Rachel Ackeret

Software Engineer

Boston, MA

About Rachel

I'm a software engineer with a passion for creating excellence.

Since 2018, I've been full-time developing for a variety of industries and realms of projects. I began in web development, focusing on high quality front-end experiences that were SEO friendly, accessible, and UX driven.

Soon after, I migrated to working full-stack, thriving in building out complex systems and engineering creative solutions for solving challenging problems.

Feel free to reach out if you'd like to connect and discuss how we can collaborate.

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Experience

Senior Full Stack Software Engineer

Making Space

Making Space

October 2023 - Present | Remote

Seed Stage startup in the disability hiring and education industry. Building with approximately 3 members on the Product/Engineering team.

* Create an automated system for translation of our entire site into multiple languages

* Design and build an accessible slide deck player experience using AWS Bedrock Sonnet AI for semantic screen reader transcripts

* Create a multi-form course builder wizard that allows partners to construct educational materials for our users.

Full Stack Software Engineer

AdRoll, a division on NextRoll

AdRoll, a division on NextRoll

March 2022 - July 2023 (RIF) | Remote

* Act as tech lead for reports redesign project

* Create more email campaign insights for customers by using HighCharts, React, Redux, and Go

* Champion development of new geographical report by working across multiple microservices for data consolidation, exporting of data, and scheduling scripts

User Interface Developer

iRobot

iRobot

September 2021 - March 2022 | Remote

* Personalize customers’ website user experience by developing customizable components in Salesforce Interaction Studio

* Coalesce iRobot’s web brand refresh with a new navigation header and footer by using SCSS and Javascript animation effects

* Spearhead effort to re-organize component system legacy code, resulting in a faster load speed for all pages with Interaction Studio components

Software Engineering Fellow

Hackbright Academy

Hackbright Academy

April 2021 - July 2021 | Remote

* This selective program focuses on training software engineering with current technologies and development strategies.

* During the first half of this cohort, we spend hours in instruction and in group lab, pair programming and solving challenges together.

* The second half is spent developing a full- stack web application, meeting daily for scrum meetings and further lectures.

Skills: Python, Javascript, Flask, React, data structures, algorithims, mySQL, postgres, REST APIs, CSS

Web Developer

2U

2U

December 2019 - April 2021 | Brooklyn, New York

* Develop and prioritize ongoing web updates on organic and paid web pages with partner programs using CSS (Flexbox, modified Bootstrap) and HTML to keep university websites current.

* Advise and coordinate with stakeholders on web accessibility (WCAG 2.0), user experience, marketing team priorities, and website best practices to ensure quality delivery on every page.

Web Developer

BHLDN / Anthropologie Weddings

BHLDN / Anthropologie Weddings

August 2018 - November 2019 | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

* Improve homepage load speed almost 1 second faster by implementing lazy-load and making recommendations on constraining the amount and type of page content

* Generate a wealth of e-commerce web content by developing creative marketing materials using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript

* Perfect BHLDN’s resource lookbooks’ visual experience by interacting closely with designers during development, resulting in cross-browser compatible, mobile responsive, and user-friendly web pages

Tools & Technologies

Here are a few technologies and frameworks I've enjoyed working with:

  • React.JS
  • SASS/SCSS, Tailwind
  • Redux & RTK Query
  • Next.JS
  • Vanilla Javascript and DOM manipulation
  • Python Flask
  • Ruby on Rails
  • AWS Suite (i.e. S3, Lambda, Cloudfront)
  • Heroku
  • SQL