Menlo Park, California, United States
I was a server intern on the Instagram Growth Activation team. Over the course of the internship, I developed new user-facing product features end-to-end using Python's Django framework for the backend and Javascript's React framework for the front-end, conducted A/B testing to evaluate impact, and collaborated with cross-functional partners, including product management, design, content strategy, and privacy. These projects improved topline metrics for the team, including global monthly active users and US daily active users. Through these experiences, I learned more about client-server protocol, API design, and better engineering practices such as test-driven development.