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San Francisco, California, US

New York, NY, US

• Performed heavy refactoring to stabilize POC application built in PHP laravel, going from ~10 major incidents per week to none for over 8 months
• Architected 3 major microservices and 2 serverless services in greenfield app (utilizing NestJS, Amazon MSK, GraphQL, Amazon ALB and private VPCs, Amazon lambdas, postgresql, PrismaORM, AWS Lambda, DynamoDB, Apollo.
• Designed POC for weekly fashion challenges in smartphone app using Python/FastAPI
• Created many scripts for automation and scheduling using Python
• Delivered first major microservice in the new framework in under 2 months including a robust unit and integration testing framework as well as streamlined dockerized build for local development
• Worked closely with senior architect and VP of engineering to make important engineering decisions regarding frameworks and languages used for new builds

Menlo Park, CA, US

• Wrote secure SQL python library to allow all Facebook/Instagram developers to make MySQL queries in a secure and user-friendly manner
• Implemented bug reporting module for an internal tool used by thousands of marketing users utilizing React.JS and Hack.

New York, NY, US

• Communicated closely with business partners to understand their problems and design solutions
• Broke down each project into JIRA tasks at the smallest feature level with full detail, so that any developer could pick them up. I was in charge of this for my entire tenure (1.5 years)
• Headed weekly knowledge sharing sessions and other important communications meetings to team
• Managed team of 11 responsible for creating Spring Boot microservices to support arbitration and allocation of inventory
• Orchestrated and optimized production deployment of 10+ internal applications to Azure cloud and linux VMs on a bi-weekly basis
• Investigated and resolved + followed through with post-mortems on 20+ high priority production incidents

New York, NY, US

• Designed/supported 6 web applications using Spring Boot with Maven builds to support internal applications
• Assisted with design and support of many Unix-based operating systems for internal hosting of 2 major applications
• Used modern tools in deployment (Jules), version control (Bitbucket), automated testing (JUnit) and cloud hosting (Internal cloud/AWS) to support 6 business-critical applications in all phases of the SDLC
• Created scripts in Groovy, Python, and VBA to work with a machine learning virtual agent for help with internal HR tasks. The chatbot serviced thousands of Chase employees every day, greatly decreasing load on helpdesk.
• Planned step-by-step guides and guided operations teams for deployment of apps using internal change management system. The guides were used for all 6 application deployments and were also written to ensure <1 hour.

• Created software tools (HMIs) using SQL, Python, and Java to monitor and improve efficiency of machines used in the manufacturing industry by over 200 clients nationwide
• Researched, designed and implemented version control and security solutions for cloud-based applications written in a proprietary software not supported by git which proved pivotal in allowing for easier code rollouts.
• Managed software development projects (created team, assigned tasks, managed finances) personally for 3 clients
• Database creator/administrator for expansive OPM/IoT project used by a fortune 500 company
• Led/trained colleagues on coding and SQL best practices, leading to better code readability, reusability, and performance throughout the org.
• Designing front end and back end for aforementioned tools using a combination of SQL, Python, and Java inside Ignition

Columbus, Ohio, US

Duties include:Development of desktop tool to be used to calculate risk of chemical terrorist attacks on the United States using Windows Presentation FoundationPerforming advanced statistics calculations to provide appropriate scaling for the backend of the toolCreating and maintaining a macro to perform statistics calculations in Excel VBADesigning.

Created software using Matlab and Java to create a framework for experimenters to use for acoustic experimentationCreated algorithms for advanced analysis and digital manipulation of acoustic and electrical signalsPerformed research and drafted paper on Standard Operating Procedure of an acoustic shock tube

Performed studies and created a database and interface using a combination of Access, Excel, and Visual Basic in order to assist in cost estimation and streamlining of processes. Provided helpful recommendations to hourly employees.

Created Matlab program to streamline data entry and analysis. Assisted in running and intraperitoneal injections of adult and baby mice. Created solution of drugs to inject mice with.

Used Matlab to analyze correlations between EKG and NASA TLX/performance levels. Created new scale to determine System Readiness Levels in relation to human factors. Worked with EOG, EEG, and EKG recordings.