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Pittsburgh, Pa, Us

Austin, Texas, Us

- Developed customer-facing features in React and TypeScript monorepo, including group access control, replacing the file upload UI and pipeline to improve security, and adding an SVG-backed graph component for viewing data lineage- Led creation of first AI team to integrate generative AI into the knowledge graph platform- Undertook multiple initiatives to improve the developer experience and the codebase, including adding Storybook, improving E2E test resiliency, and automating repetitive tasks with GitHub Actions- Early member of Engineering Support Rotation, working with various customer-facing coworkers in various steps of customer lifecycle

Austin, Texas, Us

- Prototyped and productionized a machine learning service for predictions to meet a contractual obligation, using Python- Proactively identified impending lack of support for our version of node.js, and implemented a major version upgrade across all production services with zero downtime- Planned and led department-wide bug squash events to improve accessibility, and delete dead code

Austin, Texas, Us

- Full-stack development on greenfield site-builder experience, from a CLI to a UI built with TypeScript, React, and MobX and services written in Express- Drove release of first open source software in company’s 20-year history by advocating for it to product and engineering management, and then working with the legal department on licensing- Incorporated 3rd-party APIs into legacy AngularJS app backed by Serverless- Facilitated and planned continuing education efforts for engineers across the company, including a tri-weekly "Clean Coding" viewing & discussion, and a weekly Journal Club

Austin, Tx, Us

- Built logging framework for AWS Lambdas, comprised of a shared Node.js module using logfmt, logsprocessed through Logstash running in a Docker container, and stored in a hosted Elasticsearch instance- Architected data processing pipeline using internal framework on top of AWS Lambdas- Created authentication system with React/Redux, Google OAuth, AWS Cognito, & AWS Lambda- Technical lead for team new to Javascript, teaching through code reviews- Built features and fixed bugs on both Ruby and Rails apps, using Rspec and Cucumber for testing- Advocate for best practices, including documentation, testing, and constructive code reviews

- Wrote scripts using Lodash and Cheerio to consistently format data from product pages- Analyzed and mocked HTTP network requests as part of the testing process- Developed Gulp tasks to create boilerplate scripts and automate repetitive tasks- Wrote and maintained a dev startup guide, used by all members of the team- Reviewed peers’ scripts and bug fixes daily through GitHub’s pull request interface- Deployed and tested script fixes to production using Jenkins to manage the process- Added features to an internal Chrome app, necessitating changes from the React.js UI through the Express backend and PostgreSQL database- Wikibought: Independently developed a proof-of-concept of Wikibuy experience as conversational commerce with a bot in Slack

Austin, Texas, Us

One of four web devs, maintaining legacy Ruby on Rails applications and building new web apps digesting third-party APIs using both AngularJS on NodeJS & Ruby on Rails to support the company’s users & employees

Completed an immersive web development program to learn Ruby, Rails, Javascript, and other web development technologies for both front-end and back-end. Also learned about learning, in order to stay current with emerging technologies.

- Redesigned and hand-coded mobile-compliant website for local business - Implemented Blogger and Facebook integration to allow for updates by owner and to build networks for users - Edited existing website copy for clarity and brevity - Implemented change in site hosting service- Designed and managed Wordpress blog for 30races.com

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