Led efforts to upgrade data model in-place with minimal disruption.Optimized automated test suitesRetooled ElasticSearch integrationRan periodic ingestion of bulk market and company dataOpened the company's first remote office

Backend Engineer on the Yahoo video team.- Maintained Node.js backend system for serving video metadata.- Worked with a small team to create the Yahoo Video Guide app. Helped design, architect and write the backend for ingesting, storing, and searching the metadata. Additionally: created a cache in our node.js serving layer decreasing latency by 90% under heavy traffic. Integrated natural language processing into the search backend for more accurate results. Designed and wrote the notifications system for Video Guide. (Mostly Node.js work.)- Served as engineering lead for a team creating a video recommendation and ranking system. The system ingests video metadata and a firehose of telemetry events to extract salient user and video features, which are used to train a ranking model integrated into our search backend. (Technologies: Apache Storm, Hadoop, Java)

Performs statistical analysis on large datasets using RHelps update and maintain website based on Ruby-on-RailsPerforms various sysadmin tasks on office network.

Worked in Kindle Direct Publishing division of Amazon.com.Maintained and improved internal ruby-on-rails sites.Created Java tool to transfer data between databases.Technologies: Java, ruby-on-rails

Helped create game servers using node.js.Updated old game design document to include new technology and direction.Helped create game UI.Prototyped and built several version of company website.Participated in design meetings.

Responsibilities included debugging the website and developing software to scan networks and to remotely configure devices, which involved extensive work with TCP/IP interfaces. Used Java extensively, and did some work in Ruby-on-Rails and HTML. Familiarized self with basic database and server management, maintenance and optimization, specifically on Linux-based machines. Participated in meetings about the state of the company and future plans for the website.