Jan 2020 – Dec 2023 · 3 yrs 11 mos · Remote · Remote

• Full-stack role building the desktop application which is electron backed and runs on Windows, macOS, and Debian based linux platforms. Building out features for the messenger most of the time with the rest of the time split between fixing existing bugs and improving the technical direction of the code and the team. Some of my favorite features I've worked on are storage service, 1:1 phone calls, group calling, stories, the media editor, lightbox to view images full-screen. Some of the technical improvements I'm proud of include the base UI components we use, adding context isolation and sandboxing to various windows in the application, making several accessibility improvements, and finally removing jQuery and the Backbone view layer and replacing it with React.

Sep 2014 – Jan 2020 · 5 yrs 4 mos · San Francisco Bay Area · On-site

• Started off working on the search team on a project to help would be customers explore a list of potential destinations. Ended up transforming the frontend culture at Airbnb by introducing the team to React, transpiling Javascript, and using modern syntax. Took initiative and wrote a tool to server render the JSX so engineers would not have to duplicate layout logic and that wound up becoming my full-time job. Joined the infrastructure team and spent the next 5 years shifting the tech stack at Airbnb from Ruby-on-Rails to a Node.js backed web-rendering service which saw a rewrite of the web servers that would handle all airbnb.com related web requests. The focus was on delivering the first byte as fast as possible, ease-of-use for developers, and high-availability. Deployed the new node.js backed servers to the cloud using Kubernetes. Mentored and helped junior engineers grow into senior software engineers. Wrote various technical documents meant to be consumed by the engineers working at the company in how to use the tooling we were building. Ran internal support through slack, email, and in-person office hours. Played an SRE role to ensure the availability and reliability of our web servers.

Jun 2012 – Sep 2014 · 2 yrs 3 mos · Menlo Park · On-site

• Joined the search team in the founding to build out the Graph Search product and its various features. Implemented the search bar at the top of the page along with its type-ahead and auto-completion feature, worked on the various search results page for both desktop and mobile web. Was primary frontend engineer for a small team within search focusing on location search, business, reviews, and recommendations. Worked with the news team to add trending topics to the search results page. Primarily worked with Hack, a PHP derivative, and React while it was still in its infancy.

Jan 2012 – Jun 2012 · 5 mos · Sunnyvale, CA

• Part of the contacts team which integrated with Yahoo mail.
• Built a contacts importing tool, using Yahoo's Mojito.js framework, which would take your contacts from other services like Facebook, Google, and other email providers and would import them into Yahoo! Deployed various services using node.js and linux.

May 2011 – Feb 2012 · 9 mos

• Applications developer for webOS platform. Wrote integration code porting the QuickOffice library suite to webOS. Wrote some views and services for the Photos application including a service that would tag photos upon import. Wrote the landing page view and bookmarks view for the browser. Worked in an environment using Agile Development with a focus on code quality via unit testing, CI, and code coverage.

Jan 2009 – Mar 2011 · 2 yrs 2 mos

• Built the website from the ground up in a rapid application development environment
• Designed and developed the webOS smartphone application
• Database schema design and optimization
• Performed code reviews to keep the code refactored, clean and properly documented
• Leading a tight team of developers in all facets of web and mobile development
• Handling the UX for various components and modules
• Utilizing HTML5, JavaScript and CSS3 to deliver our content on new devices that use WebKit
• Involved in developing the Internet ready TV applications
• Built the API used by our devices
• Experience with performance enhancements and optimization

Jan 2007 – Jan 2009 · 2 yrs

• Install, Configure, Maintain the servers (DNS/FTP/Mail/SQL/Apache2)
• Program web applications using PHP, JavaScript, and MySQL for a dynamic-driven, heavy-traffic load website.
• Designed the Database schema and maintained the database using MySQL.
• Mail servers & Services. Installing, configuring, troubleshooting.
• Designed and Maintained the LAN. Set up DNS using BIND9.