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Seattle, WA, US

Bellevue, Washington, United States

• Lead the design and implementation of scalable, full-stack web applications and AI solutions, integrating LLM APIs, cloud systems, and responsive design with a focus on accessibility.
• Collaborate with leadership, product teams, and enterprise partners to align technical direction with user needs and business goals.
• Establish engineering best practices to ensure quality, security, and compliance in delivering tools that empower individuals and enhance efficiency.

Seattle, Washington, United States

• Conceptualize and develop AI applications for non-profits and charities to boost fundraising efforts, optimize operational processes, and cultivate meaningful connections.
• Handle diverse responsibilities for new startup venture: strategic planning, marketing, client acquisition, community engagement, product development, graphic design, accounting, compliance, and more.

Carnation, Washington, United States

• Led community effort and organized volunteers to re-establish and revitalize market during pandemic, after predecessor organization ceased operations.
• Founded new independent non-profit corporation to operate Market; secured and maintained 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status and charity designation.
• Led initiatives to promote diversity and inclusion, and to enhance overall public benefit - such as expanding educational and cultural programming, and implementing programs to increase food access, such as SNAP/EBT.
• Led the market's strategic relocation, doubling sales and attendance; achieved a 500% YoY increase in organization income.
• Spearheaded partnerships, grant writing, fundraising, marketing, social media and public communications, and Board leadership.
• Developed software tools, including mobile web applications for signups, automations for sponsor recruitment and donor relations, and major customizations to the organization's WordPress website.

Greater Seattle Area

• Architected and coded software using full-stack approach, with ownership over both back-end and front-end functionality. Led development of a custom authentication system and REST APIs in Node.js, providing a secure.
• Authored reusable frontend components and complex features such as catalog/cart systems, admin console, multitrack audio editors, and multiplayer real-time content editors.
• Reduced AWS hosting costs by 80% by offloading resource-intensive operations to client browser, and by implementing AWS Lambda and scalable EC2 instances in multiple regions.
• Optimized build deployment with module bundlers, microservices, and Docker containers.
• Led end-to-end feature architecture and development with scrum/agile processes and unit testing to meet product timelines.
• Suggested and implemented process improvements to optimize the design-to-development pipeline, and continuously researched tools to enhance workflows and application features.