Samantha Dartnall

As a full-stack developer, I work alongside my team to develop, build and maintain a number of APIs used across WestJet Digital. The APIs I work with are primarily built in Node.js, using supporting frameworks and packages where needed. We are also responsible for the CI/CD pipelines, both on-premise and cloud deployments (Azure app service and k8s). We also maintain and monitor our own infrastructure and deployments, to ensure as close to 100% uptime as possible. At the moment I especially enjoy working with two of our APIs, that use neo4j and GraphQL to solve unique scheduling challenges, among others.

I offer mentoring to students working through the Code Institute full stack and Advanced FrontEnd courses. Aside from offering technical support, I also help students plan projects, portfolios. I also offer advice on post-course employment, support and encouragement through what can be a very tough course to complete!

Leading a team of remote, globally based developers. Was personally responsible for overseeing both the day to day activity on the ground, and driving and championing higher level change projects within our team and across functions. My team both contributed to internal full-stack projects and delivered support to our student cohorts, 24/5 and on weekends. Worked on both existing, and from the ground up initiatives. As a remote role for a Dublin-centric company, required a personable approach to garner engagement and commitment from others.