Led 5-engineer Core UX pod, responsible for facilitating timely and predictable delivery of projects, maintaining high code quality and mentoring other engineers on the structure and practices of our codebase, and partnering with product manager to plan work, coordinate with business stakeholders, and represent the pod externally.
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Helped start an engineering apprenticeship program, assisting with setting the program’s structure and hiring our inaugural apprentice, including screening resumes and conducting interviews. Mentored apprentice for the three-month program, helping her get up to speed on the codebase and understand software development processes, and supporting her in contributing to major new features leading to her accepting a full-time offer at the end.
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Assisted in technical due diligence process for successful Series C fundraise.
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Designed and implemented external APIs using AWS and Elasticsearch to allow B2B customers to get metrics about how their employees are using the platform and use class metadata internally. Worked with client to understand initial requirements to help close a major B2B contract for over 2,000 seats.
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Led project to overhaul class search feature using Elasticsearch, better surfacing a range of relevant classes and resulting in an increase of roughly 40% in the share of minutes watched in high-quality ‘undiscovered’ classes.
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Designed and implemented architecture for introducing subscription plans in international currencies using Stripe, allowing users to pay localized prices and allowing the team to quickly test price points in different countries.
