Michael Volovar

Experience

Lead Front End EngineerNurdle AI

Sept 2023 – Aug 2024San Francisco, CA (Remote)

Created, designed, and developed the product UI with Vue.js, Nuxt, Typescript, fp-ts, and Scala, giving customers access to AI synthetic data generation tools and analytics
Led the front end team and managed design to implement all initial product features, hitting the project launch date early
Utilized D3.js to add interactive visualizations around uploaded data and generated synthetic data, increasing ease of use and leading to more informative insights

Lead Front End EngineerSpectrum Labs

Feb 2020 – Sept 2023San Francisco, CA (Remote)

Bootstrapped Guardian UI using Vue, Nuxt, Typescript, and Scala, then designed and built out a suite of moderation tools, giving customers a UI interface on top of the existing moderation API
Improved Guardian UI design and functionality through research and customer feedback, increasing customer satisfaction and moderation speed
Integrated fp-ts into Guardian UI, making visual bugs nonexistent and leading to a substantial improvement in UI stability
Mentored and guided new team members in front end best practices and code quality, allowing for more work to be distributed to the team
Built out a custom web component library with Stencil.js to speed up and simplify new feature development
Created and maintained audio and text demo apps built with Vue, Python, Flask, and Billboard.js, improving sales team efficiency and increasing conversions

Front End DeveloperDomino's

March 2017 – Sept 2021Ann Arbor, MI

Led design and development of an in-store React app that improved pizza tracker times and order accuracy, leading to cost savings on deliveries and better customer communication
Developed Pie Pass cart components with React to personalize and improve order pickup, leading to shorter wait times and contactless options
Created native iOS and Android apps using React and Cordova to increase order volume and improve the ordering experience in 26 international markets
Streamlined the Gulp, Grunt, and Webpack build process by trimming extraneous steps and caching temp files to reduce build time
Implemented A/B tests with Preact to improve item upsell conversions, leading to millions in additional revenue

Front End EngineerVouch

Oct 2015 – Feb 2016San Francisco, CA

Worked with design to create and implement new onboarding flows, increasing sponsor engagement by 70%
Created a responsive mobile and web document upload feature that sped up the loan approval process

UI/UX DeveloperStudyBlue

Oct 2013 – Aug 2015San Francisco, CA

Handled UX and CSS implemenation along with additional Backbone Javascript feature development during a critical redesign, rescuing the company from closure and driving profitability
Revamped main navigation, increasing clickthrough rate to a paid account upgrade which consequently led to increased revenue
Conducted user tests and collected feedback to improve site usability and functionality, leading to happier customers and better reviews

Front End DeveloperVodori

Feb 2012 – Oct 2013Chicago, IL

Web DeveloperAEO Design

Aug 2011 – Mar 2012Chicago, IL

Graphic DesignerMagna Powertrain

Mar 2009 – Sept 2011Troy, MI

Bachelor's of Fine Art (BFA) in Film & AnimationCollege for Creative Studies

2008Detroit, MI