Software engineer with experience in collaborating with teams as well as the fields of literature and secondary education.

Experience

2024 — NowAlight SolutionsSenior Software Engineer

2024 — Now

2021 — 2023LogicGateSoftware Engineer II

2021 — 2023

Collaborated closely with Design, Product Management, and other developers to implement new streamlined and elegant customer experience

Supported engineers by giving thoughtful and thorough feedback in the code review process to improve code quality

Optimized the front-end application for speed, reliability, and scalability

Utilized test-driven development to enable business needs and to prevent occurrence of bugs

Contributed to the continual improvement of our codebase and processes via thoughtful refactoring, iteration, and experimentation

2017 — 2021DonlenSoftware Engineer

2017 — 2021

Bannockburn, IL

Developed efficient and elegant front-end and back-end code for web and mobile applications in an Agile environment

Maintained and improved existing code base

Peer-reviewed code changes

Collaborated with management, product owners, and business departments to identify end-user requirements and specifications

2017 — 2017DonlenAssociate Software Engineer

2017 — 2017

Bannockburn, IL

2016 — 2016Galvanize IncFull-Stack Web Development Fellow

2016 — 2016

Seattle, WA

Built and developed full-stack web applications with HTML, CSS, JavaScript, jQuery, Node.js, Express, PostgreSQL, React, AngularJS, Materialize, Git, and GitHub

Collaborated with other full-stack developers in designing and building web applications

Education

2010 — 2014

Drake University

Bachelor's Degree

2010 — 2014

2014 — 2016

DePaul University

Computer Software Engineering

2014 — 2016