Software Engineer with several years of experience building web applications throughout the stack, with a focus on the front end. Passionate about improving web performance. Loves the logic puzzle of bringing up 10 different graphs and 5 service logs to chase down the root cause of a bug. Obsessed with cats.

2023 — NowHeadspaceStaff Software Engineer

2023 — Now

Seattle, Washington, United States

2021 — 2021ZillowSenior Full Stack SDE

2021 — 2021

Analyzed the legacy search page code to create a comprehensive migration plan to a new microservice

Coordinated with other teams to ensure technical alignment during the multi-step migration process

2016 — 2021ZillowFull Stack Software Engineer

2016 — 2021

Greater Seattle Area

Worked on two high traffic pages - home details page and search results page

Spearheaded improved page performance through reducing wasted React renders

Led weekly team reviews of service metrics as well as root-cause investigations of regressions

Migrated old YUI and Tapestry code to React + GraphQL

Updated test framework to use headless Chrome instead of PhantomJs

2015 — 2016PaintBerri.comTechnical Cofounder

2015 — 2016

Bellevue, WA

Built and maintained all aspects of a responsive MEAN stack web application, from designing MongoDB schema with a focus on scalability to ensuring the site displayed well on both desktop and mobile.

Created powerful WebGL and HTML5 browser painting programs, which have been used by digital artists to draw 100k+ pieces of original art.

Closely communicated with users and handled bug reports quickly to ensure a good user experience.

Managed own schedule and direction, learning MEAN stack and WebGL, enabling the site to operate and rapidly evolve despite being the sole developer on a team of two.

2012 — 2015ExpediaSoftware Engineer

2012 — 2015

Bellevue, WA

Worked on Expedia’s travel agent portal across the stack, utilizing Java, C#, and SQL to enable thousands of travel agents to book trips and check their commissions.

Drove rewrite of an old and scattered report interface to an improved single-page interface using Backbone, improving the user experience and maintainability of one of the most used parts of the site.

Migrated the AARP point of sale to new architecture and worked with the team from AARP to update API calls and authentication logic. This allowed the users of Expedia’s 11th largest point of sale to have a superior booking experience while getting AARP exclusive discounts.

Ramped up and reviewed code of junior devs.

Recognized for ability to accurately translate UI designs into clean HTML/CSS/Javascript.

Education

2007 — 2011

University of Washington

Bachelor of Science (BS)

2007 — 2011

Newport High School

Experience+

Education

Bachelor of Science (BS)