• Led the frontend integration of Cardpointe and Freedom Pay payment gateways, determining architectural approaches and implementing user interface designs, enhancing payment processing efficiency.

• Developed and executed comprehensive unit tests, increasing code coverage and ensuring robust application performance and reliability.

• Planned user stories and managed the ticketing process, streamlining the development workflow and improving team productivity.

• Collaborated closely with the design team to translate UI/UX designs into responsive and interactive frontend components, enhancing overall user experience.

• Coordinated with cross-functional engineering teams, fostering a collaborative environment to align on project goals and development efforts.

• Optimized application performance through code refinement and best practices, resulting in faster load times and improved user engagement.

• Spearheaded frontend engineering efforts for a microservices application across web, iOS, and Android platforms, enhancing digital tools for farmers worldwide.

• Led the development of advanced geospatial mapping features, significantly improving the application’s functionality and user experience for a global agricultural user base.

• Leveraged expertise in TypeScript, React Native, GraphQL, Apollo, Context, and Hooks to accelerate development cycles and deliver high-quality, maintainable code.

• Developed and implemented a suite of reusable components for a custom component library, boosting efficiency and consistency across multiple projects and teams.

• Influenced architectural decisions by tackling high-level tickets related to CI/CD pipelines, optimizing deployment processes and reducing time-to-market.

• Co-founded OtterWaiver, playing a pivotal role in shaping the company’s vision and strategy to meet client needs effectively.

• Architected and developed comprehensive frontend flows, utilizing React with Hooks and Context, JavaScript/TypeScript, HTML/CSS/JSX, Apollo, GraphQL, and SASS, which resulted in an intuitive and seamless user experience across all platforms.

• Engineered robust backend servers and databases, creating scalable APIs using Node.js, Express, NestJS, TypeScript, GraphQL, TypeORM, PostgreSQL, and AWS/Azure DevOps, significantly enhancing system performance and reliability.

• Implemented secure authentication systems, developing full-stack login and sign-up flows with OAuth, Passport.js, and Twilio integration for SMS and email verification, boosting user security and trust.

• Developed integrated payment solutions using Stripe, streamlining the payment process and increasing transaction efficiency.

• Delivered pixel-perfect, responsive designs, optimizing user interfaces for all screen sizes and devices, elevating overall user satisfaction.

• Led the creation of custom API integrations, enabling clients to access data seamlessly and enhancing the platform’s flexibility and scalability.

• Contributed to key business and design decisions, leveraging technical expertise to influence product development and better serve client needs.

The Lead SEI Resident provides instruction and assistance to students going through the Software Engineering Immersive at Galvanize, inc.

* Facilitate Lightning Talks, Review Sessions, and Jr/Sr Code Reviews

* Work with the tech mentor and class coordinator to improve the student experience

* Respond to help desk questions

* Give feedback on code patterns and help students debug

* Provide mentorship on best practices for language and environment concepts

* Manage the Slack Team - Set up reminders for attendance, checkpoints, retros

* Generate community spirit

* Administrative: Grade Checkpoints, Take attendance

* Release Learn materials as needed ( e.g., checkpoints, solution videos )