Claire Peng

I am a junior full-stack developer and current recipient of the Represent Scholarship by codebar.io for Makers Academy. Previous to my journey in tech, I was a fashion designer and have designed for luxury brands such as Burberry, Celine, and A-Cold-Wall.

At my core, I love to make things, whether it is an elegant piece of software or a beautiful piece of clothing. My background in design allows me to excel in systems thinking and create robust applications with aesthetic UI in mind. I thrive in high-paced environments that require adaptability, can take complete ownership of a product from research to development to launch, and have experience working in teams to build test-driven apps using the MERN stack, Python & Flask.

Projects

Name	Description	Tech/tools
OppoGames	A fullstack mini-games site using the MERN Stack, where users can register, play and chat in realtime with friends.
Acebook	A fullstack Facebook clone created from a legacy starter codebase using the MERN Stack. Demonstrates Facebook’s main functionalities including: Messaging, Newsfeed, Likes, Comments, User Profiles, Real-time Search, and Friends.	MongoDB, Express, React, Node.js, Git, HTML, CSS
Password Cracker	A terminal-based app to demonstrate common hacking tactics including Dictionary Attack, Hybrid Attack, Hashcat Mask, and Phishing	Python, Tkinter

Work Experience

Makers Academy (Sept '23 to Jan '23)
Student Full-Stack Developer

• Created full-stack web applications in Python and Javascript with a focus on OOP, TTD, and considered project architecture to create code that is well-tested, easy to read, maintain and scale.

• Frontend: Designed and developed visually cohesive components using React.js and TailwindCSS. Taught myself websockets to add live-chat and live-move features as personal extensions of the OppoGames and Acebook projects.

• Backend: Interpreted high-level User Stories into relational and non-relational database designs, and created test-driven RESTful APIs in Python/Flask and Node.js/Express.

• Teamwork: Worked collaboratively on team projects in an Agile environment (including SCRUM, Pair Programming, Kanban, etc.) to efficiently reach MVPs, implement new features, and deploy them in a CI-CD approach.

DOM REBEL (Jul '22 to Sept '23)
Lead Designer

• Lead a team of assistant designers, in-house artists, and freelancers to create collections of over 60 products per season. From my involvement, the brand has gained world-reknowned luxury department stores Selfridges and Harrods among their stockists.

• Strong research skills and can take ownership of developing products from concept, to design & development, to prototype and deployment.

• This role gave me directly applicable skills to designing a software engineering product from scratch. I am adept at interpretting a high-level brief into concrete project components. I can own products from end-to-end, and design solutions with both technical efficiency and brand-alignment in mind.

A-Cold-Wall* (Aug '21 to Oct '22, Jan '23)
Freelance Technical Designer

• Created technical packages, with diagrams and specifications for the construction, material, wash, print, and trims of each product.

• This role is similar to BE database and FE component system design for software engineering. I am well-practiced in breaking down a product into separate components with its own spec details and interlinking dependencies. I can communicate these technical details clearly to a third party, both through text and diagrams.

Burberry (Sept '20 to Sept '21)
Menswear Design Assistant, Mainline Wovens

• Supported the Menswear Mainline team with creating CAD designs, updating design boards, and amending designs, staying adaptive to ongoing feedback from the Creative Director.

• This role is directly applicable to Agile methodology in software engineering. I am adept at making incremental changes to meet client feedback, and can handle multiple tickets in a fast-paced environment.

Skills

Tech Stack:

React.js • Node.js • Express • MongoDB • postgreSQL • Python • Flask • Unit & Integration Testing (Jest, Cypress, Pytest, Playwright) • Git & Github • TailwindCSS • HTML & CSS • socket.io • TTD • OOP • REST APIs • Agile Methodology • Adobe Creative Suite

Soft Skills:

Analytical Problem-Solving • Project Management • End-End Product Ownership • Research (Technical & Visual) • Communication • Team Leadership • Consumer Trend Knowledge

Education

Makers Academy (Sept '23 to Jan '24)

• Recipient of the Represent Scholarship, sponsored by codebar.io
• Python (Flask), Javascript (MERN), SQL & NoSQL databases, HTML, CSS, RESTful API design
• OOP, analysis & design
• TDD
• Git, Version-Control
• CI-CD
• Pair-programming
• Agile methodology

Central Saint Martins (Sept '18 to Mar '20)

• MA Fashion: Menswear
• Merit
• Class Representative for the Class of 2020

London College of Fashion (Sept '15 to Jun '18)

• MA Fashion: Menswear
• 1st
• Class Representative for the Class of 2018

Hobbies

• I am a singer in a shoegaze band, Sunnbrella, that plays regularly across London and in Europe.

• I love making clothes. I previously produced and sold a small drop of menswear in 2021.