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Austin, Tx, Us

- Worked within a highly collaborative remote-first team to deliver several high-impact features for a full-stack esports tournament operation platform written in Next.js. Key features included automated student verification for more efficient application reviews, tournament leaderboards that interact directly with third-party API’s, and CRUD operations that empowered tournament operators to efficiently manage tournament details.- Engaged with both technical and non-technical audiences to communicate and discuss new technologies and their trade-offs, as well as their viability for our own solutions.- Regularly provided input in technical discussions in the form of stimulating questions targeting edge cases that resulted in well-defined requirements for new features and a smoother software development pipeline.- Contributed to every stage of the software development pipeline, from providing feedback to Product on PRD’s to engaging Design on proposed designs to working with QA to ensure customers were satisfied with the delivered solutions.- Performed detailed code reviews regularly to ensure that technical implementations achieved requirements and that all written code was clean, tested, and followed the standards of the codebase.- Engaged in user load testing to uncover scalability challenges within our products and brainstorm different optimization strategies, resulting in a load capacity improvement of over 500%.- Developed comprehensive unit and integration testing standards, resulting in greater code coverage and ensuring product reliability and efficiency across multiple applications.

- Individual contributor providing support to a client with a previously established product, with an emphasis on learning and growth across various web technologies.- Mentored by a senior developer, worked with Vue.js to develop new features and fix various bugs in a complex application.- Worked closely with QA engineers to ensure all new code was efficient and well-tested.

Houston, Texas Area

As a Resident Advisor at the University of Houston, I had the opportunity to collaborate with a diverse team to enrich residents' experiences living on campus through comprehensive programming, targeted resident interaction, and cohesive emergency response. Responsibilities also included on-call duty, building rounds, and regular office hours.

Houston, Texas Area

Working as a Sales Ambassador at Lush Cosmetics was my first taste of a truly fast-paced work environment. I consistently received real-time feedback from managers and applied it immediately on the sales floor in order to achieve our strategic goals. I also worked on the social media team to curate our shop’s Facebook page in order to keep the community informed on new products and campaigns.Our team's fine-tuned coordination and collaboration skills certainly paid off. During my time at Lush Cosmetics, our store was the highest performing in the Houston market in terms of sales.

Houston, Texas Area