Stephen Prater
Mentor
(41 reviews)
US$40.00
For every 15 mins
51
Sessions/Jobs
ABOUT ME
Ruby & e-commerce pro
Ruby & e-commerce pro
Experienced full-stack engineer with strong background in e-commerce, scalability and making large, murderous robots.
English
Pacific Time (US & Canada) (-08:00)
Joined October 2016
EXPERTISE
10 years experience | 20 endorsements
I have been using Ruby and Rails since 2007 in small apps with a few dozen models to 1,000,000 line monoliths deployed across multiple se...
I have been using Ruby and Rails since 2007 in small apps with a few dozen models to 1,000,000 line monoliths deployed across multiple servers.
10 years experience
I've been doing Javascript as long as javascript has existed. It has come a long way in the past 20 years, from a "toy" language used fo...
I've been doing Javascript as long as javascript has existed. It has come a long way in the past 20 years, from a "toy" language used for minor effects to a full-fledged development environment with unique and interesting challenges.
20 years experience | 1 endorsement
I've been developing software in one way or another for over 20 years, from writing driver-software in C to working on experimental datab...
I've been developing software in one way or another for over 20 years, from writing driver-software in C to working on experimental database design in Erlang, and writing workflow automation software in Applescript. I've learned so many things for a quick project or to solve a problem that I was having in the moment, that I literally can't list them all. Debugging things I don't understand is really one of my main skills.
6 years experience | 5 endorsements
I have been using SQL databases extensively for many years - from MySQL to Oracle. Mostly I use Postgres, and I'm pretty familiar with i...
I have been using SQL databases extensively for many years - from MySQL to Oracle. Mostly I use Postgres, and I'm pretty familiar with it. I have written multiple applications which leverage advanced Postgres features to deliver performance and value when "standard" approaches fail.
REVIEWS FROM CLIENTS
(41 reviews)
Jeremy Bray
June 2017
absolutely awesome, not only showed me through, but also taught me what I was missing
Removed User
May 2017
Smarter than me! A great guy and totally nailed the problem.
Nick W
May 2017
Back for the second session - great and insightful as always thanks again Stephen! Cheers, Nick
Nick W
May 2017
Awesome work! Thanks again Stephen - fixed a bigger architectural issue I've had for a while, and the implementation so simple! Cheers and thanks again!
Fabian Jahr
May 2017
Stephen went through the issue methodically together me. He needed almost no time to understand the issue or my setup which was great. We needed a few iterations to find the right solution but that was completely fine and I learned some valuable stuff along the way.
Carter De Angelis
March 2017
Great mentor as always.
Adrian Fisher
February 2017
Really knew his stuff. Helped with a range of questions we had ranging from devops to frontend
William
January 2017
Very helpful and quick to assist. Great mentor!
Carter De Angelis
January 2017
Really great session. Helped a huge problem I've been struggling w/ and we've even got another session scheduled.
Carter De Angelis
January 2017
Very helpful with lots of practical experience and very advanced knowledge.
SOCIAL PRESENCE
1310 Reputation
0
11
15
EMPLOYMENTS
Sr. Developer
Goldstar Events, Inc.
2015-03-01-Present
* Lead development on major software projects for Goldstar Events (goldstar.com) Highlights - * Developed a "News Feed" subscription serv...
* Lead development on major software projects for Goldstar Events (goldstar.com) Highlights - * Developed a "News Feed" subscription service, which increased engagement over previous email-centric strategy. * Implemented Elasticsearch, which decreased bounces and increased click throughs from search results. Tech: Ruby, Elasticsearch, Postgresql, Redis, React, Docker, AWS, MySQL
View more
View more
Principal
N/A
2005-01-01-2016-12-31
N/A
N/A
Senior Developer
Acumen Holdings
2013-06-01-2015-03-01
* Develop major software projects for CountryOutfitter.com * Responsible for full project cycle on various projects, from architecture to...
* Develop major software projects for CountryOutfitter.com * Responsible for full project cycle on various projects, from architecture to deployment. * Ensure coding standards are met * Mentor junior developers - Highlights: * Developed on-site behavioral analysis tool which brought in ~$50,000/day by better targeting emails. * Developed an extremely flexible rapid product entry system, which enabled us to leverage existing staff resources. Basically we 20X the amount of data a single person could enter. * Developed an analytics platform for email acquisitions which enabled better targeting of CPC ads. Tech: Ruby, Postgresql, Resque, Redis, MongoDB
View more
View more