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Seattle, Wa, Us

New York, Us

Coordinated a 9-member team of product managers, designers, and cross-platform engineers to design and implement a large-scale, distributed system that enabled a non-technical content team to configure flexible, personalized UI experiences for users via Contentful.Hand-picked for a high priority, 7-member tiger team that implemented a doula-specific maternity program before a tight deadline, successfully expanding access to Maven Clinic for 350,000 new users from a Fortune-500 company.Reduced library page load times by 85% by integrating with the Contentful GraphQL API.Established engineering standards through a cross-functional working group, automating processes like local environment setup and dependency installation to minimize developer workflow friction.Enhanced user experience by implementing content courses which are configurable by a non-technical content team and feature completion tracking and estimated reading times.Led Agile Scrum practices to improve estimations and ensure accurate delivery dates.Developed and monitored services using GCP, Docker Compose, Kubernetes, GitLab CI, and Datadog.

Seattle, Wa, Us

Nimble Studio=====Collaborated with a team of 7 to build remote streaming tools and customized file storage solutions, enabling fast, seamless collaboration for content creation studios with distributed teams.Spearheaded a project to automate vulnerability scanning on public software releases, reducing security incidents by 67% and saving 5 hours per week of on-call effort.Conducted pre-launch security reviews for and approved high-visibility projects within a 150-member engineering organization by creating threat models focused on access controls, DDoS prevention, data storage, encryption, and more.Implemented UI and end-to-end testing, reducing manual validation by 3 hours per week.Shield=====Expanded services to protect external customers and Amazon’s internal services from DDoS attacks.Independently drove initiative to codify infrastructure creation for several Shield services, decreasing effort required for each region expansion by 40 engineering hours.Actively monitored services by managing high-priority issues as part of a high-pressure on-call rotation, ensuring uptime for AWS’s largest clients.CodeStar=====Launched AWS CLI-based custom projects for CodeStar, enabling tailored project configurations to meet the varied needs of all users.Advocated for and implemented the Alexa skill and GitHub repository CloudFormation resources, the first non-AWS resources ever supported by CloudFormation, paving the way for future third-party resource support.Accelerated team growth and strengthened talent acquisition by leading dozens of candidate interviews and mentoring junior engineers and two interns, both of whom were later hired full-time.

Seattle, Wa, Us

Boulder, Colorado, Us

Founded Climb Assist with 4 teammates to improve the availability and usability of outdoor rock-climbing information guides, mapping over 600 routes across the US.Featured in Climbing Magazine and PIX4D.Implemented and launched the back-end service of climbassist.com using Spring Boot on EC2.Open-sourced the codebase on GitHub to encourage contributions from the community.Established a CI/CD pipeline with CodePipeline that included automated integration testing for continuous, reliable deployments.Created and optimized a set of low-latency REST APIs to provide and update detailed climbing information, photos, and 3D models.Designed and implemented a user authentication and authorization system using Cognito.

Seattle, Wa, Us

On a team of 5, expanded Fresh Automated Buying to support vendor sourcing, facilitating program scalability and reducing manual workload by 5 hours per week.Built a web portal on a team of 3 which allowed supply chain managers within Fresh, Prime Now, and Treasure Truck to centralize inventory management and reduce wasted inventory by 18%.Using AWS Serverless Application Model (SAM), developed a processing system for Excel spreadsheets which seamlessly fit into the existing workflow of supply chain managers, reducing manual effort by 4 hours per week.

Ann Arbor, Michigan, Us

Grader for EECS 402 (C++) and EECS 285 (Java).Moderated class forum and headed grading process.

Dearborn, Michigan, Us

Collaborated with a team of seven to analyze user data and conduct deep dives into customer feedback, identifying gaps in speech recognition and natural language understanding for all Ford and Lincoln models since 2016.Developed an Android Speech API to enhance in-vehicle speech capabilities, utilizing the vehicle microphone and cloud-based engines for automatic speech recognition and natural language understanding.Created comprehensive web documentation to support the Speech API, which is now utilized by the voice recognition team for evaluating speech engines for future model integration.

Dearborn, Michigan, Us

Developed a prototype for Remote-Control SmartDeviceLink software to facilitate requirement testing, enabling the Vehicle Connectivity and HMI teams to pinpoint potential production issues.Created an Air Quality Android application that automatically adjusts vehicle climate based on external air quality levels.Built the SYNC Controller Android application which allowed passengers to adjust climate and radio settings by mirroring the infotainment screen on their mobile devices and was instrumental in demonstrating and selling Remote-Control technology to the Ford team in China.Designed an Android application that displays all supported layouts in Ford SYNC® 3 AppLink, assisting developers in understanding the API and selecting the most suitable layout for their needs.