- Leading the engineering efforts for the WooCommerce platform and product catalog ensuring that we are continually innovating and delivering solutions that allow our merchants to build their stores with ease.- Building an AI team from the ground up to ensure that we are making our platform and products adaptive and intuitive while using groundbreaking technology.- Fostering a culture of continuous learning within the teams, mentoring directors, managers, and engineers, to drive growth and technical prowess.- Overseeing the technical infrastructure, ensuring it remains robust, scalable, and performant.- Advising cross division engineering groups, offering insights, best practices, and guidance to achieve technical excellence.

- Oversaw the engineering teams responsible for the development, deployment, and optimization of payment systems, ensuring alignment with company objectives and user needs.- Orchestrated the expansion of the engineering teams from under 20 to nearly 100 team members, managing the complexities and organizational changes associated with rapid scaling.- Successfully navigated the structural and cultural challenges accompanying the team's rapid growth, maintaining a cohesive and productive environment.- Played a pivotal role in the architecture and technical decision-making processes, ensuring scalable and secure payment solutions.- Actively involved in the hiring, mentoring, and professional growth of engineering teams, fostering a culture of innovation and excellence.- Directed many cross-functional projects, ensuring timely delivery and adherence to high-quality standards.- Worked closely with product managers, designers, and other stakeholders to deliver holistic payment solutions that enhanced user experience and increased revenue streams.- Collaborated with fraud, legal, and security teams to ensure the integrity and security of all payment infrastructure, protecting both the company and its users.

- Founded and scaled a distributed UI engineering team, growing to 34 members across various locations.- Led the UI conversion of a legacy application into a modern, cloud-based Single Page Application (SPA).- Utilized AngularJS to create a dynamic and responsive user interface. Established foundational processes for frontend development, ensuring consistent quality and efficiency.- Leveraged Java to guarantee robust and scalable backend support.- Played a pivotal role in establishing our Continuous Integration procedures, ensuring timely, efficient, and reliable code integration and deployment.- Established and curated a bi-weekly developers forum, fostering collaboration, knowledge sharing, and continuous learning among peers.- Delivered talks at various events, sharing insights, best practices, and industry trends, further positioning our team and organization as thought leaders in the domain.

- Focused on the product information, special buy of the day, and workshop applications, ensuring seamless integration between frontend and backend.- Employed JavaScript extensively to craft interactive and user-friendly interfaces.- Utilized Java for robust and efficient backend functionalities.- Leveraged NodeJS and CasperJS to conduct thorough functional tests, ensuring the reliability and performance of the applications.- Operated in an agile environment, continuously adapting and delivering timely results.- Adhered to and championed DRY, clean, and testable coding standards, ensuring maintainability and scalability of the codebase.

- Wrote the foundation for the creation and maintenance of themes and plugins, primarily using JavaScript, CSS, and HTML for the Koken CMS.- Leveraged PhantomJS/CasperJS and QUnit for comprehensive functional testing, ensuring reliability and performance.- Adopted KnockoutJS and jQuery for crafting a responsive and user-friendly CMS interface.- Developed a proprietary framework built on top of jQuery, enabling themes to function seamlessly and efficiently.- Designed plugins using a mix of PHP and plain JavaScript, ensuring their adaptability and functionality across a range of uncontrolled environments.- Implemented SemVer for consistent and clear versioning of software releases and updates.

- Leveraged PHP/MySQL to build a robust and efficient backend, ensuring reliable data management and processing.- Deployed scheduled jobs to periodically update the database with current broadcast stream information, ensuring accuracy and timeliness.- Utilized JavaScript, complemented with AJAX, to offer viewers a near real-time streaming experience, minimizing latency and enhancing user engagement.- Adopted Mustache for HTML templating and LESS for dynamic CSS, ensuring a responsive and aesthetically pleasing user interface.- Played an instrumental role in negotiating contracts with hosting providers, culminating in a partnership with Rackspace as one of their sponsored startups.- Took the helm in both architecture and development decisions, guiding the project towards optimal technical and business outcomes.