Experience
2024 — Now
2024 — Now
San Francisco, CA
Developing web services to streamline workflow automation at Gap Inc.'s Photo Studio, improving efficiency and productivity.
2024 — 2024
• UI/UX Design Enhancement: Collaborated with startups to analyze and improve user interfaces, creating visually appealing and user-friendly designs to enhance user engagement and satisfaction. Applied modern design principles and techniques to ensure functionality and aesthetics.
• Cross-Platform Development: Utilized expertise in React.js, TypeScript, and Angular to build responsive and high-performance web applications. Ensured seamless performance across various devices and browsers for a consistent and smooth user experience.
• Rapid Prototyping: Partnered with startup teams to quickly transform ideas into interactive prototypes.
• Enabled early user testing and feedback to accelerate product development cycles and refine products before full-scale development.
• Technical Guidance and Mentorship: Provided in-depth technical support and mentorship on best practices in front-end development. Assisted startups in streamlining development processes, adopting cutting-edge technologies, and maintaining a clean, maintainable codebase for long-term sustainability and scalability.
2020 — 2024
2020 — 2024
San Francisco Bay Area
• Led delivery of a high-quality video conference platform and supporting observability dashboard that secured a $1M contract with Boston Consulting Group; built monitoring and alerting infrastructure using Grafana and Slack integrations.
• Implemented RESTful API schemas and performance triggers improving front-end load times by 40%; applied data-driven UX changes resulting in a 25% improvement in student platform experience and 20% decrease in instructor onboarding time.
• Built comprehensive automated testing strategies with Jest, Cypress, Playwright, and GitHub Actions CI/CD, reducing debugging time by 30% and increasing code reliability across the platform.
Engineered a React SPA video player integrating class slides, videos, and auto-generated transcripts (Python, AWS Transcribe, FFmpeg/Lambda), positively impacting 1,000+ customers and recognized by the executive board for attracting corporate partners.
• Collaborated with the Head of Engineering using Agile methodology to implement a new DevOps toolchain, delivering a 35% increase in system performance and 15% decrease in technical issues during live classes.
2020 — 2020
2020 — 2020
San Francisco Bay Area
• Partnered with Senior Engineers to migrate the company's website product UI/UX to a desktop Electron application, aligning with field technicians' requirements and achieving a 30% boost in user productivity and satisfaction levels.
• Leveraged feedback on application usage to implement Behavior Driven Testing using Cypress, enabling active participation from employees in shaping and enhancing the development process.
• Initiated engaging discussions during weekly Scrum meetings to align project tasks and priorities across teams, playing a crucial role in driving project success and achieving timely milestones.
• Participated in weekly SCRUM meetings and peer code reviews to maintain high quality code.
2018 — 2018
Daly City, CA
• Developed a mock-up of the website featuring functionality that enabled customers and the owner to manage accounts.
• Positioned the owner to scale the site in line with business growth by using Firebase as a non-relational database platform.
• Trained the business owner on the limitations and capabilities of the prototype, and of the features of static websites in order to identify a platform aligned with the unique needs of the company.
Education
San Francisco State University