Lead Software Engineer
Current- Drove and supported 100X increase in traffic and revenue over 5 years by recruiting a high-performance team of 5 engineers with emphasis on rapid deployment, clear prioritization, individual empowerment, testing, and developer productivity- Architected and scaled website to support 10MM monthly pageviews and millions in yearly sales via React/Next.js frontend, Python/Flask API backend, with Postgres, Redis, CloudFront, CI/CD pipeline- Designed system to scale marketplace catalog to 6MM products with Postgres and Python / Flask, kept in sync with 10k external merchants via various APIs using async Celery task queues with automated worker scaling and task prioritization- Led integrations with key partners Spotify and YouTube using async tasks queues and matching system to reconcile 200k music artist names between systems, driving millions in yearly sales- Developed a backend system that generated and continuously updated over 20 million shipping cost estimates for dynamically priced products, enabling advertising on Google Shopping- Led the successful 18-month incremental migration of a legacy frontend to React, guiding the team through implementation while balancing migration efforts with ongoing product needs and feature development- Carried out zero-downtime platform migrations, including payment processor and email marketing migrations- Built a React app to serve as embedded Shopify Sales Channel app for 500+ Shopify merchants, leveraging Google Cloud Pub/Sub for webhook event flow and Python backend for processing- Directed security initiatives, including implementing AWS Firewall with custom rules and integrating Datadome via AWS Lambda (@Edge) to mitigate advanced threats- Managed and mentored a team of up to 5 mid-to-senior engineers, conducting 1:1s, coaching, goal setting, and supporting career development- Collaborated with CEO and department heads to lead company-wide strategic goal setting (using OKRs), planning, and roadmapping exercises