Served as platform team architect, leading feature development and design evolution on our microservices-based API backend. Notable projects: - Led development of a redesigned content model and site experience for introduction of a subscription product- Led development of redesign of backend API for core site search- Improved reliability of ETL process that migrated OLTP data into the Redshift datawarehouse- Integrated microservice tier with customized Java-based CMS, and onboarded the rest of the backend team onto working within it- Mentored other engineers and participated in early design and scoping of work.

* Designed and implemented customer-facing backend solutions on multiple java-based stacks* Worked on design and implementation of a rewrite of core site backend - moving from a monolithic application to a microservices-backed REST API.* Scoped and developed much of core library shared between microservices for common operational tasks* Pushed adoption of unit and integration testing for rewritten backend API; helped team overcome obstacles to adoption and provided tools and patterns to speed development of robust suite of tests* Designed and implemented custom e-commerce backend, which included tooling for combining multiple shippable items into one listing* Designed and implemented scalable backend service for tracking user progress within streaming video* Designed and implemented scalable backend service for allowing users to "favorite" listings and projects on the site, and the display of real time counts of those favorites* Designed and implemented Kafka-based event data collection pipeline from site to data warehouse* Worked extensively with product to scope and design core business initiatives

Passed through a variety of roles in this stint at HomeAdvisor - hired as a Technical Analyst for the QA team, working as a database developer and Java Developer, and finishing as a Lead Developer and Data Architect.Notable projects:* Helped redesign and maintain core matching and notification algorithm backing HomeAdvisor's contractor matchmaking service* Led development team implementing new greenfield products (CostGuide and DesignMine) launched as part of HomeAdvisor rebranding* Acting as both Java Developer and Database Developer, was able to implement solutions involving both application development and database modeling for a variety of core product initiatives* Developed "task expansion" recommendation system, which determined which additional work we could add to customers' matching profiles, thus creating additional matches and revenue* Consulted with other teams around data architecture and data modeling