Improving The Cruiser Experience

As a full stack software developer for the backend, I would work with PHP and Python, and for the frontend development I would work with React and JavaScript/TypeScript. I was responsible for day-to-day improvements and new feature development of the website (cruisecritic.com) as well as backend services, APIs, and integrations with 3rd party SDKs and custom code for data conversion into a MySQL and GraphQL environment. I Introduced LLMs (AI/Chat) to the team and helped with the integration of AI in test products focused on customer experience. I also worked directly in the AWS infrastructure to help with site stability and networking. Including EC2 and S3 management and deployment.

I built improvements to the primary cruise search tool on the site. Enhanced the mobile experience and fixed several bugs.

On the Backend, I build new cruise line parsers to add more available data to the system.

I built several marketing pop-ups, quizzez, and forms using Digioh

I built several visual and performance enhancements for the Deals Product.

I built changes to the ship review presentation to include data from the user submitted data fields.

I built all of the "Award" sections. Using scripts to convert Excel Spreadsheets into useable code.