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A dedicated engineer experienced in building decentralized web applications, while prioritizing performance and responsive design. When I’m not writing code, you might find me brewing a cup of tea or stretching out in a yoga pose.
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Senior Front End Software Engineer, Contributor (Juno Network) San Francisco (Remote), 2022 — 2023
Juno Network is a community-driven, decentralized platform enabling smart contract creation and execution within the Cosmos ecosystem.
- Architected organizational patterns for front-end development utilizing TypeScript, Next.js, Recoil, CosmJS, and Tailwind CSS.
- Developed features for DAO and DEX decentralized applications, seamlessly integrating smart contracts.
- Optimized front-end performance, resulting in faster load times and enhanced near real-time data display.
- Onboarded new contributors without prior web3 experience and reviewed contributor submissions through pull requests.
- Contributed to open-source tooling to improve internal development and enhance the wider Cosmos ecosystem.
- Maintained active validator on Juno Network, assuring consistent network performance.
Senior Front End Software Engineer, Technical Lead (Tawkify, Inc.) San Francisco, 2020 — 2022
Tawkify is a matchmaking service, offering a platform that connects clients with matchmakers for meaningful relationships.
- Led planning and development for a team of engineers building a mobile-first signup redesign using React, CSS-in-JS, and MUI.
- Established front-end patterns, streamlining and enhancing user sign-up processes.
- Conducted A/B split testing to improve UI/UX and optimize user journey.
- Collaborated with product/design teams for a cohesive UI/UX realization, bridging any technical gaps.
- Ensured consistent utilization of established patterns and best practices through thorough code reviews.
- Mentored junior developers, emphasizing best practices and guiding them through resolving blockers.
Senior Front End Software Engineer (Yara, Inc.) San Francisco, 2018 - 2020
Yara Digital Farming develops software to optimize farming practices increasing yields, crop quality, & income in a sustainable way.
- Delivered mock to feature responsive UI components for payments in 2 Yara products with internationalization supporting 7 languages across 5 countries.
- Developed field boundary creation component with editable field boundary populated by GeoJSON GIS dataset.
- Led the process to define sprint planning, organization, & releases for team of 4 engineers with asynchronous standups.
- Collaborated with API engineers & design to evaluate implementation trade-offs for delivery and maintainability of features across the stack.
- Reviewed domestic & international team code submissions while collaborating on best coding practices.
- Presented platform concepts to internal teams & conducted brownbag sessions on technologies & patterns.
- Created Docker image to migrate back end service previously running on AWS EC2.
- Developed features leveraging Next.js, React (with Hooks), Google Maps, GraphQL, HTML, CSS via styled-components, & Express.js.
Front End Software Engineer (OpsClarity acquired by Lightbend) San Francisco, 2015 - 2018
Lightbend offers Lightbend Console providing out-of-the-box observability for Scala Lightbend Platform applications on kubernetes.
- Delivered mock to feature signup flow integrating account & session API alongside administrative account management & dashboard provisioning.
- Diagnosed & debugged root cause of client side resource issues by optimizing algorithm performance for scale.
- Structured & documented client unit test framework in Jasmine with Promises, contributing publicly to remap-istanbul enabling coverage reporting with Grunt.
- Collaborated with design & API teams to evaluate implementation tradeoffs for delivery & maintainability across stack.
- Created complex DOM mouse handling behavior across overlayed elements.
- Reviewed domestic & international team code submissions, onboarding engineers with internal client design patterns while collaborating on best coding practices.
- Developed UI components leveraging AngularJS (2/4/5, 1.x), d3, HTML5, CSS3 via Sass, & ui-router.
Software Engineer (LessThan3 now Maestro) San Francisco, 2013 - 2014
Maestro provides a SasS solution focused on creating interactive live streams for businesses
- Developed client-side interfaces using CoffeeScript, Backbone.js, Stylus, Teacup, History API, & jQuery.
- Leveraged third party API's including Instagram, Twitter, Youtube, Soundcloud, & Facebook.
- Built back end interfaces using Node.js, Express, MongoDB, & Firebase.
- Reviewed code via Github pull requests with projects managed in Github issues.
- Contributed to documentation & tutorials for developers on in house framework coding practices.
- Created admin dashboard tools for a live-event CMS used by Ultra Music Festival, EDC, HARD Summer, & Insomniac Events among others.
Software Engineer (ColorQuick), 2011 - 2013
ColorQuick provides software and services to streamline and automate printing & distribution of documents.
- Developed web interfaces in HTML/CSS/PHP/Python/JavaScript using Twitter Bootstrap & jQuery.
- Adopted REST API paradigm for interfacing in real time with legacy applications over HTTP.
- Managed servers running mySQL, nginx, & git on CentOS Linux.
- Developed client websites in HTML/CSS/JavaScript leveraging existing templates.
- Customized WordPress installation as site & blog with content administration.
- Configured on page SEO & enabled tracking via Google Analytics.
- Bachelor of Science Computer Engineering, Pennsylvania State University, Dean's List, 2009
Languages | Frameworks | Styling | Libraries | Tools | Skills |
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JavaScript | ReactJS | CSS3 | react-intl | git | Code Reviews |
TypeScript | Next.js | styled-components | Google Maps API | Docker | Mentorship |
HTML5 | Express | Sass | axios | jest | Planning |
CSS3 | Estimation |
- Open Source Contribution (Mattermost Webapp), April 2020
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