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Seattle, Wa, Us

• Architected E-commerce product that serves 100,000+ consumer and business customers. Lead development across 4 teams and 8 distinct services. development across 4 teams and 8 distinct services. • Tech Lead for platform microservices used across AWS, including event distribution service that orchestrates 100s of TPS across 20+ services. TypeScript, AWS CDK, GraphQL. • Develop front-end code and corresponding end-to-end tests. TypeScript, React, Jest, Webdriver.io. • Mentor and advise engineers within team and org, conduct code reviews.

Seattle, Wa, Us

• Developed Java backend code and contributed designs to a registration API for telehealth product. • Maintained operational excellence by participating in on-call rotations and operational reviews. • Created audit service that reduced engineering effort required for most common customer issue by 90% and enabled better customer outcomes by supplying Customer Service with data required to help the customer.

Portland, Oregon, Us

• Lead a team of infrastructure/backend engineers focused on developing the next generation of highly-scaled online live events software.• Implemented highly-available, high-traffic architecture for Brandlive's live events platform.• Migrated Brandlive's architecture from single-server to a distributed AWS architecture using IAC tools. Developed CI/CD pipeline.• Contributed and reviewed code (React/node/TypeScript) and documentation for Brandlive's flagship product.

Portland, Oregon, Us

• Re-engineered a user registration, tracking, and comments system capable of handling online events of up to 2M users. Grew Brandlive's maximum audience capacity for live online events 10x. • Leveraged AWS serverless technologies (Lambda, SQS, EFS, Redis) and traditional web hosting architectures (EC2 instances, ALB, AutoScaling groups) to develop a highly-available, performant and secure solution.• Developed testing methodology using open source serverless-based technology to validate system performance.

Portland , Or, Us

VisualCalcs.com• Developed an in-browser CAD application that calculates the structural properties of beams for aerospace and civil engineering.• Implemented this full stack application including a JavaScript/HTML/CSS client side with CAD drawing functionality. Authored an API that accepts JSON representations of the user's input and performs numerical analysis.

Portland, Or, Us

• Authored structural analysis for a major radome installation on upcoming Airbus aircraft. This analysis, which typically takes four months, was submitted to the FAA in less than 2 months due to use of VBA and Python to automate simulation tasks, run analyses, and generate reports.• Designed and substantiated structural repairs and modifications for major US carriers.

Beaverton, Or, Us

• Designed and implemented assembly system enabling the user to constantly glue a 5mm optical prism to the end of a bundle of fiber cables with +/- .05mm positional tolerance.• The system involved actuated motion, machined components, high-magnification optics, a GUI (VBA), and a UV-curing adhesive dispenser. The project was completed under budget and with all stretch goals met.• System was integrated into the manufacturing process of their flagship military avionics component

Portland, Or, Us

• Designed, prototyped and tested components for use in the powertrain of the premier Freightliner vehicle.• Used Python to automate interaction between legacy information systems and Excel.

• Performed and recorded with multiple groups, managed a teaching studio, and taught lessons and classes.

Bachelor'S Degree, Mechanical Engineering

Bachelor'S Degree, Music Performance