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San Francisco, Ca, Us

Developing prototypes on iOS for the Prototyping, Product & Strategic Initiatives team- Leverage AI to create future-looking prototypes using SwiftUI- Create new user experiences that change the way we interact with AI

Sao Paulo, Br

iOS technical lead working bi-lingually in English and Portuguese- Led the technical development and set the technical direction for the Neon app rewrite and the release of Neon's new app, Colabora, including the development of the app architecture and numerous features- Constructed reusable, foundational platforms that are used across Neon's apps such as the first client-side databases, an A/B testing system, a batched logging framework, tab-based navigation architecture, and more- Migrated the build system from a standard xcodeproj to a Bazel build system for both apps, including the main app which consists of 100+ modules, resulting in significantly improved build times and simpler project management. The worst-case CI build time improved by 400%- Led collaborations with the design team to explore future product visions, including proposing the idea, prototyping the vision, and then releasing the feature for the Neon Lens, an innovative camera scanner for payments in Brazil

Santa Monica, California, Us

Software engineer working on the Design team to develop prototypes in a separate iOS app- Fostered and advanced innovation in messaging at Snap through prototyping, experimentation, and UX validation of both long-term and immediate impact opportunities on iOS- Worked closely with designers and executives to prototype exploratory ideas- Built 40+ functional iOS prototypes at rapid velocity that significantly shaped the messaging roadmap across many different technical disciplines. Multiple prototypes developed into products launched today, such as chat wallpapers, friends feed filters, custom font sizes, the friends feed group reply camera, bitmoji calling, and more

Santa Monica, California, Us

iOS technical lead on team of 4 for Snapchat premium content and the Discover page- Provided technical leadership for and launched the Spotlight tab, among other features- Discover team lead for Snapchat’s iOS app refactor, focusing on improving code architecture- At the close of my time in this role, I was one of Snapchat's top 4 all-time contributors to the iOS codebase

Santa Monica, California, Us

iOS engineer on the Search and Discover product teams- Lead for the launch of the Snapchat Shows page- Developed many features such as long-form video playback, the profile pages for Discover publishers and creators, category-based sections in Discover, and more. Also, developed many internal tools used for content moderation, curation, and debugging- Previously, web lead for launch of Snapchat’s story player on the web using React and web developer for launch of Snapchat search on the web

Santa Monica, California, Us

Internship focused on web tools created with AngularJS and ReactJS- Built and launched the first version of the Snapchat search team's internal moderation and curation web tool

Austin, Texas, Us

- Worked for the New Product Introduction Quality Engineering team to automate a series of tests in python that are performed on each of Oracle’s servers as a last line of defense before they are deployed to production.

- The voice of Stanford football in 2015, Stanford baseball from 2013-2015, and Stanford men's soccer from 2013-2014, broadcasting play-by-play for over 100 games in total while at Stanford- Responsible for overseeing every KZSU radio sports broadcast, recruiting new sportscasters, promoting the station for donations, and managing a travel budget to allow for a wide coverage of sports coverage - KZSU provides the most sports coverage of any college radio station in the country with nearly 200 sports broadcasts a year

Santa Ana, California, Us

- Covered and wrote articles on Angels baseball, Dodgers baseball, minor league baseball, surfing, skateboarding, soccer, and USC football for the Register over the course of a 10-week internship- Landed a top-of-the-front page story on Landon Donovan's retirement- The first professional sporting event I ever covered was Clayton Kershaw's no-hitter

Master'S Degree, Computer Science

Bachelor'S Degree, Computer Science

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