Marcus Cole
marcus.cole@email.com · 312-555-0176 · Chicago, IL
Professional Summary
Software developer with 5 years building reliable applications in JavaScript and Java. Comfortable across the stack, focused on clean code, pragmatic delivery, and maintainable systems.
Experience
Software Developer · Midwest Digital
Chicago, IL • 2021–Present
- Developed customer portal features in React and Spring Boot used by 50K+ monthly users.
- Refactored legacy payment module; reduced failed transactions by 22% and simplified retries.
- Wrote unit/integration tests that caught 15+ regressions before production in the last year.
- Collaborated with QA and support to triage issues and ship hotfixes within SLA.
Junior Software Developer · Lakeview Systems
Chicago, IL • 2019–2021
- Implemented REST APIs and admin screens for an inventory management product.
- Automated nightly data imports with scripts that cut manual ops work by 10 hours/week.
- Participated in agile ceremonies and improved ticket clarity with better acceptance criteria.
Software Developer Intern · Windy City Tech
Chicago, IL • 2018–2019
- Built internal JavaScript tools that automated report generation for the operations team.
- Fixed UI bugs and wrote basic unit tests on a customer-facing React dashboard.
- Shadowed senior developers on code reviews and production incident triage.
Education
University of Illinois Chicago
B.S. in Computer Science
Chicago, IL · May 2019
Projects
Open Source Expense Tracker • 2022
- Built a React + Express expense app with CSV export and category budgets; 1.2K GitHub stars.
Skills
JavaScript, TypeScript, Java, React, Spring Boot, SQL, Git, REST APIs, Jest, Agile