Dec 2020 – Jul 2022 · 1 yr 7 mos

• First engineer responsible for building the core web platform from the ground up using React, GraphQL, Node.js, and Postgres.
• Partnered directly with founders and designers to launch the first versions of the product, securing Seed and Series A funding within one year.
• Architected and delivered key technical differentiators including real-time collaboration, media overlay, and high-fidelity animations that defined Tome’s early user experience.
• Built the foundation of the engineering organization by designing the interview process, onboarding programs, and early documentation standards.

Nov 2019 – Aug 2020 · 9 mos · San Francisco Bay Area

• Founded a YC-backed platform for fitness professionals, enabling coaches and studios to manage memberships, payments, and community engagement end-to-end.
• Designed, built, and launched full-stack web and mobile apps using React, React Native, and Node.js. Onboarded early paying customers within months.
• Scaled platform operations and payments infrastructure via Stripe and Twilio, supported real-time scheduling, live classes, and digital product management.
• Hired and led a cross-functional team of GTM, engineers and contractors while establishing product, operations, and growth frameworks from zero.
• Secured strategic partnerships and YC funding.

Apr 2019 – Jun 2019 · 2 mos · San Francisco Bay Area

• Found is a guided program that uses psychological assessments, thoughtful discussions, and science-backed tools to help people discover what’s important to them.
• http://foundcollective.co/
• I worked closely with leading psychologists to design a beautiful 80 page interactive workbook that was given to program participants. Programs were 4-weeks long and were held both in-person and online.
• I used InDesign and Figma to create a custom brand identity. The website was built with React.

Oct 2018 – Mar 2020 · 1 yr 5 mos · San Francisco Bay Area

Mar 2018 – Apr 2019 · 1 yr 1 mo · San Francisco Bay Area

• Part product manager, part full-stack engineer on a React Native app that helps people who live paycheck-to-paycheck manage their money.
• Product managed and engineered our early Savings product. Brainstormed ideas, worked with designers to define the MVP, conducted user interviews, and helped build the first couple versions of our Savings product.
• Helped design and build out in-app surveys (for NPS and any other longer-form surveys).
• Built out key pieces of infrastructure that allow Even to quickly onboard new employers by ingesting their payroll and time schedule data.

Sep 2017 – Feb 2018 · 5 mos · San Francisco Bay Area

• Product and full-stack engineering on a new fitness app focused on accountability and community.
• I was one of 4 product engineers building out new features for the iOS app and web application.
• Product responsibilities: I was very involved with the product and design process at Chorus and got to lead many projects. I worked closely with the Head of Product and our lead designer to ideate and validate feature ideas. I helped launch our Beta that allowed us to prototype and iterate quickly.
• Engineering responsibilities: I was responsible for deploying and maintaining our Heroku services, writing business logic in Node JS, building out GraphQL endpoints, and maintaining our databases. I also built new features for our web React app.

Jun 2014 – Apr 2017 · 2 yrs 10 mos · San Francisco

• As one of the early members of the Pinterest Advertiser Products team, I helped build the online Ads Manager portal, the Bulk Editor, and the Advertiser API.
• I touched every part of the stack and worked with Python (Flask, SQLAlchemy), HTML (Jinja2, React.js), JavaScript (React.js), and Sass/CSS. I was responsible for deploying three different services, debugging any production bugs, and system uptime and monitoring.
• Some of the high-impact full-stack work I helped ship includes:
• Launching Ads Manager out of beta by helping build out the CPM (impressions), CPC (clicks), CPA (app installs), and CPE (engagements) offerings.
• Designing and developing the Bulk Editor from scratch, a tool that allows advertisers to quickly create/update hundreds of their campaigns with a CSV upload.
• Building a custom New User Experience and an overview dashboard along with a complete visual refresh.
• As the tech lead for the following projects I was responsible for the technical design, working with product on the design and launch, and leading and mentoring other engineers:
• Building and delivering Pinterest’s first conversion tracking product
• Giving advertisers the ability to retarget specific users (audiences) via email upload, conversion tracking, and lookalikes.
• Allowing advertisers to increase the specificity of their ads by providing interest and country targeting. Provided detailed metrics to track impact.
• I had great visibility in the company as an active interviewer, a diversity advocate, and a tech-talk speaker.

Jun 2013 – Aug 2013 · 2 mos · Redmond

• Built the Application Translation Service (ATS) that gives developers an end to end experience within Visual Studio to translate their applications into other spoken languages. This C# extension allows you to quickly add all your strings to resource files, try machine translation or upload your project to a market place of translators within Visual Studio.
• I worked closely with a project manager and a QA to complete the project on time.

May 2012 – Aug 2012 · 3 mos · Redmond

• Built and shipped a C# Visual Studio extension that supports the playback and editing of audio files. Game developers have the ability to upload 8bit, 16bit, and 32bit WAV files and visualize, crop, and manipulate their sounds. Effects such as amplify, fade, and reversal can be applied and saved. The extension includes an extensive Audio Sample Library with redistributable and royalty free sounds. The extension has been downloaded over 2,500 times: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=jpdUP.AudioEditorBeta
• This project was completed with two other interns on the Microsoft C++: Immersive 3D team. We worked in two week Agile sprints. We were given complete control over the product spec and gained experience in:
• Product brainstorming and design
• User research with game developers
• Sound visualization and editing through extensive research
• Making the extension accessible
• Thorough unit testing
• Shipping to the marketplace

May 2012 – Jan 2013 · 8 mos · Berkeley

• One of 20 elected senators in UC Berkeley's student government, the ASUC. I represented the College of Engineering helped the student government allocate money, take stands on issues affecting students, and improving student life. Some of the key initiatives I worked on were:
• The “Innovation Collective” that brought together all the design, technology and innovation minded leaders and students at Berkeley. The goal was to encourage them to mingle and work together to collaborate on larger higher-impact projects.
• Increasing mental health awareness and making resources more readily available.

Sep 2011 – May 2012 · 8 mos · Berkeley, CA

• Worked on the Creative IT project Meta4explorer under professor Alice Agogino and graduate student Mark Fuge. Developed and designed the front-end user-interface for the meta4explorer website. Responsibilities included web-design, coding, and user-experience testing.

Jul 2011 – Jul 2011 · 0 mo · New York

• One of 50 selected to attend the Google FUSE program. Learned HTML5, Google App Engine, and App Inventor for Android. Worked on a playlist sharing web and Android application called weDJ.

May 2011 – Aug 2011 · 3 mos

• Worked on researching and assessing OpenFlow, a programmable network protocol designed to manage direct traffic among routers and switches from various vendors. I was tasked to decide whether OpenFlow could be extended to support Infinera’s OTN switched transport systems. I worked on getting OpenFlow up and running, establishing a client to server connection and sending/retrieving a file, sharing my knowledge with the company, and plotting next steps.

Jan 2011 – May 2011 · 4 mos · Berkeley, CA

• Help students during the lab section of the CS61A - "Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs" class. Answer questions and explain concepts.