Hi, I`m Brian Sopok.
I`m an Engineering Manager currently residing in New York City since April 2018. I hold a Bachelor Degree in Computer Science and have professionally worked at Yieldstreet and Elm Street Technology (Formally RLS2000).
Other companies that I have worked at part-time or by internship include Intriaci Studios, Apple Inc, United States Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Armaments Center (Formally United States Army Armament Research Development and Engineering Center), and Coldwell Banker Prime Properties.
I am proficient in JavaScript (React/Redux) and also knowledgable about TypeScript, Angular, PHP, and WordPress.
Please contact me if you would like to work on a project together, or just want to chat.
Strong engineering professional with a Bachelor degree in Computer Science from Siena College in 2016
Experienced Software Engineer with a demonstrated history of working in the financial technology industry.
Creative, strong communication skills, and consistently meets deadlines.
Passionate about web development and new technologies.
Spearheaded the development and implementation of highly functional real estate software, streamlining daily operations for 300,000 agents across REBNY, CincyMLS, and CAR, using React, NextJs, and CSS Modules.
Innovated on a comprehensive management tool, empowering MLS managers and brokerage owners to customize permissions, assign listings, and tailor aesthetic elements like fonts and color schemes, enhancing the individuality and brand consistency of agent and broker websites on the Perchwell platform.
Created software that allows real estate agents to communicate with their clients and keep track of ongoing deals.
Leading the front end team at The Shade Store
Contributed to the growth of an investor crowdfunding platform with 200K active users that utilizes JS (React), Redux, CSS (Styled Components), Jest, Enzyme, Gatsby, TypeScript, and GraphQL.
Improved the top of funnel experience that guides the user from signing up to their first investment. This was done by my work on converting front end pages to Gatsby to increase page load speed, A/B testing user onboarding to help limit marketing spend, as well as building the YieldStreet Blog, Resource Learning Center, Glossary, and landing pages to educate users on investment opportunities by utilizing Wordpress API.
Created new and existing functionality to the logged-in user experience where users can make new investments, transfer money, monitor investments, check tax information, make further investments, and view dividends.
Played a large part in rebranding the entire application in 2020 working closely with other engineers and product managers during which I consolidated many redundant parts of the codebase and helped create a shared component library using Storybook.
Worked with product managers and graphic designers to help breakdown large projects into tasks and prioritize them into upcoming sprints.
Worked on the team that converted the codebase from AngularJS to React in 2018.
Developed automated company website templates, which were capable of creating 35,000+ real estate agent websites per year. Also, created automatic inbound marketing solutions on top of websites.
Implemented area on the platform for real estate agents to see analytics about their website while also giving ability to make informational and design changes to their personalized website.
JS (React, AngularJS, JQuery), C# (Razor), CSS (Bootstrap, LESS, SCSS) and Pug.
Developed 50 websites including mobile and tablet friendly.
Utilized HTML, CSS, SASS, JavaScript, JQuery, PHP, Bootstrap, WordPress, BigCommerce, Photoshop, Github, Responsive Design, and Google Analytics
Developed company websites and assisted in company social media and analytics resulting in 350,000 views between six different websites and 6,000 new likes on Facebook within one year.
Developed thermochemistry and interior ballistics software for the United States Army Armament Research Development and Engineering Center.
Created complementary models in MATLAB, Visual Basic, and VBA macros using MS Excel enabling engineers to acquire necessary results from their model of choice.
Bachelor of Science in Computer Science
Dean’s List 4 semesters
William and Dalia Harvey Memorial Scholarship for Excellence in Mathematics and Computer Science
Relevant Courses Taken: Software Engineering, Web Application Development, Database Management, Analysis of Algorithms, and Object-Oriented Programming
Study Abroad Program