Full-stack engineer with 4 years of fintech experience at Reshop, working across our entire platform that transforms e-commerce refunds. I've built features spanning our mobile app (React Native/TypeScript), backend payment systems (Ruby on Rails), and authentication flows.
Experience
2023 — Now
2023 — Now
San Francisco Bay Area
• Lead the design and implementation of our data analytics infrastructure from the ground up, processing ~3k daily events to drive product decisions and KPI tracking across our cloud-based platform
• Collaborate with cross-functional product and marketing teams to translate ambiguous measurement requirements into technical solutions, then coordinate with engineering teams to implement tracking throughout the codebase
• Co-lead weekly engineering discussions and front-end guild meetings, facilitating cross-team collaboration between engineering, marketing, and design to establish best practices and troubleshoot system-wide challenges
• Spearhead the integration of AI tools into developer workflows, defining best practices that maximize team productivity and adoption across the engineering organization
• Built full-stack features and REST APIs across our AWS-hosted platform, developing microservices in Ruby on Rails for payment systems integrating with Plaid, Marqeta, and Stripe, plus React Native/TypeScript mobile experiences and React/Remix web applications
2021 — 2023
2021 — 2023
San Francisco Bay Area
• Built core product infrastructure as part of the founding engineering team, developing Karat from pre-MVP to production launch serving 2,000+ issued cards for creator economy clients
• Architected and maintained integrations with Stripe (card issuing, transaction processing, KYC compliance) and Plaid (bank account connectivity, automated payment collection), managing webhook ingestion and internal ledger reconciliation systems
• Implemented event-driven architecture using AWS Lambda and EventBridge, resulting in 50% reduction in underwriting SLA processing times for creator credit evaluations
• Developed full-stack features including admin portal for internal operations and client-facing dashboard for payment management, transaction tracking, and account administration
• Built backend payment processing systems managing card transaction ledgers and automated bank account charges via Plaid integration using TypeScript, React, Next.js, Node.js, and Postgres
• Co-led weekly engineering team discussions to enhance development processes, tools, and team productivity across the growing startup
2020 — 2021
2020 — 2021
San Francisco Bay Area
• Built full-stack receipt scanning application with OCR capabilities, developing both web (React.js) and mobile (React Native) versions to capture and process receipt data using Tesseract.js
• Led complete TypeScript migration of 100+ file codebase, improving code quality, consistency, and reducing runtime errors across the application
• Managed end-to-end deployment including database migration from local MongoDB to Mongo Atlas, AWS hosting infrastructure, and App Store deployment via TestFlight
• Designed UI/UX prototypes in Figma and implemented responsive interfaces using Bootstrap, while building comprehensive test suites with Jest/Enzyme
2019 — 2021
San Francisco Bay Area
• Received 2020 STAR Award in recognition of significant contributions to the organization's mission and impact
• Achieved 7% increase in total donations for the organization's 23rd annual Art for AIDS fundraiser through improved outreach and database management strategies
• Enhanced 5,000+ donor database by standardizing data categorization, querying, and reporting procedures, improving data quality and accessibility for fundraising teams
• Generated comprehensive donor reports and analytics to support data-driven decision-making for marketing, communications, and fundraising initiatives
• Managed alliancehealthproject.ucsf.edu website including design implementation, wireframe development, screen reader accessibility optimization, and SEO strategy to increase organic traffic
2018 — 2019
2018 — 2019
San Francisco Bay Area
• Architected migration of existing codebase to Blockstack ecosystem, integrating Gaia Storage and Blockstack ID for decentralized user authentication and data storage
• Deployed and maintained four-node BigchainDB development network on Google Cloud Platform (Ubuntu 16.04) to support distributed database operations
• Built and maintained DataSaaS DataBox application—a wallet-like interface enabling users to view, upload, exchange, and interact with blockchain-stored data
• Developed RESTful API facilitating secure storage and retrieval of user data on BigchainDB distributed database infrastructure
• Created MVP user interface using Bootstrap 4 for investor demonstrations and product pitches
• Blockstack, BigchainDB, Google Cloud Platform, RESTful APIs, Bootstrap
Education
University of Puget Sound
Bachelor of Arts (BA)
Coding Dojo