Arif Demirkan/(ah-reef)/ · noun
see my work- i. fullstack web developer
- ii. minimalist
- iii. known taro boba addict
- Jun. 2023 - Present
Monkeytype
Frontend Developer Intern
- Expanded UI library for #1 typing site with ~2 million users
- Independently launched fluid highlighting feature, now serving ~120,000 users daily
- Proposed several UI improvements to leadership, developed and implemented in pull requests
- Improved animation frame rate by ~52% in core component
- Optimized legacy component, reducing jQuery calls by ~99% and DOM manipulations by ~96%
TypescriptSassjQueryHTMLCSS - Fall 2022
CounselHero
Frontend Developer Intern
- Expanded UI library for ed-tech startup using React and Typescript
- Proposed and led optimization task, improving page load-time by ~21%
- Designed and implemented several core UI components to support product launch
- Implemented responsive UI for mobile support
ReactTypescriptFigma - Summer 2022
CounselHero
Software Engineer Intern
- Collaborated with frontend and backend teams to build internal tools using Python
- Developed scraper to parse rankings of ~1500 universities
- Created internal tool to automate updating school ranks in database, saving 100+ hours of data entry
PythonPostmanREST API - An opensource URL shortener built for the modern web. Shorten your links with ease and track analytics such as clickrate, regional demographics, device types, etc.Summer 2023
URL Lab
Side Project
Next.jsTypescriptTailwindDaisyUIFramer MotionExpressPlanetscaleMySQL - Productivity web app that allows users to sync study sessions with their friends. Configure your study/break sessions, share a link to your friends, and study together.Summer 2022
Deepflow
Side Project
ReactTypescriptTailwindFigmaCSS ModulesExpress - A web app that allows users to find familiar faces from previous classes. On the first day of class, students turn on the search mode. The app then searches for other devices, sorts students by past mutual classes.Spring 2022
Birds of a Feather
University Group Project
JavaAndroid StudioBluetooth