Full-Stack Software Engineer at Fidelity Investments
Hi! I’m Carissa, a recent grad from Northeastern, with an interest in software applications to health and medicine. I have a varied technical skillset in JavaScript, Python, and SQL among others, coupled with a strong biological sciences background.
Develop a full-stack, cloud-based application that allows internal portfolio managers to create and manage high-risk and high-yield securities based on portfolio fund data
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Implement endpoint enhancements across 6 different RESTful web services and APIs along with their respective GraphQL layers, by adding newly requested data fields from backend relational databases and data APIs
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Spearhead a critical overhaul of data API consumption to correct ratings data for securities. Work closely with business stakeholders and data teams to align on desired outcomes and implement backend changes to ensure a smooth end-to-end data integration
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Redesign edit workflows in the user interface from modal to in-line edits alongside UX designers and collaborate with product owners to create a reusable pattern in the application
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Lead daily standups and retrospectives as a scrum master and regularly present key projects to stakeholders, ensuring alignment on engineering progress and timelines
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Direct a team to complete a proof of concept for a new organization-wide mock testing framework, allowing for more streamlined application testing across environments
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Build SwaggerHub OpenAPI integration between repos via a Jenkins webhook to optimize API enhancement processes, thus improving the contract review lifecycle in order to more efficiently implement business changes
Enhanced UI visualization of existing reporting tools by querying additional data sources and related new features through ReactJS
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Led the initiative to improve existing data charts through researching design and UI changes, scoping out logical tasks, and implementing functionality that incrementally and quickly provided business value
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Updated data pipelines for customer-facing products by modifying MemSQL and Redshift schemas to have parity with business needs
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Defined ticket specifications with product owners and worked cross-functionally with external teams to communicate about in-flight work and navigate release timelines
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Pair programmed with other engineers on tickets and conducted thorough code reviews and browser tests as part of an agile development team
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Conducted co-op interviews, including brainstorming relevant screening questions and providing feedback for applicant evaluation
Spearheaded implementation of Amplitude analytics platform to increase understanding of customer behavior, allowing prioritization of product design and bug fixes
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Devised suite of tracked events alongside product owners on new React and legacy Angular pages to send event and user properties via Amplitude API endpoints
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Developed comprehensive tests with mocks for user behavior tracking on customer-facing product UI
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Designed application to visualize Github bug tickets by creating frames in Figma using ElasticUI components
Utilized Datavyu coding software to record data on affect, interaction strength, and eye contact in autistic children
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Scanned through video recordings of therapy sessions through social and behavioral lenses to identify strengths of interactions between autistic children and their parents versus therapist