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Tech Stack

• Languages - Typescript · Javascript · SQL · C# · Bash
• Frameworks - NodeJS · React · Apollo · Express · Mocha · Sinon · .NET Core · Artillery.io · Electron · Entity Framework · Bootstrap · Tailwind · Linq · jQuery · KnockoutJS · Xunit · AngularJS · Sinon · Mocha · Karma · Chrome Embedded Framework
• Platforms - AWS · Github · CircleCI · Heroku · Google Cloud
• Tools - PostgreSQL · GraphQL · RabbitMQ · Webpack · Docker · Vagrant · Git · SQL Server · SQLite · Redis · TablePlus · Visual Studio Code · Yarn · tmux · Gitlab · Jira

Employment

Google

Software Engineer

May 2022 - Present

• Working as an engineer with the Google Assistant Routines team.
• Developing...

Caretaker

Head of Engineering

July 2019 - May 2022

• Started as Internal Tools Lead, promoted to Head of Engineering in July 2020.
• Led development of all infrastructure, tooling, and applications at Caretaker.
• Implemented full lifecycle, landlord configurable, automated apartment maintenance system.
• Created automated service dispatch system for damages reported within apartments.
• Designed algorithm to automate repricing of public listings, reduced ops time spent on repricing to 0.
• Created per listing Q&A system for listers to publicly manage listing questions, cut out redundant questions.
• Architected syndication feed for third party listing sites, kept listings in sync across over 50 services.
• Developed duplicate image detection system, cut down on manual review of scam listings by over 50%.
• Created a CI/CD system within Github actions on top of a monorepo, brought deploy steps down to 1 click.
• Utilized Google Vision APIs to automate ordering of apartment photos based on content.

Third Iron

Senior Backend Engineer

October 2017 - July 2019

• Scaled server infrastructure to handle rapidly increasing customer demand.
• Created automated load testing system based on artillery.io to verify performance of live infrastructure.
• Fine tuned complex PostgreSQL queries and NodeJS backends to handle increasing load.
• Migrated production Javascript backends and frontends to Typescript to reduce typing errors.
• Developed CircleCI 2.0 CI/CD infrastructure, Docker images for development and release.
• Orchestrated AWS EC2, Opsworks, and ECS infrastructure and maintenance.
• Designed academic metadata syncronization systems for CrossRef and Pubmed.

Spreetail

Software Team Lead

May 2015 - June 2017

• Started as Software Engineer, promoted to Software Team Lead in October 2015.
• Managed development of software for Account Management, Content, Marketing, and Marketplace teams.
• Created and taught classes on technical and non-technical subjects to departments across Spreetail.
• Vetted, architected, and prioritized new project proposals from stakeholders and engineers.
• Spearheaded a "Dead Code" removal initiative, removed 28 deprecated sections of code from codebase monthly.
• Designed a unified inventory catalog syndication system. Balanced load across microservices with RabbitMQ.
• Reduced average price update time from 3 hours to 2 minutes on formerly slow marketplaces.
• Reverse engineered Amazon Merchant Web Services API to dynamically generate schemas on a per item basis.
• Designed CrossLister, an item detail abstraction flow. Saved each account manager 2 hours of work daily.
• Led hackathon team creation of pricing automation tool, saved account managers hours weekly in price research.

Design Studio (LI-COR)

Product Manager Consultant

August 2014 - May 2015

• Designed digital lab notebook tailored to fit the needs of scientists still using paper notebooks.
• Built cross-platform Chrome Embedded Framework application to integrate HTML content into notebooks.
• Coordinated and planned efforts with 2 other independently led teams (LI-COR and Don’t Panic Labs).
• Achieved 90% client satisfaction first release, increased to 100% every release thereafter.

Sheldon Museum of Art

Software Engineer Consultant

April 2014 - August 2014

• Designed and created virtual tour mobile web app for Sheldon Sculpture Garden.
• Utilized GPS to provide relevant exhibit photography and audio tours.
• Integrated with Google Streetview tours of Sculpture Garden.
• Created content management system for museum workers to update site without coding.

Garmin (Aviation Division)

Software Engineer Intern

May 2013 - August 2013

• Abstracted C code designed for GIA 1000 (aircraft control systems) to be used on future aircraft.
• Extensively tested code to achieve 100% (statement and branch) coverage on all migrated libraries.
• Revised and authored portions of pilots manual to meet stringent FAA standards.

Thomson Reuters (Findlaw)

Software Engineer Intern

May 2012 - August 2012

• Developed Java CMS for internal customer operations (roughly 800 employee users)
• Wrote server job monitors in OpenReports with SQL to alert DBAs when jobs failed or were over time.
• Designed an analytics system to better optomize customer operations workflows (based around Splunk).

Education

University of Nebraska, Lincoln

B.S.E Computer Engineering

August 2011 - May 2015

• B.S.E. in Computer Engineering with Minor in Business. GPA: 3.8.
• Jeffrey Raikes School of Computer Science and Business (cohort of 20) and University Honors.