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Contributed to the full-stack integration of Extra Card into Orchard’s platform, enhancing customer credit score qualification across mobile, web, and backend systems, which facilitated a streamlined pipeline for mortgage candidate conversions. Spearheaded development and fine-tuning of an automated user churn management system as both a cron job and an endpoint controller, reducing Customer Acquisition Cost (CAC) by 8% through automated deactivation of delinquent users.Improved platform stability by implementing A/B testing and comprehensive end-to-end testing across web, mobile applications, Single Page Applications (SPAs), and backend services, resulting in a 215% increase in test coverage (from 17% to 54%).-

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Optimized internal tool Lunar as the sole developer, by leveraging SWR caching, request deduplication, API consolidation, with background revalidation, allowing real-time updates, ultimately reducing API transaction overhead by 27%.Designed a middleware-based permissions framework giving developers granular control over API actions, enhancing security by preventing unauthorized access to critical actions and enabling dynamic UI control across all platforms.Devised a bench-marker utility to track execution times of platform components, optimizing evaluation processes and reducing inefficiencies in asynchronous workflows through precise performance measurement.Architected a dual-entry policy agreement module to assess and update the state of user agreements, resolving compliance issues by simplifying access to policy data and enhancing maintainability for easier cross-team collaboration.

Built an end-to-end feature to track user progress in the card journey, improving conversion rates by 12% month-over-month and reducing support inquiries by integrating real-time insights into KYC, agreements, bank linking, and card activation.Developed an automated CCPA-compliant data erasure tool to securely scrub PII across databases, fully eliminating manual intervention, ensuring compliance, and maintaining an auditable history for regulatory oversight.Generated a unified Feed endpoint consolidating multiple services into a single call, eliminating redundant API requests. This optimization improved app load time by 36%, reducing startup by 3 seconds and enhancing user experience.

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San Diego, California, United States

• Fostered asset managing system to analyze and address areas of concern.• Formalized a financial department to remedy revenue losses, leading to better budgeting.• Devised standard operating procedures to improve staff's utilization of medical systems.• Authored a weekly bulletin to report significant company events and status.