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Seattle, Wa, Us

•Headed product R&D after pivot to analytics, creating proofs of concept for tracking database changes, and HTTP requests•Owned code documentation automation product, supporting writing code docs in 13 of the most popular programming languages•Created dashboard web app with React.js and CSS flex-box to display the customer control panel for our product•Created PostgreSQL database relations and CRUD APIs in Python FastAPI and Express.js•Automated CI tests using Google Cloud Build and Docker•Implemented Slack OAuth signin for the Eave website

San Jose, Ca, Us

* Led the design and implementation of automated translation system for both mobile teams, saving ~6 hours of dev time each release.* Created automated publishing pipelines with Jenkins and GitHub Actions to enable sharing mobile SDKs between Honey and PayPal.* Maintained automated deployment processes, and internal Slack bots, for Honey iOS and Android apps.* Led multiple team culture/bonding activities, including regular bookclub and happy hour meetings.

San Jose, Ca, Us

* Developed UI for product detail and checkout pages using Swift and Xcode for the Honey iOS app.* Implemented new toast notification UI, causing a 40% increase in iOS checkout flow engagement.* Helped port the Honey iOS app from React Native to native Swift.

Los Angeles, California, Us

* Developed automated UI test suite in Kotlin using Espresso and MockK, and then get those tests to run regularly on CircleCI. * Fixed some major accessibility issues; refactoring inaccessible views to be accessible for screen readers, keyboard navigation, and large font sizes.* Collaborated with designers to create a common UI widget library for the Honey app

Grinnell, Ia, Us

* Developed mobile Android apps for use by the students, faculty, and staff of Grinnell College. * Worked on the Grinnell Directory App, allowing anyone connected to Grinnell Wifi to search the college database of students and staff.

Minneapolis, Mn, Us

* Used Swagger/openAPI to make client-facing Django API self-documenting, greatly reducing documentation update turn-around time. * Utilized openSSL to increase products' network security by integrating SSL certificate validation between linked products in the field. * Used Coverity static code analysis to locate and fix memory leaks in long-running C code.

* Led a team of three in creating the GrammieGram Android native app in Java and integrating it with the rest of the multiplatform company ecosystem.* Utilized a test-driven approach to Android development using Espresso and Mockito.* Developed REST API methods with Django for use in native apps.

* Worked in Agile environment to create production consumer application with Bootstrap, JavaScript, Python, and Django.* Completely rehauled Django backend of GrammieGram's flagship web app.* Streamlined the contact management pages using Bootstrap and JavaScript.

Grinnell, Iowa, Us

* Developed a program to dynamically generate synthetic images to train a Convolutional Neural Network (CNN) that recognizes text in scanned images of historical maps.* Synthetic training data generator improved model accuracy by 10%

Moorhead, Mn, Us

Organized and ran culturally educational programs for children aged 5-18 completely in Spanish.Managed sleep-away houses of ~12 kids aged 12 to 16 24/7 for 2 week periods.

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Computer Science

High School Diploma

Computer Engineering