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Chicago, Il, Us

- Designed and built additional functionality for reviews, resulting in more than a 2000% increase in qualitative review data one week after launch- Improved our promotion code workflow, unlocking promotion partnerships with major credit card companies- Explored data streaming and microservice architecture using kafka connect, Golang, and GRPC API infrastructure- Mentored other software engineers in core Django concepts and general backend development

Chicago, Il, Us

- Designed and implemented REST APIs in Django and Laravel to transform and transmit inventory, product, and user data - Collaborated with team to successfully relaunch membership program, resulting in 10,000 sign-ups in first month- Revamped logging systems in Django and Laravel apps to utilize structured logging, improving error tracking and searchability in DataDog and Sentry- Integrated a third-party message subscription system (Iterable) and implemented user-managed notification preferences to meet Apple App Store requirements- Participated in on-call rotation, handling outages, deployments, and error log monitoring

Chicago, Illinois, Us

Chicago, Illinois, Us

-Built and maintained full stack, service based, modern web applications using Django and Ember.js-Wrote front-end code for API consumption, state management, and complex conditional rendering while meeting accessibility standards-Served as principal contact and subject matter expert for my team and our products-Coached a team of offshore contractors on Python and Ember.js best practices through direct conversation and code reviews-Managed weekly releases and hotfixes using AWS Codebuild-Wrote documentation for services, workflows, and third-party APIs-Collaborated closely with adjacent teams on interactions and integrations between our services-Debugged critical production code and data issues in real time

Mclean, Va, Us

-Built seven wrapper APIs to interface with external APIs, restructuring data for better user experiences-Developed multiple Slack chatbots to provide services to users such as creating service tickets, retrieving access requeststatuses, and answering common questions without requiring human interaction-Designed and created full-stack web applications using React.js, Redux, and Python Flask-Automated internal processes using Python scripts and CI/CD pipelines, such as Jenkins-Utilized AWS cloud technologies such as EC2 and S3 to host applications and store resources

-Maintained a series of websites related to the University-Assisted in the design and content overhaul of various websites by migrating content, debugging, and launching the sites-Responded to service requests for updates to broken/erroneous features on websites -Hand coded webpages in HTML5 and CSS3-Organized web content in Drupal and Wordpress

Chicago, Illinois, Us

Strategy Intern at Kivvit (formerly ASGK Public Strategies)

-researched current issues that are pertinent to the Senator's activities-wrote briefing memos and constituent response letters-attended pertinent committee hearings on the Senate floor-assisted Legislative Assistants and Correspondents in their projects-gave tours of the Capitol Building to constituent visitors-responded to constituent phone calls and scheduling or press inquiries

Bachelor'S Degree, Public Policy Studies

Master’S Degree, Computational Analysis Of Public Policy

International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme