Experience
2023 — 2024
2023 — 2024
• Initiated an observability initiative to enhance monitoring for business-critical applications, leading to a 44.67% reduction in application server latency through improvements surfaced by targeted dashboards and alerts.
• Optimized data structures, achieving a 93% performance improvement for data intake API endpoints.
• Conducted PostgreSQL query analysis, halving operational costs for key queries.
• Collaborated with customers to seamlessly integrate ERP data into Rivet, ensuring smooth transitions for customers of diverse technical skill levels.
• Developed and extended a comprehensive data pipeline utilizing Node.js microservices and PostgreSQL for efficient data flow.
• Redesigned integration workflows, boosting internal efficiency and enhancing customer confidence.
• Worked extensively with MySQL and Postgres databases to extract and transform data
• Implemented Agile methodologies, improving project management practices within the team.
• Led training sessions and developed documentation to elevate team knowledge, including SOPs for unit testing and onboarding junior members.
2021 — 2023
2021 — 2023
• Maintained and extended large codebases in multiple languages and frameworks including Angular and Node.js, as well as helping to maintain and refine their AWS infrastructure and CICD pipelines.
• Actively learned new technologies and frameworks as needed to support business needs.
• Took on multiple roles in the initial integration with Rocket Money on a tight timeline, including creating custom UI components in Angular as well as taking point on the first graphQL api integration into that Angular application.
• Authored extensive documentation for that integration which was successfully used to onboard team members taking over that application.
• Took a lead role in communication and coordination between integration teams to gather needed information as well as negotiate data contracts, API endpoint design, and needed changes.
• Implemented the first application migration to Kubernetes (EKS) in my business area.
• Took the initiative to analyze the business area’s AWS spend to identify money-saving opportunities
• Implemented that analysis to streamline our multi-region Redis infrastructure by migrating to shared resources.
• Identified a big gap in a major application due to lack of automated integration testing. Created a reusable integration testing scaffold in that application for other engineers to use and extend.
• Worked on-call shifts using Splunk logs, AWS X-Ray Tracing, Dynatrace & AWS Cloudwatch to respond to errors and outages.
• Actively took on peer leadership, including being the primary mentor for an associate engineer.
2018 — 2021
2018 — 2021
• Maintained and extended large codebases in multiple languages and frameworks including Node.js, Typescript, as well as helping to maintain and refine their CICD pipelines.
• Learned Typescript in 3 weeks to be able to contribute to the team’s work after joining with minimal previous JavaScript experience.
• Rewrote legacy JavaScript microservices in Typescript.
• Set up new Typescript microservices by using enterprise-wide standard terraform modules to set up the AWS infrastructure for them to run on. This included AWS lambdas & ECS.
• Worked in a CI/CD environment with engineer-owned deployment, safeguarded by robust automated testing.
• Wrote and maintained automated unit, integration, and end-to-end tests.
2016 — 2018
2016 — 2018
Detroit, MI
• Worked in a phone and chat-based sales environment to support clients using the Rocket Mortgage website to get home financing
Education
Grand Circus
2018 — 2019
Ferris State University - Kendall College of Art and Design
Bachelor of Fine Arts (B.F.A.)
2009 — 2013