Peter Shafer
Senior Software Engineer at DAT Freight & Analytics
Raleigh, North Carolina, United States
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Top SchoolPeter Shafer is a Senior Software Engineer with 12 years of experience building performant, user-focused web interfaces and leading front-end initiatives across startups and enterprise teams. He has driven measurable improvements—such as a 90% asset payload reduction and automated accessibility fixes—while mentoring engineers and guiding UX-heavy projects at companies like AudioEye, Oracle, and Tivix. Comfortable influencing both technical strategy and hands-on implementation, he has experience with complex React UIs, large-data performance optimizations, and cross-functional planning for client engagements. Based in Raleigh, NC, he also advises early-stage startups through part-time consulting, blending pragmatic engineering with product-minded decision-making. An attention to real-world impact, from responsive toolbars to accessibility at scale, distinguishes his approach to web development.
12 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science Computer Science, Bachelor of Science Computer Science at PennWest EdinboroComputer Science, Computer Science at Allegheny College
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Github Skills (24)
django-rest-auth9
single-page9
django-rest9
single-spa8
angularjs8
portal7
rest7
authentication7
api7
django7
auth6
gridster6
knockoutjs6
jquery6
javascript6
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
petershafer/petershafer.github.io
Jun 2015 - Dec 2020
Contributions:2 PRs, 7 pushes, 2 branches in 5 years 6 months
petershafer/plux
May 2017 - Aug 2017
Contributions:4 releases, 56 commits, 24 PRs in 3 months
learning-projectreactvanilla-jsreduxflux
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