As Engineering Manager at Rheaply, I lead the delivery of product initiatives while actively contributing to the codebase and promoting industry best practices. I manage the growth and performance of software engineering and QA teams, and collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders on prioritization and planning.Key achievements:- Improved team velocity by 40% by establishing a structured communication framework and formal technical design reviews- Delivered a $400k accelerated roadmap, contributing to securing $1.2M in ARR from a Fortune 100 client- Optimized engineering delivery through refined project management workflows and team restructuring

In this role, I spearheaded platform engineering initiatives, developing robust API integrations and efficient data pipelines within a lending platform environment. I directed cross-functional teams and fostered strategic partnerships to drive technical innovation.Key responsibilities:- Led the development of external-facing API's enabling key business partnerships and developing high-quality leads- Served as the primary technical escalation point for internal and external project stakeholders- Optimized lending platform performance, resulting in improved processing times and enhanced user experience- Collaborated with product teams to align technical capabilities with business objectives, driving product innovation

As Senior Director of Platform Engineering at iFIT, I managed backend service architecture and site reliability for a connected fitness platform during a period of explosive growth. I collaborated with engineers, stakeholders, and senior leadership to translate vision into actionable roadmaps.Key achievements:- Scaled platform to support 5X user base growth, reaching over 350k daily active users- Spearheaded migration of 80% of API transactions to an event-driven microservice architecture- Achieved 50% decrease in production outages and 99.99% uptime- Expanded the platform division, integrating Application Experience, User Management, Foundation, and DevOps verticals

In this role, I focused on developing architectural patterns and strategies for a multi-service platform expansion. I managed full-stack developer recruitment, performance reviews, and professional development.Key contributions:- Led the project of updating the content platform to dynamically scale and match users' fitness levels- Implemented internal frameworks and project templates for a seamless transition to serverless infrastructure- Facilitated internal knowledge sharing through coordination of technical presentations- Developed advanced strategies for scaling and maintaining complex distributed systems

As a Full Stack Engineer, I was responsible for delivering critical product features and supporting mobile experiences through RESTful APIs. I played a key role in developing user-facing web experiences.Key accomplishments:- Developed advanced user-facing web experiences utilizing React/Redux- Contributed to the design and implementation of scalable backend services- Collaborated with product teams to translate business requirements into technical solutions

At Ephibian, I contributed to the development and maintenance of financial services applications. I worked closely with clients to implement feature enhancements and address issues.Key responsibilities:- Developed and maintained robust financial services applications- Collaborated directly with clients to gather requirements and implement solutions- Contributed to the improvement of development processes and best practices

Wrote production code and unit testing for a handful of internal services at Nationwide Insurance.

Wrote android code for a few different mobile applications, most notably a social/dating app with location-based features.

Did front-end work to style the sales funnel and all marketing emails across 7 different ecommerce brands.

Taught the discussion/lab meeting for one section of an introductory java programming class.Provided additional help to students of all intro classes.

Participated in a long-term project that investigated behaviors of heat equations on discrete manifolds.Wrote code in C++ that was used to simulate these results.