I consider myself an engineering generalist, interested in all parts of the software development stack. For several years, I worked on consumer-facing products, focusing on mid-to-frontend development and collaborating with PMs and designers to create great user experiences.

2021 — NowQuipStaff Software Engineer

2021 — Now

San Francisco, California, United States

Tech Lead for the Infrastructure SWE Team (January 2021 - ):

Spearheaded improvements to Quip’s production response workflows and oncall rotations

Mentored other engineers, including advising on projects and leading training workshops

2018 — 2021QuipSenior Software Engineer

2018 — 2021

San Francisco, California, United States

Infrastructure SWE Team (January 2019 - ):

Redesigned Quip.com’s background job queue system to scale up and be more resilient to failures

Worked on tasks to improve Quip performance and overall system health

Quip Slides Team (June 2018 - January 2019):

Worked on several features to launch Quip Slides (September 2018), including shape creation, layer rotation, polls, and PowerPoint import

2017 — 2018Lumos Labs (Lumosity)Senior Software Engineer

2017 — 2018

San Francisco, California, United States

Full-stack Ruby on Rails engineer, developed features for Lumosity.com.

Large projects as lead engineer:

Insights (https://www.lumosity.com/insights): Personalized reports about aspects of Lumosity activity and gameplay strategies

Activity Recommendations: Personalized suggestions for games to play and goals to target

Workout Modes: Daily training options targeted toward specific goals

Other projects included APIs for mobile clients, performance optimizations, redesigned purchase and training experiences, responsive mobile web designs, and new user onboarding flows.

2014 — 2016Lumos Labs (Lumosity)Software Engineer

2014 — 2016

San Francisco, California, United States

Dec 2014 - Oct 2015: Tech lead for the team focused on expanding and improving subscription offerings. Projects launched:

Lumosity Coach: New subscription option that connects users with coaches who provide advice and encouragement

Lumosity for Teams: Subscription plans for teams and small businesses

2013 — 2014Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)EECS Graduate Teaching Assistant

2013 — 2014

Fall 2013 and Spring 2014 Teaching Assistant for 6.00 Introduction to Computer Science, taught in Python.

Led weekly recitations, wrote and tested questions for problem sets and exams, and assisted students via weekly office hours and Piazza (online question and discussion platform).

Education

2013 — 2014

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Master of Engineering (M.Eng.)

2013 — 2014

2009 — 2013

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Bachelor of Science (B.S.)

2009 — 2013

2005 — 2009

Design and Architecture Senior High

Graphic Design/Visual Communications

2005 — 2009

Experience+

Education

Master of Engineering (M.Eng.)

Bachelor of Science (B.S.)

Graphic Design/Visual Communications