JOHN ESCALONA

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Software Developer II

Mercury Insurace

  • Accelerated QA Testing Workflow by enabling in-app environment switching, thus removing significant bottlenecks during the testing phase and reducing QA testing iteration time by 50%.
  • Enhanced Code Quality through implementation of Dependency Injection, increasing unit test coverage from 0% to 70% and improving codebase maintainability.
  • Boosted User Retention & App Ratings by deploying an In-app feedback request system, driving a significant uptick in app store engagement and customer satisfaction.
  • Led Feature Enablement Strategy via integration of low-code walkthroughs and remote dynamic messaging, simplifying feature rollouts and improving feature adoption rates.
  • Modernized App Maintenance and App Update Framework using Firebase Remote Config, ensuring real-time and consistent cross-platform maintenance and app update alerts with zero code redeployments.
  • Built an API mocking framework tool with NodeJS/Express, enabling frontend teams to test edge cases independently of backend readiness.
  • Optimized Frontend Performance by designing a dynamic theming and asset management system, reducing load time and ensuring brand consistency across environments.

PROJECTS

Algo Visualization

React app that demonstrates core algorithms like Binary Search, Merge Sort, and Quick Sort via real-time animations. Enhances algorithm learning through interactive visuals.

lfti

Cross-platform Flutter application for managing workout routines that features guided timers, session tracking, and workout summaries. Deployed on Android.

Truss Solver

Web-based engineering tool built with React that calculates node displacements, internal/external forces, and stress across structural trusses.

Debt Counter

This web app helps users keep track of their overall Debt by displaying to serve as a reminder to the user.

The Shuffling

A "Magic: The Gathering" Web application built using "The Gathering" API to virtually catalog Magic Cards. Implemented front-end UI as well as services for CRUD operations.

EDUCATION

Cal Poly Pomona, 2018-2020

B.S. Computer Science

Cerritos College, 2014-2018

Computer Science Transfer Program

SKILLS

  • Flutter
  • React
  • Angular
  • Git
  • NodeJS
  • Agile
  • HTML
  • CSS
  • Tailwind
  • Jenkins
  • Docker
  • Java/Spring Boot