**Matthew Cha**
matthewjhcha@gmail.com | (818) 438-7010
LinkedIn | Portfolio | GitHub | Los Angeles, CA

### TECHNICAL SKILLS
**Front End:** React, TypeScript, JavaScript, HTML, CSS, Tailwind, Material UI, Python, AJAX, Shopify, Vercel
**Back End:** Node, Express, Next, Nest, SQL, PostgreSQL, Prisma, Heroku, Microsoft Azure, AWS, Railway
**Tools & Skillsets:** OOP, Scrum/Agile, Figma, CI/CD, Git, GitHub, NPM, Webpack, JSON, APIs, Babel

### PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
**Developer | Car Media Group**
November 2023 – Current
- Rebuilt 20+ car model informational pages using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, and developed landing pages for marketing campaigns as client needs arose
- Developed Python script to scrape client car inventory, upload to Google Sheets via gspread API, and generate listings feed for Facebook and Google Merchant, yielding 30% higher conversion rates and 50% monthly traffic increase
- Collaborated with graphic and marketing teams to design, develop, test, and maintain the home site

**Software Engineer Contractor | Alpine IT**
June 2023 – August 2023
- Developed and rebuilt client’s SAAS web applications using React, TypeScript, and Material UI to create streamlined components with React hooks and Figma mockups
- Implemented user authentication and role management in the home site backend using NestJS, with Prisma facilitating database interaction and access control
- Performed rigorous unit testing using Storybook on React components, executing 50+ tests for optimal functionality

**Survey Programming and Data Specialist | MFour Mobile Research**
October 2021 – December 2022
- Created Python scripts to automate filtering of geolocation survey datasets (50+ files monthly) and processed data using Microsoft Excel and SPSS to ensure quality standards
- Constructed surveys on company software, collaborating with project managers and clients to integrate feedback while managing multiple projects and deadlines
- Implemented quality assurance measures to meticulously check team members' final data before client delivery

### APPLICATIONS DEVELOPED
**ChatGPT Styler | GitHub**
A Chrome extension allowing users to manipulate ChatGPT’s UI with extended features
- Implemented dynamic popup using TypeScript for real-time manipulation of message width, padding, and border
- Developed customizable color selector using React with hex value or eyedropper for message boxes
- Designed React-powered scroll-to-top button for navigation

**Plan It | GitHub**
A web application for event planners to organize events, invite guests, and set tasks
- Utilized React, Node, Express, Tailwind, and PostgreSQL to create a full-stack web app with responsive design
- Integrated Google Maps API and react-datetime for location selection and user-friendly calendar interface
- Leveraged Twilio API to send SMS invitations and dynamically update guest lists with JavaScript

### EDUCATION
**Full-Immersion Web Development Program | LearningFuze**
December 2022 – March 2023
- 1000+ hours of programming in an Agile environment with a former Google engineering director as instructor
- Learned React, JavaScript, HTML, CSS, Node, and Express to develop full-stack web applications

**Bachelor of Science, Business Administration | University of California, Riverside**
June 2018

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