Software Engineer
July 2020 - present
Jul 2020 - present
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Joined Balsa as their first engineering hire and architected front-end UI through three distinct iterations of the product: a desktop GitHub & Jira client, a task-focused project-management tool, and a rich text editor for collaborative feature planning.
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Established core engineering policies, including code review standards, bug tracking processes, and accessibility best practices.
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Worked closely with the design team to establish durable front-end components & design patterns that could endure the rigors of startup-speed development in a high-iteration environment.
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Developed early user relationships, fielding bug reports & feature requests and running user-testing sessions.
Front-End Engineer
April 2015 - June 2020
Apr 2015 - Jun 2020
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Overhauled a “minimum-viable” user dashboard into a robust application with reusable components, a reliable build system, and a rigorous test suite that’s still serving customer needs in production to this day.
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Grew the front-end team from just myself to eventually include three junior engineers. I developed the hiring rubric, ran the interview process, and managed the team for multiple years.
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Started a new team from the ground up to maintain & develop the company’s SDK products. This involved an extensive hunt for qualified candidates, culminating in three hires.
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Built a powerful admin dashboard to help with daily customer support & sales needs, including tools for managing customer accounts & projecting changes in customer usage patterns.
Engineer
January 2014 - February 2015
Jan 2014 - Feb 2015
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Built & iterated on a guided experience to help users provide evidence for disputed credit card transactions through the product dashboard.
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Designed & developed an internal service for compiling user-submitted written & visual content into standardized PDF files for automated submission to financial institutions.
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Led efforts to improve processes for project planning & bug tracking in the product engineering organization.
Web Developer
December 2011 - November 2013
Dec 2011 - Nov 2013
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Joined Everpix as their first engineering hire, responsible for building & maintaining the web-app product through alpha, beta, and public launch.
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Developed a highly-performant scrolling gallery interface capable of handling tens of thousands of user photos in a single view, including dynamic windowed pagination, loading & memory management, and novel grid layouts.
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Integrated with early OAuth implementations from external services, allowing users to continuously import their photos from other platforms.
Junior Developer
June 2010 - November 2011
Jun 2010 - Nov 2011
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Worked with world-class UI designers to build product marketing sites & interactive experiences for clients such as Sony, Google, and Ford.
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Used emerging web & platform technologies to develop creative technical solutions to client problems.