Garo Nazarian

Senior Full Stack Web3 Developer

HAMZA · Remote [January 2024 – Current]

Tech utilized:

1. Typescript
4. Nextjs
5. Postgresql
8. MedusaJS
9. Solidity

Key Achievements

1. Contributed to the accelerated launch of an e-commerce platform using MedusaJS, which secured over 1000 customers in its initial three months of operation.
2. Architected and led the development of a feature-rich Admin Portal using the full Tanstack Suite (Router, Query, Form, Table) with Zod for type-safe form validation, establishing a team-wide SOP that accelerated future development.
3. Collaborated closely with vendor owners to understand business requirements, and development sprint roadmaps, ensuring alignment between stakeholder expectations and technical delivery.
4. Implemented Chainlink Price feeds to display product prices in cryptocurrencies (USDT, ETH, USDC), enabling real-time decentralized price conversions in the marketplace, utilized in currency changers, and developed customer settings to enhance personalization.

Senior Full Stack Developer

Contract Developer · Full-time Sep 2022 - Dec 2023]

Tech utilized:

1. Typescript
2. Nextjs
3. Postgresql
7. Django

Responsibilities

1. Developed and maintained a Nextjs support website for a Web3 company OrdKit, enabling customers to submit tickets and employees to efficiently approve refunds for incorrect payments, saving the customer support team time and increasing customer satisfaction. Utilizing Next13 SSR and Supabase for role based authentication.
2. Developed a Vite PWA for improved performance and 90 and above grading on all lighthouse metrics for TuffDAO. The simple application boasted seamless animations and was built using React hooks, Framer, Blurhash, and Node.js (SMTP for contact).
3. Prototyped a cross-platform Health Food Logging and Meditation App SumPlus in React Native, collaborating with UI/UX designers and developers; integrated USDA FoodData API for nutrition data, and implemented features including fasting timer, calendar, and meditation timer, with state management via Redux Toolkit and RTK Query for caching.
4. Configured and automated CI pipeline with GitHub Actions for SumPlus to enforce code quality through linting, unit testing (Jest), and build verification.
5. Stabilized the production AWS EC2 environment for an AQI monitoring client, AirDeveloppa, by architecting a monitoring solution with AWS CloudWatch. Diagnosed and resolved critical Nginx configuration errors and persistent CPU throttling to ensure high uptime.

Full Stack Web Developer

Inclusive Media Design Centre · Full-time [Sep 2018 - Sep 2022]

Urls

• Website: https://www.torontomu.ca/inclusive-media/

Tech utilized:

1. Typescript
2. Javascript
3. Nextjs
4. Django
5. Postgresql

Responsibilities

1. Co-authored the successful grant proposal and technical specifications that secured $250,000 CAD in government funding for the project prototype.
2. Led a team of 3 developers, managing the project roadmap on Jira and serving as the primary technical liaison for the project owner. My leadership on the backend and collaboration with the frontend developer ensured timely delivery of features.
3. Architected and developed the Django backend for a data collection platform used in a PhD user study, capturing subjective assessments from D/HoH viewers on closed captioning quality factors (delay, speed, missing words)
4. Wrote a WebRTC application using Vidyo.IO’s API in .NET which sets up a WebRTC video stream. Software was used in conjunction with a robot allowing a student with autism to stay at home and continue to participate in class
5. Prioritized streaming traffic using Quality of Service techniques to ensure minimal latency and high performance for 1080p 60fps video across varying network conditions.