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Hi, I'm Robert Niemela

I'm a front-end developer focused on building clean, responsive interfaces with Vue.js. I'm looking for a product-minded team where I can contribute to meaningful user experiences and grow alongside challenging projects.

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Education

2020 - AAS in Web Design from Mesa Community College

Certifications

April 2024 - Foundational Leadership Academy Certificate of Excellence

Professional Experience

June 2022 - April 2025

Goodwill of Northern and Central Arizona

Software Engineer I

Promoted from Junior Developer in 1 year.

Technologies:

Vue.js, Laravel, Cypress, SQL.

Key Contributions:

  • Developed and maintained dynamic, responsive web applications using Vue.js, and modern frontend practices
  • Led integration of Vuelidate for form validation and Pinia for state management, improving user experience and scalability
  • Streamlined Webpack configuration to enable dynamic imports for large packages, reducing initial load times; pruned SCSS codebase by ~80%, significantly decreasing CSS bundle size
  • Implemented Cypress testing and BrowserSync to enhance development workflow and CI/CD reliability
  • Transitioned frontend architecture for greater modularity, supporting a smoother SPA-like user experience
May 2021 - April 2022

Chapman Automotive Group

Developer

Technologies:

Nuxt.js, Vue.js, Sass, Jest, REST APIs

Key Contributions:

  • Reinforced codebase durability with unit testing (Jest) and TypeScript
  • Developed new features and enhanced site functionality using modern front-end technology
  • Enhanced mobile user experience and user satisfaction with responsive design based styling
  • Strengthened SEO ranking and accessibility options with improved HTML markup

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