Hi There!
I have over 15 years of experience in front-end design and development, backend systems engineering, and everything in between. I also have experience in working as a designer, a freelancer, a meetup organizer, and a company co-founder.
My diverse skillset, growth mindset, and big-picture thinking help me bring developers together, build results, and write clean test-driven code that I am proud of.
Skills
Frontend
TypeScript, JavaScript
Rollup, Vite, esbuild, NX
Zustand, React Query
Next.js, Remix, Vike, SSR
Amazon TAMS
D3, Raphaël, Paper.js
CSS, SASS, Tailwind
Backend
Node, Bun, Express
GraphQL, tRPC
PostgreSQL, MongoDB
Drupal, Symfony
Design and UI
Adobe Creative Suite
Figma, Sketch, Zeplin
DevOps & Architecture
Amazon Web Services
Serverless, Lambda
Docker, Kubernetes
ElasticSearch, Kafka
Testing
Vitest, Jest, Mocha, Chai
BrowserStack, Puppeteer
Experience
Frontend Architect
Stealth Startup
2023/06 – Present
- Brought on as a temporary contractor to provide frontend support as-needed.
- Implemented a component library, improving PR scope, minimizing duplicated effort, and eliminating frontend layout bugs.
- Rolled out calendar scheduling, refactored payments, and integrated QuickBooks.
Senior Frontend Engineer
nZero Decarbonization
2022/12 – 2023/05
Reno, NV (remote)
- Tasked with leading a team of five engineers in developing an internal application for client data entry.
- Refactored a company-wide data model of disparate frameworks around a JSON:API and React-Query, allowing engineers to iterate off an established design pattern.
- Laid off when team's role was eliminated in favor of an existing Rails stack.
Staff Frontend Engineer
Rivian Automotive
2022/03 – 2022/09
Palo Alto, CA (remote)
- Initially hired as part of a four-person squad responsible for developing a bespoke vendor tracking CRM with a three-month deadline.
- Delivered two weeks early, saving Rivian $800k in yearly vendor costs.
- Promoted to lead a cross-department initiative in consolidating code and documentation across a company-wide component library.
- Laid off as part of a company-wide restructuring.
Software Engineering Supervisor
Panasonic Energy
2021/03 – 2022/03
Reno, NV
- Hired as a senior engineer to develop a new factory-wide monorepo architecture using on-premise air-gapped hardware.
- Promoted to manage the Machine Information Systems software team.
- Organized, groomed, and cleared over 1,000 backlogged tickets using custom Jira workflows.
- Worked with various directors in adopting Scrum and Agile factory-wide.
Senior Engineer
iHeart Media
2019/12 – 2020/12
Nashville, TN
- Recruited as the founding employee on the iHeart Nashville web team. Interviewed, onboarded, and trained seven additional engineers.
- Trained four junior developers as part of a pilot onboarding and code practices program.
- Tasked with leading a squad in a ground-up rewrite of the entire iHeart web ads codebase. Delivered the completed project on-time before my final day of work.
Senior Engineer (Contract)
American Family Insurance
2019/09 – 2019/12
Nashville, TN
- Tasked with finding a solution to better manage hundreds of onboarding forms needing to be rapidly adjusted for changing legal requirements.
- Architected a custom schema-driven frontend form framework capable of dynamically adjusting fields based on responses from previous questions.
- Left at the end of my contract period in pursuit of a full-time role.
Senior Architect (Contract)
Charter Communications
2019/03 – 2019/08
Denver, CO
- Promoted early-on to fill a vacant architect position and devise an automated solution to detect analytics configuration problems in a platform receiving 1.8 billion events per day across 15 different platforms.
- Designed comprehensive UAT framework to test the implementation of the analytics engine. Delivered an MVP with a queue dispatching to various microservices executing tests across different environments and a reporting dashboard generating respective product health insights.
- Left at end of my contract to move to Nashville.
Senior Engineer (Contract)
Nutrien Ag Solutions
2018/08 – 2019/03
Loveland, CO
- Worked with my own team but also provided company-wide support in rolling out a shared company component library.
- Developed a frontend API by which legacy JavaScript libraries could be used in modern React components.
- Organized lunch-and learns, conducted job interviews, and worked with the director of agile in documenting company practices.
- Left at end of contract.
Contractor & Freelancer
Self-Employed
2009 – 2018
Anchorage, AK
- Contracted with the State of Alaska to automate the migration of over 1,000 healthcare web pages into Microsoft SharePoint.
- Created a ticketing platform to display availability across all 2000+ seats in the Atwood Concert Hall.
- Partnered with Alaskan businesses to create content-managed websites and software solutions.
- Designed brands and style guides that have been commended long after my work was done.
Founder & Organizer
Alaska Dev Meetup
2014/12
Anchorage, AK
- Recruited 500+ reclusive Alaskan developers to help form a cohesive tech community.
- Facilitated discussions and gave presentations on various programming topics.
- Taught multiple community classes on getting started with programming.
Startup Co-Founder
Indemnis
2015 – 2020
Anchorage, AK
- Drone startup. Exited in 2020.
- Developed complex illustrations and 3D models that were later used in obtaining multiple patents.
- Created the first iteration of the Indemnis Website. Utilized AWS Lambda. to synchronize content between Wordpress and various social media platforms.
- Maintained an ongoing role as an advisor.