During my time at Vacasa, I was a part of the Field Tools team, in which we developed web applications for Vacasa staff who cleaned and maintained a portfolio of over 40 thousand vacation rentals.On the backend, we utilized the Django web framework with Python and a PostgreSQL database to serve up a REST API to our applications. This backend was part of Vacasa’s many microservices which operated with an event driven architecture via AWS EventBridge.While on the Field Tools… Show more During my time at Vacasa, I was a part of the Field Tools team, in which we developed web applications for Vacasa staff who cleaned and maintained a portfolio of over 40 thousand vacation rentals.On the backend, we utilized the Django web framework with Python and a PostgreSQL database to serve up a REST API to our applications. This backend was part of Vacasa’s many microservices which operated with an event driven architecture via AWS EventBridge.While on the Field Tools team, I worked on a variety of projects, including working with product, design, and our frontend engineers to build out new API endpoints and other backend features. I played a key role in transitioning Vacasa from a legacy monolithic architecture toward microservices, as well as migrating CI/CD pipelines to GitHub actions. Show less

- Worked with developers to build out APIs on a new product, utilizing AWS to stand up new resources such as API endpoints through API Gateway, and new DynamoDB tables.- Learned about various backend technologies such as REST and WebSocket APIs, event-driven architecture using Apache Kafka, as well as Typescript and NoSQL

Data Pipeline Transition: Transitioned data pipelines to integrate with the Zillow data lake, making data more accessible across the organization. Created new SQL queries, improving quality and accuracy of data collected. Increased data collection speed by 50%, allowing data to be available for engineering and project managers sooner.Operational Data Notification in Slack: Built an automated Slack messenger to share data snapshots each morning, increasing visibility of application… Show more Data Pipeline Transition: Transitioned data pipelines to integrate with the Zillow data lake, making data more accessible across the organization. Created new SQL queries, improving quality and accuracy of data collected. Increased data collection speed by 50%, allowing data to be available for engineering and project managers sooner.Operational Data Notification in Slack: Built an automated Slack messenger to share data snapshots each morning, increasing visibility of application performance for Project and Engineering Managers. Communicated with team managers to design and tailor various messages to specifically match different teams’ needs. Show less

Guided visiting golfers so they might fully enjoy their experience at the resort. Included giving information such as location of tee; distance to hole and intended landing zones; club selection; pin placements; hazards; and the full selection of resort amenities and services.