Collaborated with founder on nights and weekends to build and scale product from launch over 2 years of user growth
Built React (Next.js) based web app to deliver daily long-form journalism on South Asian news, culture, & politics to a global readership.
Built backend to support paywall-based subscription model & user account management with Stripe, Firebase, and PostgreSQL. Deployed on Vercel (formerly Zeit) and Heroku.
Designed and deployed GraphQL API written in Typescript to deliver publication content and user data to The Juggernaut’s web and mobile apps.
Structured the publication’s content model in Contentful, a headless CMS, to support the editorial workflow of the founder and a network of over 100 freelance writers.
Integrated with Segment, Google Analytics, Facebook Pixel, and Amplitude to measure user behavior, test product hypotheses, gauge content popularity, and inform product growth.
Launched features to drive product growth, including one-click article sharing, a rewards program for new subscriber referrals, and gift subscriptions.