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Boston, Ma, Us

Boston, Ma, Us

Boston, Ma, Us

iOS development (Objc/Swift), Team Lead Established leader in Uber iOS community. Strong experience in iOS, Swift, Objc., modern iOS architectural patternsincluding MVC and Presidio (Uber’s own open sourced architecture). Team player and efficient worker. Track record of delivering results and adding positively to corporate culture, improving software development processes, mentoring interns, giving both public and internal talks, etc.. Comfortable jumping in to support features on backend/frontend/android if necessary. Currently lead iOS engineer for international growth for UberEats. Doing international user research, designing and implementing features to allow Uber to scale and complete in large markets such as India and Latin America. (e.g. Ability to use cash payments and collect cash arrears, onboard country-specific restaurant and merchant types, gracefully handle internet connectivity concerns, fraud prevention, safety etc.). Core iOS engineer on the rewrite of Driver app in New York. Developed scalable frameworks to allow addition of features for both the UberEats business and Rides (eg. Driver “Tasks” such as collecting signatures, cash handoffs, pickup verification). First 2 years dedicated to iOS development in San Francisco on Rider app building core app features (vehicle selection, location entry). Contributed to developing unique open sourced architecture (Presidio/Plugin architecture), developed automated testing and alerting frameworks. Developed experimentation framework to allow for safe roll outs of new features A/B testing...

Built iOS offline access for posting/browsing Facebook during unreliable Internet connections. Content is rendered optimistically and posted immediately when connection is regained. •Implemented OpenGL filters and other photo editing features for the iPhone App including a filter to “auto-enhance” photos by improving local contrast and saturation. Built feature to select photos from any local or remote data source, enabling iPad launch of custom photo uploader.Built a redesign of the in-app “bookmark” system, allowing a user to maintain a list of their favorite areas.

Mountain View, Ca, Us

Applied image detection, text classification, and other machine learning techniques to improve user interaction with online images. Automated detection of unwanted or negative images.

Research with Pasha Sadri, founder of Polyvore Inc., and Professor Pat Hanrahan studying the use of integrating smart phones to build large crowd sourced graphical displays.

Mountain View, Ca, Us

Designed and implemented iPad application allowing users to explore content with a “magazine like” experience.

Research applying machine learning to the analysis human musculoskeletal injury and load bearing capability.

Research under Prof. Pat Hanrahan exploring the interaction of simulated cloth with soft bodies with the end goal of more accurately modeling clothes on the human body. Built cloth simulation engine from ground up.

Emeryville, California, Us

Wrote scripts to articulate and animate vehicles, and built internal tools to automate rendering frames.

Built the star rating system for Amazon Fresh. https://fresh.amazon.com/

Master Of Science (Ms), Computer Science

Bs, Computer Science- Graphics

Education record