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Los Angeles, Ca, Us

- Lead conversion of a traditional web app to PWA, allowing existing Next.js codebase to double as a mobile app, cutting costs and increasing development speed by eliminating the need to build a separate mobile application- Reduce monthly AWS expenses by approximately 60% while maintaining performance by identifying operational inefficiencies and optimizing configurations for cost and performance accordingly- Streamline provisioning of cloud resources by codifying AWS infrastructure into portable CloudFormation stacks, enabling rapid testing and ensuring consistent deployments across environments- Contribute to the Shared Lambda Layer Utilities lib, adding functionality for identifying and bundling together related banking circular files, facilitating database organization, and reducing DB entries by 5%- Redesign the client-facing Next.js Moneyverse Dashboard, using TailwindCSS to drastically improving responsiveness and make the app mobile-friendly by implementing media queries and replacing static with dynamic values- Set up serverless workflows to monitor and ensure consistency between AWS services, fine-tuning security restrictions and IAM permissions appropriately to follow the principle of least privilege- Responsible for security and maintenance of a private SQL database, implementing a Bastion Host as a secure proxy, and integrating Prisma ORM application-side for schema management and type safety- Configure and manage CI/CD pipeline to AWS ECS via GitHub Actions, allowing for more granular control over system architecture and significantly decreasing cost at scale relative to the previous Vercel deployment- Decrease size and complexity of the codebase by using Python to develop reusable utility functions for web scrapers

Los Angeles County, California, United States

- Developed algorithms for Abstract Syntax Tree traversal and analysis, delivering architectural insights to enhance developer understanding of their React application- Migrated the layout algorithm for automated node-spacing from Dagre to ELKjs, resulting in a cleaner presentation of large-scale application architectures, and increasing viewport utilization by 90%- Improved the runtime performance of the Electron application by 20% by transitioning the communication layer from an Express.js framework to an IPC mechanism, optimizing data exchange processes- Created custom TS linting rules, streamlining the development process by enhancing code parity and readability