Experience
Software Engineer Intern
Context
Internship Environment
A software engineering internship at Argon Software focused on web application development within an existing product codebase. Work included building application features, improving the company's public-facing website, conducting technical analysis, and contributing to the team's development workflow.
Scope
Responsibilities
Web application development using Laravel, React, Next.js, and React Native. Website improvement work covering analytics integration and providing a sample project with a backend. SEO and performance analysis on the existing company website. API endpoint testing. Participation in team collaboration and project tracking workflows.
Application Development
Web Application Development
Built web applications using Laravel, React, Next.js, and React Native. Work spanned backend-driven application patterns with Laravel and frontend-first approaches using React and Next.js, contributing practical experience across both layers of web development.
Website Improvement
Website Improvement and Analytics
Contributed to improvements on the Argon Software company website. Work included integrating Google Analytics and providing a sample project demonstrating a backend architecture.
SEO & Performance Analysis
SEO Analysis and Performance Improvement
Conducted an SEO analysis of the company website, identified key issues, and reported the findings. After addressing the reported issues, the measured website performance score improved from approximately 60% to 90%.
API Testing
Endpoint Testing
Used Postman for API endpoint testing as part of the development and verification workflow.
Development Environment
Tooling and Environment
Applied Docker for environment containerization. Integrated design references using Figma and participated in presentation workflows.
- Docker
- Postman
- Figma
- GitHub
- Trello
- Slack
Team Workflow
Collaboration and Task Tracking
Used Trello and GitHub for issue tracking and task management. Communicated through Slack. Version control and code collaboration managed through GitHub.
Key Contributions
Contributions
- Built web applications using Laravel, React, Next.js, and React Native - contributing across both backend and frontend layers of the stack.
- Improved the company website through Google Analytics integration and the development of a sample project demonstrating a backend implementation.
- Identified and reported SEO and performance issues on the company website; the measured performance score improved from approximately 60% to 90% after addressing the reported findings.
- Applied Postman for API endpoint testing as part of the development workflow.
- Used Docker to containerize the development environment.
Outcomes
Results
The measured website performance score improved from approximately 60% to 90% following identification and resolution of the reported SEO and performance issues.
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