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Singlehandedly writing from scratch V2 of this app to be used on daily basis by operators & technicians at this regional water utility, in Next.js/React/Typescript, and integrating it with pre-existing Node backend.

San Francisco, Ca, Us

As the second engineering hire (and second overall hire) at Pequity, I led full-stack development (in Django and Vue.js) of all its foundational products, creating working full-stack products singlehandedly on tight deadlines.Leading a small engineering team at a bootstrapped startup, we developed an MVP that landed a Fortune 500 company as our first client, and $19M in investment from First Round Capital and others - and is still in production today.

Launched the Ruby on Rails-based web platform for this commercial VPN from scratch and was solely responsible for every aspect, from server config to UXContributed to UX for desktop app (in Electron) and mobile app (in React Native), as well as the web interface for the privacy-enhancing home router we marketed (in Vue.js)Built referral program that created custom shareable links for our users and gave them rewards based on the number of signups they generatedImplemented 2FA via SMS and Google Authenticator, and single sign-on authentication for our Discourse forum, using DeviseProcessed payments and corresponding account updates using Stripe, including handling webhooks and implementing Bitcoin paymentsBuilt API’s for client authentication, to add subscriptions based on mobile payments, and to deliver lists of available regions to clientsAs the company expanded, interviewed, hired and managed new team members

Implemented both frontend and backend for a wide variety of features for this streaming video platform, including a scheduling tool for networks to create playlists, analytics pages for our admins and networks to create custom charts to track and parse traffic, a social comment feed, a tool using HTML5 Canvas to capture and display screenshots of videos on the page, and a number of algorithms for sorting and selecting contentAs the project scaled and increased in complexity, managed the transition from HTML5 video to Video.js to custom-assembled HLS playlists streaming in a variety of resolutions via JW PlayerUsing the AWS Ruby SDK, set up a flow where video uploads were automatically transcoded into a variety of resolutions using Amazon Elastic Transcoder before being added to our S3 bucket and made available via CloudfrontUsed the Google API to allow networks to mix YouTube videos with their own native uploads into seamless playlistsUsed New Relic and Honeybadger to monitor traffic and performance, track and debug errors, and help optimize codeTranslated from non-technical founder to tech specs and then to product

Spent approximately 11 hours a day learning web development from the bottom up. Developed web apps individually and in groups, using test-driven development, pair programming, agile methodology, and daily scrums to maximize efficiency and effectiveness.Over the course of 4 days, for my final project, taught myself to use Pusher and the Web Audio API and, with them, made a front end-focused memory game and ear-training app, Gruvi.

Played an integral role in developing this small, independent concert promotion company from booking a 250-cap downtown club and a 20-show concert cruise season to promoting 700+ shows a year, including over 100 concert cruises and a 2-day outdoor festival that did 4,700 paid.Was intimately involved in every aspect of the business, including booking, production, promotion, publicity, staffing, and managing our relationships with the venues we work with. Supervised up to 3 full-time employees directly; participated in hiring and firing decisions.Booked events at too many New York venues to count, including Irving Plaza, The Mercury Lounge, CBGB, 6 boats, a bowling alley, a laundromat, and a sketchy, mobbed-up Coney Island boardwalk bar. Worked with artists as diverse as Lady Gaga, Passion Pit and The Avett Brothers.

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