Experience

Leading development teams in creating intuitive web applications, focusing on full-stack development and mentoring junior developers.

• •Specializing in building scalable web applications
• •Mentoring and leading development teams
• •Implementing best practices for accessibility and performance

Lead software development team of four engineers and two interns on several projects by delineating tasks, writing design documents, collaborating with product and design teams, reviewing source code, along with writing code myself.

• •Implemented a full rewrite of our marketing integrations in a HIPAA compliant way using Segment and various marketing partner APIs including Meta and TikTok, resulting in an increase of thousands of impressions and leads for our product
• •Lead team in rewrite of product onboarding funnel by writing tickets in Jira, delineating tasks, and collaborating with design and product teams, resulting in launch a month ahead of schedule
• •Advised as domain expert on product onboarding funnel for up to three other teams by providing guidance and direction through code and technical design document reviews in order to maintain high quality of code and adhere to best practices
• •Mentored interns through weekly 1:1s, code reviews, and pair programming exercises
• •Built several reusable UI components in React for company design system to be used by five other teams in the company in a composable way

Acted as lead on several projects including a direct messaging beta by evaluating vendor options, writing design documents, delineating tasks, and writing code. Collaborated with customer service team to triage user issues.

• •Launched Direct Messaging product in 50 stores after 2 months and elevated beta within 1 week to 7M customers, improving engagement between buyers and sellers
• •Led presentation to 20 developers on Apollo client hooks and GraphQL to help spur adoption throughout code base
• •Mentored junior developers via 1:1s, code reviews, and pairing sessions, leading to promotion
• •Built several features across stack including both frontend and backend work by partnering with product and design teams
• •Exceeded pace of previous quarter OKRs by enabling teachers to create over 3000 enhanced interactive assignments for students with auto-grading activities

Managed 2 developers, facilitated bi-weekly sprint meetings, and communicated and delineated tasks via Jira tickets.

• •Generated additional revenue by creating a telehealth product with 10k weekly calls by guiding team in development of web application within 3-week deadline
• •Recommended solution to CEO and COO to build custom confirmation page, allowing specific client to obtain data and insights, avoiding security breach
• •Developed several web apps via modern frontend frameworks and TypeScript for scalability by partnering with product and design teams
• •Increased test coverage for pertinent user flows and created custom reusable component library to use in current and future web applications
• •Mentored new hires in best practices through pull requests and code reviews

Transitioned into software engineering through an intensive coding bootcamp, focusing on full-stack JavaScript development.

• •Developed full-stack applications using Node.js and React
• •Created Border Buddy, awarded "Hack of the Month" by NYC Tech Meetup
• •Collaborated on real-time communication tools for classrooms

Served as an English teacher and faculty advisor for the Writing Center, developing strong communication and leadership skills.

• •Faculty advisor for the Writing Center
• •Trained students in peer tutoring and effective feedback
• •Organized annual literacy and culture events