James Black

About James Black

I am a full stack developer in the DMV (D.C, Maryland and Virginia) area. Currently contracting at NASA.

Experience

1. Full Stack Mobile Developer

   Powertrain, Inc

   Aug 2018 — Present · Landover, MD, US

   I was initially brought on as a temporary contractor at Powertrain for a short-term (6 months) project but was kept on for further contracts. At Powertrain I completed two cross-platform mobile applications and two web applications for the USAF. Additionally I assisted in the development of another mobile application for FINRA. Responsibilities during my time at Powertrain include: • Manage Azure cloud services (IE: Create and maintain web applications, servers, databases, containers). • Designing and implementing an SQL databases to work with web APIs. • Documenting the APIs and databases through Jira. • Creating utilities to aid non-development members of the team. • Create web UI’s using CSS, HTML, Angular, AngularJS. • Create a cross-platform mobile application using Xamarin C#, Native Android, Objective C and Swift. • Design applications to properly function with no internet access and to sync progress seamlessly with the web API when a stable connection could be formed. • Deploy and manage deployments of both Apple and Android applications. • Maintain and update the web API based on desired and required changes by the client in addition to changes required by the mobile application.

Education

• Indiana Institute of Technology

  Bachelor of Science - BS

  2011 — 2016

• Luzerne County Community College

  Associates

  2009 — 2011