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Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

- Northeastern University club dedicated to creating full stack solutions for Boston based nonprofits. Worked on projects for 2 nonprofits.- Spearheaded agile team of 6 developers to create an automatic letter of recommendation generation system to support underprivileged youth with NestJS, ReactJS, NodeJS, TypeORM, and Postgres for https://www.povertyactionlab.org/- Conducted code reviews and provided constructive feedback to peers, resulting in improved code quality and reduced… Show more - Northeastern University club dedicated to creating full stack solutions for Boston based nonprofits. Worked on projects for 2 nonprofits.- Spearheaded agile team of 6 developers to create an automatic letter of recommendation generation system to support underprivileged youth with NestJS, ReactJS, NodeJS, TypeORM, and Postgres for https://www.povertyactionlab.org/- Conducted code reviews and provided constructive feedback to peers, resulting in improved code quality and reduced production defects.- Led recruitment efforts to design and review developer, designer and PM applications, as well as organize and conduct interviews. Show less

Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands

- Engineered dynamic DOM component tracking and modification using React, Typescript, and native Javascript to enhance functionality.- Designed keyboard shortcut resulting in 20% growth in active users per month through innovative intercepting bubbling event functionality.- Implemented note undo and redo functionality using Redux to keep track of past actions to create a smoother user experience.- Integrated tracking analytics using Mixpanel, enabling user flow optimization… Show more - Engineered dynamic DOM component tracking and modification using React, Typescript, and native Javascript to enhance functionality.- Designed keyboard shortcut resulting in 20% growth in active users per month through innovative intercepting bubbling event functionality.- Implemented note undo and redo functionality using Redux to keep track of past actions to create a smoother user experience.- Integrated tracking analytics using Mixpanel, enabling user flow optimization resulting in a 10% increase in weekly active users and a 5% decrease in churn rate.- Created detailed technical documentation for Chrome extension repository, facilitating onboarding for new engineers as well as knowledge sharing. Show less

Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

- Adapted backend microservices to support expansion of employer hub page functionality using Spring Boot and Hibernate ORM, reaching over 120 million users.- Planned and created a new microservice to allow for greater flexibility and control over customer data, replacing monolithic backend, improving service scalability and flexibility, as well as improving CI/CD efficiency.- Implemented message queue system between microservices using AWS Kinesis, decreasing request execution time and… Show more - Adapted backend microservices to support expansion of employer hub page functionality using Spring Boot and Hibernate ORM, reaching over 120 million users.- Planned and created a new microservice to allow for greater flexibility and control over customer data, replacing monolithic backend, improving service scalability and flexibility, as well as improving CI/CD efficiency.- Implemented message queue system between microservices using AWS Kinesis, decreasing request execution time and improved fault tolerance. Show less

Bachelor'S Degree, Computer Science

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