A passionate and results-driven full-stack software engineer with 10+ years of experience across several industries. Strong focus on intuitive API design, scalable implementation, framework improvements, and test coverage.

Experience

2020 — 2022Collage.comSenior Software Engineer

2020 — 2022

United States

Member of the infrastructure and platform API team. Responsible for maintenance of various configurations and systems managed by AWS (e.g. Parameter Store, S3, MariaDB)

Notable achievements include writing frameworks for JSON-API-compliant API design, caching, and recording/replaying database and API requests to facilitate end to end testing

2015 — 2020ShutterstockSenior Software Engineer

2015 — 2020

New York, United States

Technical lead for an entire team (four developers) during a several month full-stack initiative that involved migrating all legacy Collections pages (originally written in raw JavaScript and Nunjucks templates) to React/Redux in tandem with several supporting API changes

Technical lead for the rewriting of the legacy Collection service (originally written in Perl) as a Node.js application including RESTful API design, sustainable object-oriented code patterns, enhanced caching algorithms, and simplified access control layer. The service has served as high as 50,000 requests per minute in production with an average response time of under 10ms

Built a new streamlined download flow via user collections that increased licensing revenue by 15%

Orchestrated a large data migration of over 14 million collections (“lightboxes”) from a legacy database into Shutterstock’s Collection service, involving several phases of development and deployment to ensure zero downtime

Implemented a “smart” sitemap generator that regularly updated the sitemap according to SEO best practices, including search results pages based on the most popular searches according to Google Analytics

Added support for translations through integration with Shutterstock’s translation service, including middleware and cookie support for a smooth user experience

Responsible for ownership of the full development cycle of five separate applications, including testing and deployment in all environments

2012 — 2015YodleSoftware Engineer

2012 — 2015

Full-stack development in support of online marketing tools for over 50,000 clients and 500 internal users, with focus on the website and email marketing products

Architected a brand new content management system (CMS) for creating and customizing client websites based on selection of various components (layout, style, color, and font).

Implemented a client-facing email marketing tool including email rendering and sending through Sendgrid’s API, web app interface and back end support, and event-driven system for automated and time-triggered emails

2012 — 2012KapitallSoftware Engineer Intern

2012 — 2012

New York, United States

Contributed toward development of Webby-award-winning user interface for financial analysis and investing

Designed and implemented for user-friendly tutorials of various features using JavaScript, HTML, and CSS

Ensured complete cross-browser compatibility (Chrome, Safari, Firefox, IE 7 through 9, iPad/iPhone)

Improved site visibility by implementing social media options (Facebook/Twitter) throughout the application

2010 — 2010Mark David & CompanyReal Estate Agent

2010 — 2010

New York, United States

Produced above $70,000 in revenues for the company over a ten month period

Networked and marketed through various platforms including NY Times and Craigslist to find potential clients

Submitted applications to landlords personally and communicated regularly to ensure a swift approval

Education

2011 — 2015

Columbia University

Master of Science - MS

2011 — 2015

2003 — 2007

Washington University in St. Louis

Bachelor of Science - BS

2003 — 2007