Currently working on the AEX team to support the future of instructables.com and tinkercad.com which advances Autodesk's reach to the makers of the world and kids in school who are using tinkercad in their classrooms.There are multiple codebases and services to support in my role. My focus has been strictly JavaScript -- React/Redux and Angular in particular. However, there are legacy pieces that need to be maintained. So, I'll also need to work in Backbone and Django as well, but… Show more Currently working on the AEX team to support the future of instructables.com and tinkercad.com which advances Autodesk's reach to the makers of the world and kids in school who are using tinkercad in their classrooms.There are multiple codebases and services to support in my role. My focus has been strictly JavaScript -- React/Redux and Angular in particular. However, there are legacy pieces that need to be maintained. So, I'll also need to work in Backbone and Django as well, but strive to push those to React.Some of my favorite accomplishments so far have been:- Upgrading tinkercad.com from Angular 6 to 15 (soon 16)- Integrating testing-library in both React (instructables.com) and Angular (tinkercad.com) codebases because I love the natural feel of testing-library and the confidence it gives our team- Integrating redux-toolkit which simplifies our redux setupSome of my favorite parts of my job are:- Pairing with a UX designer and Product Specialist/Owner/Manager to form like Voltron and deliver the best thing we can to our userbase- Pushing to modernize and simplify all the lines of code we maintain- Actually using the stuff our team builds Show less

- Build a first-class, first-of-its-kind UI experience using React, GraphQL, and SASS for customers that instrument their applications and services via the OpenTelemetry standard.- Collaborate with UX/Product Designer to prototype, test, and iterate on designs and implementations.- Pair with 1 other UI Engineer to rapidly build interfaces that meet stakeholder and customer expectations.- Collaborate with interdependent teams to achieve end-to-end experiences that improve… Show more - Build a first-class, first-of-its-kind UI experience using React, GraphQL, and SASS for customers that instrument their applications and services via the OpenTelemetry standard.- Collaborate with UX/Product Designer to prototype, test, and iterate on designs and implementations.- Pair with 1 other UI Engineer to rapidly build interfaces that meet stakeholder and customer expectations.- Collaborate with interdependent teams to achieve end-to-end experiences that improve New Relic's overall customer experience for New Relic's OpenTelemetry offering.- Perform technical lead duties ensuring stakeholders are kept up to date and the team has clear streams of work. Show less

- Develop deep customer empathy by pairing with UX/Product Designer and Product Manager to ensure we are building the right thing and ensuring market fit.- Participate in customer interviews to further the team's knowledge of gaps in our product.- Translate UI mockups into fully functional user interfaces using React/SASS via the NR1 UI platform.- Half manager/half developer of a team of 4 engineers that focus on open source contributions in the Open Instrumentation… Show more - Develop deep customer empathy by pairing with UX/Product Designer and Product Manager to ensure we are building the right thing and ensuring market fit.- Participate in customer interviews to further the team's knowledge of gaps in our product.- Translate UI mockups into fully functional user interfaces using React/SASS via the NR1 UI platform.- Half manager/half developer of a team of 4 engineers that focus on open source contributions in the Open Instrumentation space as well as UI work. Help amplify accomplishments to the broader organization and when possible uncover opportunities for engineers to excel and make an impact at the team level and beyond. Show less

- Manage two teams of eight engineers that continuously deliver value to the Node.js and Python communities via the New Relic agent.- Engineering lead for New Relic's Lambda project, defined the engineering plan by working across multiple cross-continental teams, ushering in a new product to the New Relic ecosystem.- Actively coach individual contributors through weekly 1:1s to identify and meet professional goals that spur growth in new roles.- Led successful hiring… Show more - Manage two teams of eight engineers that continuously deliver value to the Node.js and Python communities via the New Relic agent.- Engineering lead for New Relic's Lambda project, defined the engineering plan by working across multiple cross-continental teams, ushering in a new product to the New Relic ecosystem.- Actively coach individual contributors through weekly 1:1s to identify and meet professional goals that spur growth in new roles.- Led successful hiring rounds for two teams keeping diversity top of mind in the panels I created as well as the candidates I brought in. Show less

- Led the design and rollout of the Discogs career track that fostered technical and leadership growth within Software Engineering, Site Reliability Engineering, and UX.- Developed and coached on engineering leadership through regular one-on-ones with remote and co-located technical leads and managers.- Successfully managed co-location migration that improved load times, uptimes, and ultimately customer confidence. - Actively removed roadblocks for cross-functional… Show more - Led the design and rollout of the Discogs career track that fostered technical and leadership growth within Software Engineering, Site Reliability Engineering, and UX.- Developed and coached on engineering leadership through regular one-on-ones with remote and co-located technical leads and managers.- Successfully managed co-location migration that improved load times, uptimes, and ultimately customer confidence. - Actively removed roadblocks for cross-functional product teams to improve velocity.- Collaborated with leads on defining major Engineering KPI's and initiatives.- Defined Engineering vision and helped teams develop strategies to execute that vision to create alignment. Show less

- Drove evolution of engineering organization to be multidisciplinary product-focused squads which allowed for more autonomy and focus.- Doubled the software engineering workforce from 7 to 14 engineers.- Managed 50/50 time on engineering related tasks with leadership.- Delegated management responsibilities to 3 technical leads.

- Led a group of 6 back-end and front-end engineers to deliver features and bugfixes using Agile methodologies.- Modernized Engineering hiring and onboarding practices.

- Developed new features using Python, HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.- Built custom Python test harness and integrated Jenkins CI for unit and end-to-end tests which improved deploy confidence.- Simplified Discogs' core HTTP libraries to be modern and well documented.- Integrated a third-party music commerce system into existing custom shopping cart that led to increased sales.

- Architected, developed, and maintained a bespoke CMS that enabled rapid production of custom web apps for small businesses in a shorter amount of time and with less effort than previous systems.- Collaborated closely with designers in wireframing and planning for our CMS product as well as for client web sites and brands.- Managed in-house CentOS staging server as well as Debian production servers. Ruby on Rails applications were deployed using apache2/passenger and later… Show more - Architected, developed, and maintained a bespoke CMS that enabled rapid production of custom web apps for small businesses in a shorter amount of time and with less effort than previous systems.- Collaborated closely with designers in wireframing and planning for our CMS product as well as for client web sites and brands.- Managed in-house CentOS staging server as well as Debian production servers. Ruby on Rails applications were deployed using apache2/passenger and later nginx/mongrel. Show less

- Worked on the JAC's custom intranet app using ASP.net, MSSQL and CrystalReports- Updated existing pages that lack UI consistency and/or are too confusing based on user feedback- Maintained C# code for custom document scanning/filing/archiving system- Setup and managed web sites in IIS- Collaborated with management team to interview and select qualified job applicants

- Strong advocate of web standards- Worked directly with CEO to build, spec and launch custom ASP apps- Developed resalable modules that plugged into our custom CMS infrastructure- Closely collaborated with designer to produce semantic markup- Trained graphic designer in basic HTML/CSS- Monitored company's search engine rankings in niche markets and improved upon them