As the first engineering hire, I played a pivotal role in conceptualizing, developing, and launching a greenfield Ruby on Rails web application. I built the critical systems that supported millions in transactions, while ensuring 99.9% uptime for a platform that served homeowners and service providers in the home services industry.- Full-Stack Development: Designed and built a dynamic Ruby on Rails web app using Hotwire, Turbo, Stimulus.js, and dry-rb, creating a scalable, interactive platform with reusable service objects.- End-to-End Project Leadership: Led key projects through all phases of the SDLC—gathering requirements, planning, designing, delegating tasks, deploying, testing, and maintaining systems, while consistently meeting tight deadlines.- API Integrations: Developed and managed complex API integrations with CRM systems (Salesforce, ServiceMinder) and payment processors (Stripe, Stax), working closely with vendors to ensure smooth pre- and post-launch execution.- Mobile App Development: Spearheaded the creation of a native Android app, released on the Google Play Store, transforming the web app into a mobile-first solution using Turbo Native and Kotlin.- Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partnered with product and design teams to translate business needs into engineering requirements, providing estimates and adjusting scope to ensure alignment across teams.- Adaptability & Multi-Tasking: Thrived in a fast-paced startup environment, quickly pivoting focus and managing multiple competing priorities without losing progress on key initiatives.- Team Building & Mentorship: Contributed to hiring and growing the engineering and product teams, and provided mentorship to new hires, fostering a collaborative culture through pair-programming and knowledge sharing.

Contributed to building a new React-based frontend to replace a legacy JSP system, improving the user interface's responsiveness, performance, and maintainability.

UI Engineer for the Point of Sale client on Android written in React Native & TypeScriptTableside Project Engineer Lead:- Mobile version of the POS app- Architected component hierarchy, UX/UI workflows, APIs for managing navigation state and screen transitions, integrating into pre-existing systems- Lead a team from project conception & design through MVP and subsequent releases, making critical decisions regarding scope to meet launch date

• Full-Stack Web Developer Training• Over 500 hours of professional hands-on training, plus 250 hours outside the classroom• Developed 4 full-stack applications using modern technologies and best practices. (see 'Projects' and 'Skills') • Created RESTful APIs using an MVC framework.• All projects were Single-Page-Applications.• Experience creating and querying from relational and non-relational databases.• Used Git and GitHub for version control.• Collaboratively worked in small teams regularly during class, as well as the entire duration of one project.• Experience working under pressure with tight deadlines.

• Managed back-of-house and front-of-house personnel, as well as inventory and overall & improving customer experience• Implemented procedural changes with effective problem solving to improve efficiency & quality• Participated in hiring & training new employees• Bartender, Server & Barista