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United States

Led a team of 5 engineers to conceptualize, design, and implement application-wide architectures and data contracts, resulting in a fault-tolerant, scalable platform and enabling rapid prototyping and experimentation, allowing the team to iterate on new features 50% faster.Architected and developed the backend infrastructure of Query IQ using Typescript and Next.js, integrating database connections, middleware, and server endpoints, streamlining data processing and paving the way for… Show more Led a team of 5 engineers to conceptualize, design, and implement application-wide architectures and data contracts, resulting in a fault-tolerant, scalable platform and enabling rapid prototyping and experimentation, allowing the team to iterate on new features 50% faster.Architected and developed the backend infrastructure of Query IQ using Typescript and Next.js, integrating database connections, middleware, and server endpoints, streamlining data processing and paving the way for the seamless integration of front-end dashboards, authentication mechanisms, and performance-enhancing APIs.Engineered 10 interactive dashboards using advanced data analytics solutions, providing real-time visualization of database health metrics and empowered users with actionable insights into database health.Authored two APIs for retrieving and displaying performance metrics for user queries on SQL databases, providing SQL query optimization for Query IQ users leading to substantial performance improvements and cost-efficiency.Spearheaded platform migration of message passing patterns from tRPC to RESTful layers, resulting in a remarkable efficiency boost in engineering hours spent on server-side development.Increasing test coverage by 40%, employing Jest, Mocha, and Cypress for unit, integration, and end-to-end testing.Implemented a robust OAuth 2.0 solution for user authentication and authorization, safeguarding user data and privacy while significantly reducing the login process's duration from over 30 seconds to less than 5 seconds.Built Query IQ's landing page using React and Next.js and established a comprehensive CI/CD pipeline with Github Actions and Docker, streamlining the deployment process and ensuring consistent and reliable releases.Exhibited quality assurance leadership by conducting hundreds of code reviews, delivering actionable feedback and upholding cohesive coding styles to proactively detect and address issues, safeguarding application up-time. Show less

Seattle, Washington, United States

Developed reusable product pages, product exploration, and recommendation features with React and Redux, improving user experience and simplifying product discovery for customers.Streamlined ordering process by implementing rating and review systems, shopping carts, and integrating logistics management solutions, achieving an average of $100,000 in annual cost savings by simplifying existing ordering processes.Engineered 6 admin GUI panels and implemented permission-based user… Show more Developed reusable product pages, product exploration, and recommendation features with React and Redux, improving user experience and simplifying product discovery for customers.Streamlined ordering process by implementing rating and review systems, shopping carts, and integrating logistics management solutions, achieving an average of $100,000 in annual cost savings by simplifying existing ordering processes.Engineered 6 admin GUI panels and implemented permission-based user accounts, enabling seamless management of users, products, and orders by platform stakeholders.Enhanced customer profiling and ad targeting capabilities by building dashboards and integrating custom telemetry into email marketing campaigns and online sales platforms.Built landing pages and funnel sites for 12 unique brands and 35 products, improving conversion rates by an average of 30% across all brands and products.Created chat bots with CRM bindings for automating customer outreach and response, reducing response times for more than 90% of support tickets to less than 1 second.Led the development of load-testing and performance assessment tool-kits for RESTful APIs, enabling proactive risk assessment and bottleneck identification techniques in mission-critical software systems.Incorporated containerization services such as Docker, enabling horizontal scaling of microservices, achieving a 30% average increase in load testing throughput and reduced resource utilization by 45-90% per instance.Reduced production deployment times from 15+ minutes to less than 60 seconds by developing Bash scripts for CI/CD automation. Show less

Greater Seattle Area

Worked closely with students and Department of Physics staff to provide instruction to lab sections. Additionally staffed the University of Washington's Physics Study Center as lead tutor.Taught subjects including (but not limited to): Newtonian mechanics in one, two, and more dimensions, momentum & energy, rotational mechanics and motion, gravitational & orbital mechanics, harmonic motion & oscillation, optics & optical systems, thermodynamics, general relativity, special relativity… Show more Worked closely with students and Department of Physics staff to provide instruction to lab sections. Additionally staffed the University of Washington's Physics Study Center as lead tutor.Taught subjects including (but not limited to): Newtonian mechanics in one, two, and more dimensions, momentum & energy, rotational mechanics and motion, gravitational & orbital mechanics, harmonic motion & oscillation, optics & optical systems, thermodynamics, general relativity, special relativity, nuclear reactions, as well as the mechanics, electrodynamics, and electromagnetism of matter and waves. Provided instruction on a wide variety of mathematical methods for the physical sciences including (but not limited to): Cartesian and non-Cartesian coordinate systems, algebra, geometry, trigonometry, single- and multi-variable calculus, calculus of variations, series and sequences, differential and partial differential equations, linear algebra, complex numbers, vector analysis, Fourier series and transforms, tensor analysis, and special functions. Show less