Education

Experience

2U - Software Engineer

August 2020 - May 2024

Through global online learning platform edX, 2U connects millions of people to high-quality, career-relevant education in partnership with leading universities and industry experts. As a Software Engineer, I worked in a full stack capacity delivering software solutions for student, instructor, and internal staff facing needs.
  • Lead the development of an Instructional Staff Portal to streamline scheduling and reporting; this initiative saved the company $100k+ in staff overpayment and generated a revenue stream of $500k.
  • Significantly increased efficiency by 30% in incident resolution and debugging by implementing DataDog for client (React) and server-side error tracking (Golang and NodeJS), monitoring, and analytics.
  • Increased visibility in support cases by implementing Photo Upload functionality with AWS S3 and Cognito.
  • Integrated the Zoom API using websockets to capture real-time data.
  • Pitched, designed, developed, deployed, and maintained an npm package consoldiating survey functionality across all platforms.

University of Washington - Seattle - Lead Instructor

July 2018 - July 2020

Delivered content based on fundamentals of Full Stack Development and offered mentorship, support, and guidance for students.
  • Successfully graduated 55 students from the inaugural University of Washington Coding Bootcamp.
  • Worked closely with over 300+ Coding Bootcamp students to build and polish their craft within the Web Development ecosystem.
  • Collaborated closely with the academic team to maintain and update curriculum according to market trends.

Munca Technologies - Lead Software Engineer

April 2019 - December 2020

Munca Technologies Inc partners with universities, municipalities and local communities to provide optimal transportation options to enhance well-being, improve affordability, extend outreach, and leverage and extend technology for the betterment of the communities we serve.
  • Spearheaded the development of the company's greenfield mobile application.
  • Used React Native to build the iOS and Android application.
  • Implemented native configurations via Xcode and Android Studio.
  • Implemented CI/CD with Microsoft AppCenter for managing iOS and Android Build Systems, Analytics, and Testing.
  • Worked with Apollo Client for interacting with GraphQL API.

Magistri Dev - Consultant, Software Engineering

July 2017 - PRESENT

Worked with clients to establish and build their web and mobile presence.
  • Delivered a Tow Request mobile application for iOS and Android using React Native, delivering seamless user experiences across both platforms.
  • Built a custom CRM platform and Customer Dashboard using React.
  • Integrated third-party services and APIs, including payment gateways (Square API) and social media authentication, enhancing app functionality and user engagement.
  • Designed and implemented core features such as push notifications, photo upload, and real-time data synchronization using Firebase.
  • Managed the entire development lifecycle, from initial concept and wireframing to app deployment on the App Store and Google Play Store.
  • Successfully delivered 2 custom eCommerce platforms using Shopify, which included integrations with Third-Party Distributors.

Trilogy Education Services - Backend Engineer

June 2017 - September 2017

Worked on an internal facing tool for gathering data from public domains.
  • Created a Web Scraper using Node, Express, Nightmare.js, and Cheerio.
  • Streamlined the process for gathering course performance insights.
  • Increased efficiency for performance reporting by 30% for the Data Analytics Team.

Skills

Note: I think these sections are silly, but everyone seems to have one. Here is a *mostly* honest overview of my skills.

Javascript
4 / 5
React
4 / 5
React Native
4 / 5
Microsoft App Center
4 / 5
PostgreSQL/SQLite3/SQL/Redshift
4 / 5
Node.JS
4 / 5
Xcode
3 / 5
HTML + SASS/SCSS/CSS
3 / 5
Next.JS
3 / 5
Typescript
3 / 5
AWS
3 / 5
Heroku
3 / 5
MongoDB
3 / 5
Docker
3 / 5
Go
3 / 5
Android Studio
2 / 5
Express.JS
2 / 5
Google Cloud Compute
2 / 5
ElasticSearch
2 / 5
GraphQL
2 / 5
Redis
2 / 5
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