Backend engineer working on Fora Travel’s Django webapp, AR&AP automations, and admin tooling.

Python/Django, Postgres, Retool/Javascript

Developed the Mexico counselor platform (for contacts to text in to) using Twilio Flex for conversation integration and React/TS (Next) for frontend, Node.js (Nest.js) & Mongo for backend. Worked and mentored on a small team to bring this project from design phase in early 2022 to launch in January 2023 (and beyond).

Backend engineer (Python 2.7 & 3.2, GraphQL, Postgres, Cassandra, K8s microservices) for the Reddit Gold/Premium team contributing on large scale projects from design phase through post launch support, such as community-specific awards and in-app purchases of Reddit's subscription service (Premium).

I later transferred to the Community Safety team (same eng. stack) integrating features to help keep users safe - e.g. worked with Crisis Text Line to provide support when a user feels concern over the mental well-being of a post author.

Research Assistant for the DARPA D3M Research group https://www.darpa.mil/program/data-driven-discovery-of-models