I am an entrepreneurial Full-Stack Mobile Software Engineer with over 5 years of hands-on experience in successfully developing and delivering complex, high-quality applications from the ground up. I have a proven track record of taking products from their initial launch phase to reaching over 10,000 users.
Experience
2020 — Now
San Francisco, California, United States
• Develop and maintain mobile applications for various stealth startups on a daily basis, consistently optimizing applications for maximum speed and scalability across various devices
• Demonstrate a commitment to innovation in traditional app categories by developing "Now," a cutting-edge to-do app that dynamically adjusts based on user history, using generative AI
• Develop "Stream Teams," an innovative app combining fantasy sports with TV and movie characters, introducing a unique entertainment platform
• Lead the development of both the drafting system and the backend scoring mechanism for Stream Teams, showcasing a high degree of creativity and excellent project management capabilities
• Spearhead the creation of "Murder Fun Time," an app for organizing murder mystery dinners, demonstrating expertise in creating niche social experiences
• Showcase an innate ability to leverage generative AI for generating unique characters, narratives, and rules, engaging users in an immersive WHODUNIT guessing game
2024 — 2025
2024 — 2025
San Francisco, California, United States
Led mobile engineer at a healthtech startup focused on patient and pet care management. Initiated a multi-species health tracking feature, kicked off a white-label architecture, and led a tech-debt reduction effort that improved performance, caching, and CI/CD reliability. Championed async collaboration across multiple teams or remote, contract, and ESL employees.
2022 — 2023
2022 — 2023
San Francisco, California, United States
• Spearheaded the mobile development of the innovative "uWellness" product, introducing a comprehensive toolkit including surveys, breath coaches, and personalized health tips, significantly enhancing user wellness engagement
• Quadrupled development velocity within the first quarter of joining the team, enabling radically accelerated feature deployment and improved product market fit
• Maintained high levels of mobile app stability through proactive bug resolution and adept navigation of two major React Native updates, ensuring a seamless user experience
• Facilitated a direct in-app connection with healthcare professionals, enabling users to access expert guidance effortlessly, thereby improving the quality of healthcare interaction
• Improved user engagement by integrating real-time feedback mechanisms, providing users with instant insights through advanced wellness surveys and calculators
• Enriched the app with credible, evidence-backed healthcare knowledge, empowering users with up-to-date and trustworthy information
• Drove the app's functionality expansion by implementing a wide range of feature requests, broadening the app's scope beyond just healthcare needs and vaccination tracking
2021 — 2022
2021 — 2022
San Francisco Bay Area
• Enhanced the legacy codebase by successfully developing and maintaining new and existing features, significantly reducing bugs and improving user experience
• Implemented a highly effective release management pipeline using Fastlane for mobile projects in React Native and Flutter, streamlining the deployment process
• Spearheaded the transition to a fully React codebase from Django with React, after developing an innovative proof of concept, leading to its adoption and a complete UI redesign
• Enhanced web interface usability by designing and testing responsive UI components, drastically accelerating the page development process
• Worked in close collaboration with the lead engineer and design team to strategize and implement a new material design pattern in the storybook framework, simplifying the redesign process into manageable UI components
• Played a key role in the successful transition from Python 2.7 to Python 3, improving developer experience and extending the codebase's longevity
2020 — 2021
2020 — 2021
• Developed and launched a robust mobile application using React Native, effectively doubling its reach by supporting both iOS and Android platforms
• Improved user authentication and management significantly by implementing AWS Cognito, streamlining the authentication process with minimal effort
• Increased user interface engagement across all features by integrating the React Native reanimated library, transforming a simple UI into a more engaging and delightful experience
• Innovated back-end development by creating a GraphQL API, minimizing context switching and increasing efficiency over traditional REST API methods
• Executed advanced user experience testing and validation by incorporating Countly for tracking key metrics, gaining valuable insights into user behavior and the impact of new features
Education
Stanford University
Bachelor of Science - BS
2012 — 2016