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San Francisco, Ca, Us

San Francisco, Ca, Us

Work with an amazing team focused on program analysis and code navigation powering features on github.com. Direct day-to-day experience writing and maintaining distributed services backed by a variety of data stores, using protobufs over twirp and kafka messages to process large volume of real-time events. Extensive experience contributing to tree-sitter (GLR parsing library), Semantic (Haskell program analysis library), and write code proficiently in Golang, Haskell, JavaScript / TypeScript, Ruby, Rust, and SQL.

Chicago, Il, Us

I lead a data warehouse project using Clojure and Ruby, architected parts of our application and investigated and coordinated with different departments to better utilize our data and platform.

Chicago, Il, Us

As a senior software engineer I helped architect, plan and deliver new features for the Hireology platform. I also mentored junior developers to assist in their learning and growth as software developers. Other focuses included planning and implementing a data warehouse for the use of business analytics and predictive analytics.

Chicago, Il, Us

At 8th Light, software is our craft. We follow a set of principles that guide how we build and deliver software that aims to always add value for our clients. We design applications carefully with respect to the SOLID principles so that applications are flexible and easily extendible. We use Agile methods and short iterations in combination with frequent, open and transparent communication with our clients, so that changing requirements can be addressed quickly and smoothly. Most of all, we guarantee that our software works by practicing disciplined TDD. We love learning and continually improve our skill set by learning new languages and technologies so that we can apply the best tools for a given job. Simply put, we take pride in our work.

Chicago, Il, Us

The resident apprenticeship program at 8th Light is an intense and educational experience that focuses on learning the fundamentals of good OOP design (via SOLID principles) and strongly emphasizes disciplined TDD. My apprenticeship included building projects using Ruby, Javascript, HTML / CSS, Rails, Java, JRuby, Limelight, Clojure, Scheme, Riak, Postgresql, and MySQL. I was also exposed to Erlang, Haskell, MongoDB, Hyperion and best practices in web design. I studied OO design patterns such as the Abstract Factory pattern, the Observer pattern, the Command pattern, the Singleton pattern, the Null Object pattern, and the Visitor and Acyclic Visitor patterns. Beyond that I also learned about effective communication, estimating projects and how to effectively pair program with others.

Created custom web applications ranging from small, short-term projects to large-scale management applications.

Helped maintain the Boxcar API, added new features to the Boxcar application and also worked with the Sparrow Team in France to help facilitate push notification for the iPhone Sparrow email client.

Wichita, Kansas, Us

Started as an intern responsible for creating monthly reports measuring the performance of a product. Then switched roles and learned the ropes of web application development using PHP and MVC principles in order to create customer-facing products and internal tools.

Master Of Science - Ms, Computer Software Engineering

Computer Science

Certificate Of Completion, Japanese Language And Literature

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Japanese Language And Literature

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Religious Studies