of Software Engineering

GPA: 3.85/4.00

Expected Graduation: Aug. 2022

Experience

Workday (Workday HCM: Knowledge Base)

Software Development Engineer (Full Stack), Co-op

Developed accessible and maintainable front-end code using TypeScript and React and robust and extendible back-end code using Kotlin , Spring , and AWS , within a core team of 8 to serve millions of users worldwide
Identified, triaged, and fixed bugs, implementing new tests using Mocha , Cypress , and Spring Testing to prevent further bugs and increase test coverage
Used ElasticSearch to find recurring exception, identified cause, wrote formal report, and improved exception handling process using Kotlin and Spring
Self-initiated (internal hackathon): Developed dashboard ("front door") for users to find knowledge base articles with various filtering options using TypeScript , React , and Kotlin
Self-initiated: Automated a costly part of the deploy process involving manual work from managers and developers using Slack

June 2020 - April 2021

SAP (SAP Analytics Cloud - Infrastructure)

Developer (Full Stack), Co-op

Developed user-facing features and fixed bugs using JavaScript , SAPUI5 , and Java within a core team of 12 to serve 2000+ companies worldwide
Developed automated quality assurance tests using JavaScript and Jasmine
Worked with various development and UX teams to complete a UI overhaul of SAP Analytics Cloud using JavaScript and SAPUI5
Self-initiated: Developed a web application to facilitate office navigation and meeting room booking using JavaScript , Node.js , React , and Redux ; deployed office-wide, serving over 2000 employees
Self-initiated: Redefined file ownership (by team) programmatically using Python ; developed Slack bot for simplified chat query-based access using CoffeeScript , Hubot , and Redis ; deployed company-wide with automated builds using Jenkins

January 2018 - August 2018

Cradlepoint

QA Software Development Intern

Developed automated QA tests using Python , Pytest , and Selenium , resulting in an increase of 10% in test coverage
Developed script to automate soak test process using Python , Bash , and Redis
Developed JIRA gadget to display metrics from TestRail using JavaScript

June 2017 - August 2017

Nature's Fare Markets

Customer Service

Assisted customers with product location and other information
Responsible for stocking products and overall store maintenance
Assembled and organized displays
Developed competencies in personal management, communication, project and task management, teamwork, commitment to quality, professional behaviour, and continuous learning

August 2014 - August 2016