ACCOMPLISHED SOFTWARE ENGINEER
SUMMARY
Results-driven technical leader with expertise leading and supporting software development, release, and deployment processes in startup and enterprise environments.
Experienced in working with key stakeholders to ensure the timely delivery of projects
A demonstrated record of success establishing relationships and producing consistent results over a series of positions at Clearbit, Heroku, Openminds, and other organizations.
Excels in Companies of All Sizes
Driving Substantial Performance Gains
Skilled in API Development
Mentoring and Coaching Junior Developers
Collaborating Across Department Lines
Experience in Migrating Services
Experienced in Requirements Gathering
Resolving Complex Technical Issues
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Re-engineered the architecture of the data layer, sparking improved performance and drastically lowering infrastructure costs while resolving recurring customer complaints on the consistency of data.
Credited with developing new data attributes, some of which leverage LLMs to digest and extract data points from large documents.
Orchestrated and executed a Kafka-based pipeline to collect internal product analytics.
Developed the architecture and tools to enable the translation of documentation into Japanese. This new functionality featured integration with a translation vendor through GitHub, eliminating reliance on Heroku's technical writers for translation.
TECHNICAL PROFICIENCIES
Ruby, Ruby on Rails, Sinatra, Git, SQL, PostgreSQL, RSpec, Minitest, Heroku, Redis, Sidekiq, Apache, Kafka, DynamoDB, AWS
and GCP, Application Performance Monitoring (e.g. New Relic), Splunk, Grafana, Prometheus
Test-Driven Development, Acceptance and Integration Testing, REST API Design, Web Security, OOP Design Patterns, Incident
Response and Operational Best Practices
VOLUNTEER ACTIVITIES
Served as one of two organizers of a conference for developers called ArrrrCamp in Ghent, Belgium. Researched and solicited sponsors and served as the primary point of contact for speakers.
