I'm a friendly and approachable individual with a solid understanding of both front-end and back-end programming. I possess a broad scope of technical skills including security, payment systems, project scaling, and best practices. I'm deeply aware of how security issues can impact projects and customer operations.

Experience

2023 — NowJLRSenior Software Engineer

2023 — Now

Portland, Oregon, United States

2022 — 2023AllVoicesSenior Software Engineer

2022 — 2023

Santa Monica, California, United States

Developed new HR platforms and performance management products using Node.js, React, and Typescript

Improved development productivity access and ease of use by extending and improving backend GraphQL projects

Worked directly with product managers and other stakeholders to deliver effective minimum requirements for viable new products

Created the first training materials and documentation to onboard new engineers more effectively

Key Project - https://www.allvoices.co/product/investigations-management

Allvoices Investigations Management helped clients to investigate complaint reports to Human Resources

Led the design and implementation of new investigation/performance management products

Utilized GraphQL to create a flexible interface for the UI to query investigation data

Worked with the product team to ensure we released an effective minimum viable product (MVP)

2016 — 2022Digital RiverSenior Software Engineer

2016 — 2022

Minnetonka, Minnesota, United States

Delivered front-end applications that were for internal, and commercial clients written with React

Applications included Customer Service, Tools for Internal Developers, and API Dashboards for External Clients

Created software to enable other programmers to develop and track business operational issues using REST API and GraphQL endpoints using Node.js

Wrote and maintained Javascript/Typescript Libraries for internal developers to create UI, and a library to allow external clients to create aspects in merchant systems for retail or e-commerce customers

Maintained and updated legacy business operations applications written in Java and PHP

Refined and taught 12 engineers bi-weekly programming best practice courses, to improve and understand coding standards on the backend

Key Project

Digital River Dashboard - https://dashboard.digitalriver.com/login

Created an admin portal with Typescript and React allowing users to try Digital River APIs, create API keys, configure and monitor their application

Decreased onboarding time for new clients from 11 months to less than 2 months

Designed and implemented an API with Typescript and Node.js to allow for managing users, accounts, and sessions

Implemented Login/Logout, Single Signon, Forgot Password, Multifactor and SSO UI, and Backend.

https://docs.digitalriver.com/digital-river-api/general-resources/reference

Developed a PCI-compliant Javascript library for making shopping cart/checkout UI simpler

Partnered with Product, Payments, and Security teams to develop a secure, easy-to-use PCI-compliant library allowing clients to accept payments from over 40 countries

Utilized Jest and Puppeteer and worked with QA to extensively test the code to ensure that code was secure and worked as required

2014 — 2016Secure Labs LLCSecurity Engineer

2014 — 2016

Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

Located security bugs in the Apple OS and Preview features that allowed PDF to gain access to the computer – the report prompted Apple to resolve the bug earning $6,000

Found an MS Word security bug that allowed the attacker root admin access to the computer – report resolved the issue and Microsoft implemented a fix earning $14,000

Discovered an SMS bug in IOS that a text would provide root access to an Apple iPhone – recommendations were taken.

Education

Iowa State University

Bachelor of Science - BS

2016 — Present

Prime Digital Academy

Certificate

2016 — Present