Dixie Joseph L. Ampo Jr.Software Engineer, 6 yearsSanta Rosa, Laguna, Philippines
Email: work.deeej@gmail.com / me@mail.weedeej.dev

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ExperiencesThere may be lapses due to contracts that employers preferred to be private.

LLM Software Engineer (Contract)

SmartSite Studios-Sep 2024 - Feb 2025
Professional Experience
  • Increased user engagement developing advanced chat features like conversation-branching and a multi-model interaction system handling daily queries.
  • Redesigned the core of an LLM-based chatbot platform, which improved response time by 40% and scaled the system to support concurrent enterprise users.
  • Refined model outputs by mastering prompt engineering across Gemini, Anthropic, and OpenAI, reducing token consumption by 15% while improving response accuracy.
Next.jsReactNode.jsTypeScriptFirebaseVercel

Software Engineer (Contract)

DEX-May 2024 - August 2024
Professional Experience
  • Developed and released new features for a production application, while also increasing app stability by resolving critical bugs.
  • Contributed on reducing production bugs through rigorous peer code reviews and managed the release cycle for production deployments.
Next.jsReactNode.jsTypeScriptAWSPostgreSQLPrisma

Lead Software Developer (Contract)

Corebridge Solutions-February 2024 - May 2024
Professional Experience
  • Led the development of 3 client projects, which accelerated future development time by 20% by establishing reusable coding standards.
  • Handled the AWS cloud infrastructure and CI/CD pipelines for a Strapi CMS, achieving 99.9% uptime and reducing deployment times by 50%.
  • Led the creation of end-to-end tests with Cypress, increasing test coverage from 40% to 85% and eliminating critical path regressions.
Next.jsReactNode.jsTypeScriptCypressAWSWordPressPHPMySQL

Software Developer (Full-Time)

Nanoninth, OPC-May 2022 - August 2023
Professional Experience
  • Built and maintained the company's primary web (React) and mobile (React Native) applications.
  • Improved front-end load times using TypeScript and MUI, and contributed to the Node.js backend.
  • Reduced code duplication across web and mobile platforms by building a shared component library and design system.
ReactFirebaseNode.jsTypeScriptCypressMaterial-UI

Freelance Full-Stack Developer

Multiple Clients-June 2018 - Present
Freelance & Consulting
  • Built over 10 custom solutions for private clients, including a full-stack registry platform for PABR that manages over 5,000 member records.
  • Built a barangay management system using the FERN stack, digitizing document requests for a community of 34,000+ residents.
  • Built a NodeJS-based arbitrage trading bot that executed over 500 profitable trades within its first month of operation for a blockchain client.
ReactNext.jsNode.jsPHPJavaSolidityFirebaseAWSMySQL

.NET Developer & Creator

Valorant Crosshair Changer (VCC)-October 2021 - Present
Personal & Open Source Projects
  • Created and grew a desktop application for Valorant, achieving over 1.4 million downloads.
  • Built a full-stack ecosystem with a custom Node.js API and MongoDB, supporting a community of 10,000+ users sharing content via "Share code".
C#MongoDBReactNext.jsNode.jsTypeScript

Full-Stack Developer & Creator

Valorant Player Suite-February 2022 - November 2022
Personal & Open Source Projects
  • Developed a full-stack web application allowing players of a popular game to securely log in and track their daily in-game store items.
  • Created a companion Discord bot that integrated with the site's API to send daily, personalized notifications to users about their favorite items.
  • Designed and implemented a robust API service to manage user data, game data, and cross-platform interactions between the website and a .NET client.