Improving the security of the Ruby packaging ecosystem for everyone.🔗 https://rubycentral.org/news/ruby-central-welcomes-new-software-engineer-in-residence-sponsored-by-aws/

RubyGems.org (client):- Maintaining & modernizing infrastructure to support constant RPS growth- Implementing admin dashboard to enable support team to perform common customer support tasks in a controlled and audited manner- Adding support for new authentication mechanisms to improve the RubyGems ecosystem's posture regarding software supply chain security

Tech lead on Portal Platform team (customer-facing product surface). Worked on modernizing infrastructure and refactoring data flow to support growth from one main SKU to a suite of product offerings that all flowed into the customer portal.

- Lead implementation of ongoing credit limit re-evaluations to improve risk loss & increase originations- Lead team of 4 engineers (including 2 hires taken to hiring bar & closed), conducted performance conversations, delivered feedback and offered guidance on getting to the next level- Responsible for technical leadership across all lending underwriting projects, writing & reviewing design documents & technical implementation- Scaled Borrow product to $1B in annualized originations (from $100M) with increased ML experimentation- Conducted 160+ interviews, sat on hiring bars as an Engineering Barometer, participated on promo panels

- Lead migration to Bazel build system for 5+ applications & 2+ SDKs in main iOS monorepo, reducing build time by 50% and increasing developer NPS- Built out comprehensive metrics story, complete with dashboards for L1/L2 metrics used to drive annual planning for 40+ engineer organization- Responsible for PCI-SPOC compliance efforts, working with internal stakeholders to be first to market with a fully compliant solution- Kept local development functional by any means necessary, including patching the default Apple development toolchain on multiple occasions

- Led development of both gems which ship by bundled with Ruby, acting as release manager & security DRI- Prepared Bundler 2.0 and RubyGems 3.0 major releases in preparation for the merger of the two libraries

- Released a Swift binding for the Realm database & supported users with usage issues, bugs, and feature requests- Implemented support for nullable / optional values at the binding level- Contributed bug fixes and minor enhancements to C++ Core

Took over codebase from foreign contractor• Added ads and in-app-purchases to increase profit from mobile users• Customized mobile experience, increasing customer satisfaction• Released two new major versions with over 50,000 monthly active users

Prototyped new entries into the mobile space• Led a beta test of a new product category• Explored moving existing products onto mobile platforms

Provided email server, website and PC maintenance support to users in NJ and IL• Developed financial models for sales, inventory and banking• Drafted communications for COO with overseas suppliers• Created custom reports to streamline business decisions• Helped develop locknutkits.com website (still in beta)