Curtis Belt
Full Stack Engineer & Technology Generalist
I live in C
hicago, IL but am also an experienced remote worker
Email me at-, or call or text -
Technologies
❚ Advanced Production: I n-depth experience and/or extensive usage in a production environment.
❚ Production: Professional experience in a production environment.
❚ Recreational: B
aseline experience; have taken a course and/or used on a personal project.
Front-end
❚ HTML
❚ CSS
❚ SASS/SCSS
❚ WordPress
Themes/Plugins
❚ PHP
❚ Vue.js (inc. Vuex, Router)
❚ Nuxt.js
❚ TailwindCSS
❚ J
avaScript
❚ P
ug
❚ P
ostCSS
❚ j Query (Core, UI)
❚ R
egex
❚ B
ootstrap
❚ J
AMstack
Back-end
❚N
GINX
❚P
HP-FPM
❚M
ySQL
❚P
M2
❚J
SON
❚P
HP 7
❚ L
aravel Eloquent ORM
❚ N
ode.js / NVM
❚ B
ash Scripting
❚ R
egex
Deployment
❚G
it Hooks
❚A
WS Elastic Beanstalk
❚B
ash Scripting
❚ r sync
❚ D
ocker
❚ D
ocker Compose
CMS & Generators
❚W
ordPress
❚N
uxt.js
❚ C
ontentful
❚ G
host
API / CLI
❚ RESTful JSON APIs
❚ Google Maps /
OpenStreetMap
❚ INRIX Traffic Data
❚ RETS / RESO Data
Dictionary
❚ Cloudflare Developer API
❚ GraphQL
Databases
❚ MySQL
❚ Amazon Aurora MySQL
❚ MariaDB
❚ Amazon Aurora Serverless
❚ Redis
❚ PHPMyAdmin
❚ FaunaDB
❚ PostgreSQL
Versioning
❚ Git
❚ GitHub
❚ SVN
❚ BitBucket
❚ GitLab
Build Tools / CLI
❚ WP-CLI (WordPress)
❚ Babel
❚ Webpack
❚ Yarn
❚ npm
❚ AWS CLI
❚ Composer
❚ Grunt
❚ Gulp
Design
❚ Zeplin
❚ InVision
❚ Figma
❚ PhotoShop
❚ GIMP
Monitoring / Performance
❚A
WS CloudWatch
❚L
oggly
❚P
apertrail
❚ t ail -f error.log
❚ N
ew Relic
❚ B
lackfire.io
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
❚S
3
❚E
C2
❚C
ustom AMIs
❚S
ecurity Groups
❚R
DS
❚C
loudWatch
❚ E
FS
❚ I AM Permissions
❚ L
oad Balancing
❚ A
uto Scaling
❚ L
ambda
❚ E
CS
❚ A
WS Organizations
❚ A
WS Auto Scaling
❚ R
outer 53
❚ A
PI Gateway
❚ C
loudFront
❚ C
odeCommit
Platforms
AWS: Elastic Beanstalk
❚ W
P Engine
❚ S
hared Hosting (ex.
HostGator, Dreamhost)
❚ H
eroku
❚ D
igital Ocean
❚ N
etlify
Text Editors
VSCode
Sublime Text
❚ n
ano
❚ A
tom
❚ P
HPStorm
Testing & Linting
❚ E
SLint
❚ B
rowserstack
Operating Systems
❚F
edora/Redhat/CentOS
❚W
indows
❚ U
buntu
❚ M
acOS X
❚ A
rch
Management / Productivity
❚M
ethodologies: Kanban,
Agile, Waterfall
❚G
itHub Issues & Projects
Board
❚T
eamwork Projects
❚P
ivotal Tracker
❚G
oogle Suite (Gmail,
Drive, Docs, Sheets,
Hangouts, etc)
❚D
iscord
❚D
ynalist
❚ J
IRA
❚ C
onfluence
❚ T
rello
❚ L
ync
❚ N
otion.so
❚ S
lack
❚ S
kype
Work History
Full Stack Engineer
TRIBUS
Jan 2017 - Sept 2019 (2 yrs 9 mos)
Remote
Latest Project:
I primarily create websites for real estate brokerages. In the past this was done with custom PHP WordPress
themes. For my latest project, I have developed a Nuxt.js+WordPress framework to allow clients to keep their
familiar WordPress UI, while upgrading their website to a modern SPA. With millions of real estate properties
presented across thousands of individual websites, keeping server load down was a major goal. This framework
features a custom WordPress API which achieves <30ms non-cached response times by encoding content JSON at
the point it is created/updated - reducing the query count from dozens/hundreds seen on native WordPress API, to
1-4 select queries. A JavaScript-side library is included to interface between Nuxt.js and the API.
