As the only full-time engineer, I led technical architecture, full-stack development, DevOps, and day-to-day engineering operations for a behavioral research and software education SaaS platform.

🧩 Built and maintained multiple applications (Rails, React, Django), including a real-time tool for tracking human behavior using Redis and Socket.IO.

🔧 Re-architected legacy Django systems and redesigned the UI/UX based on research-backed pedagogy and client feedback.

📱 Designed and deployed a communication platform integrating Twilio for automated SMS outreach.

📈 Integrated external tools (SendGrid, Twine) to enhance product features and reduce manual workflows.

📚 Authored technical documentation, stakeholder reports, and operational guides.

🤝 Interviewed, mentored, and managed freelance and intern engineers; led sprint planning and delivery during high-demand periods.

This role has given me full ownership of the engineering function—balancing rapid prototyping, stakeholder collaboration, platform maintenance, and long-term technical strategy.

Joined the Account Protection team to improve fraud prevention and user account security, while contributing to large-scale Rails and React applications.

🛡️ Strengthened fraud detection systems by integrating and optimizing Sift platform workflows.

🔐 Authored GDPR-compliant technical designs for secure user authentication and account protections.

🧠 Participated in on-call rotations, SQL debugging, and code review across a distributed microservice architecture.

🛠️ Led tech debt cleanup and collaborated across teams to improve developer experience and infrastructure stability.

🌀 Actively engaged in Agile ceremonies including sprint planning, backlog grooming, and retros.

This role deepened my experience in secure, scalable system design and gave me insight into how engineering, data, and product teams collaborate in a fast-paced consumer org.

Fifth hire and first full-time engineer; wore multiple hats across engineering, mentorship, and internal tooling. Founded and scaled the company’s Apprenticeship Program while delivering production applications for business and training needs.

🚀 Designed and led a 70+ person apprenticeship program to grow junior developers into confident contributors.

👩‍🏫 Built reusable onboarding tools, DevOps training programs, and scalable mentorship frameworks.

🖥️ Developed three internal applications (Rails + React SPA, Rails monolith, Java Spring Boot + Angular) to support both product and training efforts.

🧭 Guided apprentices through wireframing, technical design, UML modeling, and hands-on code mentorship.

🧱 Helped define the company’s first engineering ladder, performance metrics, and hiring processes.

This role blended engineering with education, and taught me how to scale both systems and people.

🔁 Started as an engineering intern supporting client-facing features.