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San Jose, CA, US

San Jose, CA, US

Los Angeles, California, US

Honey acquired by PayPal in 2020.

Los Angeles, California, US

Santa Monica, CA, US

• Media Engineering Team:
• Converted an application with 1 billion unique sessions per year to modern JavaScript ES2015+ with Vue.js and Node from a legacy PHP / jQuery stack.
• Developed an internal tool to help editors add images, sponsorships and custom hubs to sites without needing a code push.
• Mentored junior engineers through code reviews; demonstrated how to plan and document code and coached developers through web development best practices.
• Interviewed new hires on Javascript ES6, component architecture, modern build tools.
• Applied Agile / Scrum development methodologies in order to increase the quantity of deliverables and provide visibility into project schedule and state.

Santa Monica, CA, US

• Livestrong.com Team:
• Developed, optimized, and maintained data-driven, server-rendered PHP website.
• Implemented custom Javascript advertising code on a per-page basis.
• Used Javascript DOM API animation techniques to build new content templates.
• Enhanced analytics platform to work with Google Analytics.
• Worked with cross-functional teams comprised of engineers, designers and product owners to reduce blockers and produce consistently smooth releases.

Playa Vista, California, US

• Utilized Node clusters and a custom messaging queue to scale real-time client-server communications under a high volume of websocket requests and asynchronous database queries.
• Built testing app using React, Redux and Razorframe to ensure end-to-end functionality and performance gains.
• Messaging queue reduced communication latency by 20% under load tests conducted in Artillery.io.
• Developed Node and Socket.io pub/sub architecture to enforce task processing logic within queue.
• Enhanced scalability of Socket.io connected Node clusters by using in-memory Redis store to serve as master adapter for linking multiple service workers.
• Iterated on feedback from engineers in the open-source community by adding Error Pool to handle error routing.

• Used Python, with the Pandas and Matplotlib libraries, to statistically analyze and plot the financial performance of companies in order to draw inferences about future prospects.
• Employed the Bloomberg API to write Excel scripts that gather financial data and generate front-end dashboards for reports on corporate performance and investment portfolio results.
• Using fundamental analysis on an equity portfolio with a focus on tech, media and telecom, achieved a 50.3% return over May 2013 to May 2016 vs. an S&P 500 performance of 26.8%.

• Utilized Pro Tools, Melodyne and Gobbler to speed up the time between idea and completed recording.
• Highlights include engineering platinum records from Fall Out Boy and Yellowcard, mixing a #1 Dance single from Cole Plante and working with major artists such as Katy Perry, One Direction, Grace Potter and Ariana.