2019 — 2022
Greater Boston Area
Design and implement features within a suite of internal microservices used by 20+ data
scientist and Alexa model developer teams worldwide to ensure the quality of new Alexa
features before releasing into production
Work closely with Alexa’s modeling community to ensure that the team’s documentation and web interfaces are up to date. This allows users to debug model regressions self-sufficiently and save time by removing the need for the team’s input
Collaborate with other Alexa teams across time zones to integrate new features into the
broader model evaluation and release framework
Drove three applications through Amazon’s multi-month security review process from start to finish, which certifies that all recommended privacy and security measures are in place to protect customer data
2018 — 2019
Wilmington, MA
Design, implement and test containerized .NET services using C# and RabbitMQ
Work with other teams in the department in cross-team designs to optimize all API calls for performance and reliability
Pioneered the research and development effort into Docker and other production-level deployment technologies
Guide team members and other teams on how to utilize new technologies and architecture
2016 — 2018
Wilmington, MA
Assisted the team with development work such as fixing bugs, designing and implementing stories, and testing the code changes via unit tests and high-level integration tests
Utilized NUnit, and Moq in C# to write automated tests that ensured new features behave according to all provided acceptance criteria
Maintained existing tests for regression testing and updated them to meet new expectations
Upgraded a heavily-used distributed testing tool by increasing the stability of the clients, changing the client-selection algorithm to decrease runtime by 30-50%, and decreased manual testing time by adding retry logic for various edge cases
Handled support calls and requests for the System Manager team by answering technical questions, triaging issues, and fixing defects
Boston, MA
Wrote Java methods that interact with the web platform to use in automation tests
Designed and created regression test cases through Selenium and TestNG that cover the majority of the website
Education
2012 — 2016
Boston University
Bachelor’s Degree
2012 — 2016