Aug 2016 – Jul 2018 · 1 yr 11 mos · San Francisco

• Search Team:
• Contributed to launch of new "Plus Homes" product vertical, and specialized homes collections for families and work
• Led Travel Stories product development on Android, that was featured in TechCrunch and Verge:
• https://techcrunch.com/2018/05/24/airbnb-travel-stories
• https://www.theverge.com/2018/5/24/17388538/airbnb-travel-stories-feature-videos-from-trip
• Growth Team:
• Focused on Guest Growth initiatives to bring new users and retain existing users on the platform, including referrals, social merchandise sharing, app linking, internationalization, and UGC sharing.
• Infrastructure working groups:
• Focused on release management, design language system, Kotlin adoption, and app development best practices.
• Also conducted technical interviews and served as mentor for both new employee cohorts and for existing employees on an ongoing basis.

Jun 2016 – Aug 2016 · 2 mos · Berkeley, California

• Served as summer instructor for CS61C at UC Berkeley
• Updated syllabus and lecture slides with co-instructor
• Delivered half of all lectures, and provided input/feedback on other half led by co-instructor
• Hired and managed a multi-tier staff including 6 TAs, 2 tutors, and 1 reader
• Oversaw all course material development/updates, including 4 comprehensive projects, 6 homework sets, 14 lab assignments, 14 section review worksheets, 2 mid term exams, and a cumulative final exam
• Managed several sensitive student issues, including issuing Incomplete grade, granting extenuating circumstance exceptions, investigation of academic dishonesty, and writing recommendation letters.

Jan 2014 – Dec 2015 · 1 yr 11 mos

Oct 2012 – Dec 2013 · 1 yr 2 mos

• UCWISE: IDE’s for Education project with Professor Michael J. Clancy at UC Berkeley.
• Designed Eclipse-based tools for programming courses.
• Implemented a quiz generation module using HTML, CSS3 and Javascript that converts static marked up content into interactive multiple choice questions.
• Source Code: https://github.com/IDE4edu/MVLE

May 2015 – Aug 2015 · 3 mos · San Francisco Bay Area

• Android Mobile Software Engineering Intern
• Implemented account management by using the Android AccountManager API
• Improved host reactivation experience by building an education flow that retrieved custom copy from the server
• Added buttons on listing maps to enable easier navigation of the map
• Several visual and internal fixes to further improve user experience and future feature development

May 2014 – Aug 2014 · 3 mos · San Francisco, California

• Implemented Twitter OAuth Authorization flow to enable sharing of content
• Enabled viewing of "Updated Reviews" on native Android app
• Several visual and internal fixes to further improve user experience and future feature development

Jun 2013 – Aug 2013 · 2 mos · San Francisco Bay Area

• Created a new app that enables current or expecting mothers to create and manage websites to share photo and text updates about their baby
• Implemented new features for an existing Android app, including a custom textview whose text size scales according to the amount of text in it.
• Fixed several bugs in an existing Android app, including some that required database upgrades.
• Used newly released Android Studio and Gradle build system

Dec 2010 – Feb 2011 · 2 mos · New York, NY

• Developed an attendance system (using Python with Django) that provided employee and administrator interfaces for logging in/out, and generating reports on employee attendance.
• Source Code: https://github.com/chandsie/Enterprise
• Installed, configured and maintained a WAMP stack in order to run SugarCRM.