Robert Deak

Key Achievements

• Productized over a dozen machine learning models, driving multimillion-dollar cost reductions by automating complex decision-making processes at scale
• Contributed to the development of a federated search engine with Google-like capabilities, delivering fast, seamless data retrieval across diverse and heterogeneous data sources
• Architected and delivered a specialized molecular feasibility tracking application with integrated data visualizations that accelerated chemistry research workflows, significantly reducing brainstorming cycle times among research teams
• Created an OLAP-based employee training tracking system, offering real-time insights into curriculum completion rates and improving department compliance
• Engineered a dynamic workforce allocation system that optimizes employee assignment distribution across multiple divisions based on real-time availability, improving operational efficiency and resource utilization
• Built a dynamic data exploration platform that allows users to map, sort, filter, and customize views of large datasets in real time, enhancing data accessibility and user autonomy
• Developed data streaming API capable of generating and streaming large-scale documents, ensuring reliable delivery and low-latency performance under heavy load
• Built advanced interactive data visualizations, empowering stakeholders to explore complex datasets intuitively and make data-driven decisions faster
• Designed and implemented a robust Role-based Access Control (RBAC) system, enhancing platform security and enabling fine-grained user permissions management
• Improved operational efficiency and data integrity by designing a real-time, event-driven architecture for a new internal monitoring tool

Tools & Technologies

Key Achievements

• Developed an optimized data architecture for material flow and inter-component integration, enabling users to complete equivalent work several months faster
• Designed and implemented infrastructure as code (IaC) using Terraform to automate AWS provisioning, enabling repeatable, version-controlled environment management
• Architected and launched a new project, establishing a scalable and maintainable foundation for future development
• Built an end-to-end CI/CD pipeline with GitHub Actions, accelerating deployment workflows and shortening release cycles

Tools & Technologies

Key Achievements

• Migrated and refactored an entire component library to TypeScript, improving type safety, maintainability, and developer productivity
• Integrated a wide range of core REST API endpoints to power essential business functionality and ensure seamless data flow across the application
• Set up a full-featured development environment from scratch, following best practices—covering build tooling, linting, testing, Storybook, tracing, error handling, and project structure
• Transformed dozens of Figma designs into well-structured, reusable React components, ensuring visual accuracy and responsive behavior
• Streamlined the GitLab CI/CD pipeline for faster, more reliable deployments and introduced automated changelog generation to improve release transparency
• Strengthened the testing strategy by enhancing coverage and implementing end-to-end testing with Cypress.io for critical user flows

Tools & Technologies

Key Achievements

• Developed a REST API for processing and managing nicotine test image submissions
• Applied an OpenCV algorithm to validate image content on the client side before uploading
• Set up a project, and a streamlined deployment workflow
• Translated Figma designs into responsive, pixel-perfect UIs for both mobile and desktop
• Integrated Google Analytics and user tracking to monitor engagement and behavior

Key Achievements

• Built a responsive front-end application that enables seamless customer communication through SMS
• Integrated real-time messaging via WebSocket alongside REST API endpoints to ensure a reliable communication flow
• Troubleshot and resolved critical issues in a legacy Angular codebase, improving stability and maintainability
• Integrated a custom React build into a Django deployment workflow, resolving all asset bundling conflicts
• Translated full UI designs into modular, reusable React components focusing on performance, including image optimization
• Integrated Stripe payment processing into the application
• Refactored and streamlined the codebase, removing nearly 30% of redundant code and unused libraries to improve performance and maintainability
• Took initiative in laying the groundwork for a real-time user notification system to enhance user engagement
• Fixed issues on existing UI components

Key Achievements

• Implemented key business features (taking orders, shipping, tracking)
• Implemented GraphQL resolvers with Redis caching for long-term data storage and fast response times
• Contributed to the refactoring and redesigning of a large React application for improved performance and maintainability
• Integrated external freight APIs to enable seamless third-party data exchange
• Built reusable MongoDB repositories for cleaner data access patterns
• Built and integrated a complex multi-step form with dynamic, interdependent fields for quoting and booking workflows
• Migrated significant business logic from legacy PL/SQL to a modern Node.js service architecture
• Helped containerize the application and its dependencies using Docker for streamlined development and deployment
• Set up and maintained end-to-end tests with Cypress.io, integrated them into CI, and authored extensive test coverage

Key Achievements

• Designed full application architecture for a new learning platform
• Built custom components for rich text editing and data visualization
• Implemented a SCORM generator (2004 third Edition)
• Integrated federated authentication and authorization with the platform

Key Achievements

• Integrated the Xero API, Stripe API, and NetSuite API
• Implemented the entire user onboarding
• Dockerized Node.js and React applications with all the dependent services

Key Achievements

• Designed and implemented a highly scalable messaging service used by multiple customer facing applications
• Created and implemented several key features into a application for corporate clients
• Implemented and designed few payment processing features in corporate banking application
• Served on a team focused on integrating PBZ banking solutions for other banks in the Intesa Sanpaolo Group
• Developed several large batch processes as data engineer into a retail back-end application
• Constructed and implemented an application for processing standing orders

Key Achievements

• Implemented several specific UI components for the Advantage platform
• Created a tool for tracking component releases and creating a changelog
• Assisted with integration testing for several internal systems

Key Achievements

• Created a B2B portal for local factory
• Implemented a reporting module for a betting web application
• Designed and implemented features on custom ERP solution