Dixon Minnick
Software Engineer.
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Software Engineer.
This page is wildly out of date
Please navigate to minnick.dev
Developer, Rower,
Outdoorsman, Skier
I recently graduated Tufts University with a BS in Computer Science. Presently I live in San Francisco and thorougly enjoy all that the Bay Area has to offer. On weekend you'll likely find me skiing in Tahoe, or training for an upcoming half marathon. I presently work as a Software Engineer on the Kiwi Web Team.
Originally from Boise Idaho, I came to Massachusetts to study at Tufts in 2011, and have spent the past few years exploring New England and the East Coast. When back in Idaho I enjoy many outdoor activities including backpacking, fly-fishing and whitewater rafting. I have traveled to 45 states and the District of Columbia as well as 33 foreign countries.
Kiwi.qa - web
January 2016 - present
As a front-end engineer on the Kiwi Web Team, I am regularly responsible for adding new features and fixing bugs on the Kiwi.qa social network, using HTML5, Javascript, JSON, SASS, jQuery, EJS, ReactJS, Bootstrap and other plugins. Some major features I worked on include: replies/comments interface, public questions, nearby questions, messenger, discover, notifications and more answers.
A Training Tool for Rowers, by Rowers (Formerly Fleetofthemalden.com)
Primarily intended for the Tufts Varsity Crew Team, allowing access to various erg workouts, training calculators and a calendar training plan. Inspired by the resources of tuftsoarsmen.org, but mobile friendly and easier to use. This site is an ongoing project.
NewsEdge Software Team
May 2014 - August 2015
Responsibilities included: Adding new features to and fixed bugs on NewsEdge.com web software platform using html, javascript, css, jQuery, AJAX and XML as part of a regular product development cycle. I acted as Lead Developer on a project to build a mobile-optimized platform containing a subset of features of NewsEdge using jQuery Mobile, JSON and a NodeJS server that I wrote. I then acted as Lead Developer to incorporate some of the aforementioned mobile features into iOS and Android native apps using Cordova.