AWS Cloud Architecture:
Developed and manage a custom hybrid PHP + Node.js stack running WordPress and Nuxt.js (server-side Vue.js
framework). Running a high availability configuration with 2+ EC2 instances.
Created bash scripts for automation such as: auto-generating NGINX config files from database, cloning
production to staging/testing/local. Automated CNAME management on Cloudflare using their API.
Leadership:
Tech lead in a 3 person team. Responsibilities include training/mentoring, and assigning tasks based on skill while
encouraging growth. Additionally, I establish consistency for the team, such as code format/linting rules, developer
workstation configuration (LEMP stack, etc), deployment processes and so on.
Developer
TRIBUS
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June 2015 - Jan 2017 (1 yr 8 mos)
Chicago, IL
Created new/maintained all custom WordPress themes
Maintained and continued improvements for high-availability WordPress server stack on AWS
Mapping RETS data imports to our standardized database fields
Tier 2 Customer Support
TRIBUS
Feb 2015 - Jun 2015 (5 mos)
Chicago, IL
Hired with intent to transition to developer role
Created and maintained data standardization maps for RETS feed importer
● Performed detailed analysis of individual RETS feeds to ensure as much data as possible was imported
● Used basic Ruby scripting for tasks such as cleaning up formatting, and conditionally importing multiple columns into one
● Assisted with chat support queue while training for more technical tasks
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Order Management Specialist
Westcon-Comstor
Sept 2014 - Jan 2015 (5 mos)
Omaha, NE
Meant to be a short-term job after a failed business venture, but got distracted automating their workflows!
● Best description I can think of is “complicated data entry”: orders had to be entered in specific ways with a variety of
rules.
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Web Developer & IT Admin
Fidelity Financial Corporation
Dec 2012 - Jul 2014 (1 yr 8 mos)
Omaha, NE
Administrator of website, email, hosting.
Lead initiative to upgrade outdated office technology
● Deployed new CRM to more efficiently manage leads and opportunities
● Converted client paperwork to digital copy which drastically reduced missed sales opportunities.
● General IT support for all computer equipment.
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Work History (cont.)
Web Developer
Quick Connect
Mar 2012 - Nov 2012 (9 mos)
Omaha, NE
Independently managed Quick Connect’s web development department
45+ Joomla and WordPress websites (mostly small businesses)
● HTML, CSS, JS, PHP, deployed via FTP to Dreamhost
● Maintained Quick Connect’s website and internal custom applications (employee time sheets, invoice generator)
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Bench Technician
Quick Connect
Nov 2010 - Mar 2012 (1 yr 5 mos)
Lincoln, NE
Independently managed Omaha office for 6 months.
PC/Mac repair, laptop screen repair, data recovery, virus removal, etc.
● Created quotes for custom PCs, facilitated data migration from old PC, and delivered/setup to client’s home or office.
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Fire Support Specialist
Army National Guard
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Jun 2007 - Mar 2011 (3 yrs 10 mos)
Lincoln, NE
Deployed for 2 weeks to Louisiana in September 2008 for Hurricane Gustav and Ike relief operations, working as a driver.
Honorably/medically discharged in March 2011 due to a broken leg caused by a motorcycle accident.
Education
Mainframe Programming
Associate in Applied Science (incomplete)
Southeast Community College
2008 -2009
Milford, NE
Did not complete the last 2 months of this degree due to motorcycle accident, national guard deployment activities.
Certifications
Coming Soon™
Steadily working through Linux Academy’s course for AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate Level.
My goal is to get all 3 of the AWS Associate Level certifications by the end of 2020.
