Pear enables big brands to build authentic relationships with millions of consumers through our proprietary sponsorship fundraising platform and networks. Through the use of advanced technologies, APIs, and deep social site integration, we make local and grassroots media marketing scalable, cost-effective, and accountable. Pear was acquired by CustomInk.com in 2013.
• Leader of core engineering team.
• Planned, designed, coded, and released the first version.
• Maintain ownership of frontend and backend code for core B2C fundraising platform.
• Build and maintain social APIs for Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and Pinterest.
• Build and maintain dashboard for B2B clients (big brand names like Verion and Mondelez).
• Build and maintain custom API with customink.com for user award redemption.
• Build and maintain API for PearGifts, a secondary gift card product.
• Build and maintain API with Google Geocode, Google Places.
• Led implementaion of React Redux as new new frontend for all user social interactions.
• Troubleshoot issues affecting production, stage, and development environments as requested.