• Led the development of several high-priority projects for the Blue Facebook app, which directly led to user and revenue growth.

• Part of the team that owned the stories tray on top of the Facebook home, which is one of the most important areas of the app.

• Developed and launched several innovative features for stories, including autoplaying videos and a new home for all of the user's stories.

• Successfully mentored engineers and worked closely with product managers and designers to deliver high-quality products.

• Contributed to the overall success of the Blue Facebook app by delivering innovative and user-friendly features.

Key Projects

• Autoplaying Videos for Video Stories: Developed and launched a feature that automatically plays videos in stories. This feature was a huge success and resulted in a significant increase in video views.

• New Home for Stories: Created a new home for all of the user's stories. This new home made it easier for users to find and watch stories, and it also helped to increase engagement with stories.

• Ownership of the Entire User Experience for Stories: Owned the entire user experience for stories, from the design of the UI to the implementation of the features. This included working closely with product managers and designers to ensure that the user experience was both user-friendly and effective.

Was part of the first few Mobile engineers in the company responsible for building the mobile apps.

• Led the design and implementation of Cinematic pins for Android, which were featured in several blogs. Cinematic pins account for more than 20% of Pinterest’s revenue stream.

• Re-architected Android Pinterest Search in the MVC Pattern. Led the efforts to successfully migrate to the new system, which significantly improved performance and user-engagement by more than 10%.

• Team lead for rewriting Profile on Android to improve performance and drive user-engagement.

Part of core team that designed and implemented Pinterest’s visual Search products like Flashlight, Pinterest Lens and Pincodes.

As a Mobile Software Engineer - Android, I designed and developed three innovative mobile apps: SmartStyle, AIGA Events, and Deloitte Round-up. SmartStyle is a popular app that has been downloaded over 30,000 times. AIGA Events allows users to track upcoming design events and talks held by AIGA. Deloitte Round-up uses social analytics to track the different events held around SXSW and integrates a sweepstakes system for users.