Tim Lake

At Funraise I worked on the Systems Team, alongside fantastic developers, where we worked on features across the site, identified/fixed bugs, & managed the Postgres database.

On a daily basis my work consisted of working on the Funraise backend using Java to provide new features to our users, address a bug, or update data in the database to correct some edge cases that users encountered. Whenever those edge cases were encountered, we would write up a ticket in JIRA so that a fix can be implemented as soon as possible either by myself or another member of the team.

I brainstormed with my teammates for creative solutions to bugs that users ran into that were resolved through dataase and/or code changes that either they or I worked on following those brainstorming sessions.

I wrote many fixes over the years at Funraise ranging from small changes to complex refactoring of sections of the backend code to not only address the bug but improve the code for better maintenance in the future.

I also worked on numerous features including the much desired Salutations feature. This feature included changes across multiple systems such as from within the organization's Setting in Platform, the Giving Forms that are the essential piece to Fundraising, the Giving Form Settings in Platform, the Fundraiser Sign Up/Settings on a Campaign Site, multiple integrations, as well as our import and export tools.