Hello, I am a software engineer.My career recently has focused on startups, either on the founding team or as the first engineering hire. In these environments, I’ve had to quickly build pragmatic solutions to problems ad hoc whether or not it had been done before. Now, I also have a wealth of experience to draw upon to solve new challenges. I am an essential contributor that has built several whole products and features from the ground up.I am comfortable working on all the parts of the stack in order to solve startup challenges. To give you a sense of the what I can do, here is a sample of my recent work:• Automation to scale a service to handle millions of requests per day on short notice; AWS.• Systems for high-throughput event collection, aggregation, and processing to turn data into products for users; Hadoop, queues, and columnar stores.• Search and browsing for massive product catalogues; Sphinx, Elasticsearch.• Construction of personalized user feeds for content discovery using custom algorithms.• Optimizing social media integrations like Facebook sharing.• APIs for consumption by Javascript and native mobile apps.• Decomposition of large monolithic apps into services while maintaining uptime and feature velocity.• Designing a process for interviewing engineering hires.• Employing strategies to scale sites to millions of users.A core belief of mine is that the best products come from clear communication and constant collaboration which allows the team to iterate fast. I’m looking to work in an environment that is aligned with my values:• Building products that matter and are respected by their users• A culture of iterative improvement, personal and professional• Autonomy and responsibility to succeedI’m excited to bring my skills and abilities to new ventures. Please reach out to me if you’d like to talk more about details and opportunities.