Jun 2023 – Dec 2023 · 6 mos · Remote · Remote

• Combined backend and frontend repos into a monorepo using Turbo (NextJS + Node backend)
• Automated build and deployment processes (Docker build, Vercel for web and AWS ECR + ECS for AI agent)
• Established API contracts and tooling for cross-server communication
• Improved performance of average job runtime by 80% (50m per run -> 10m per run) by leveraging Node concurrency to increase parallelism of job runs
• Built GitHub and Bitbucket integrations

Aug 2021 – Jun 2023 · 1 yr 10 mos · Hybrid

• Ran initiative to reduce runtime errors (80% of all sessions) to less than 5% of sessions, and implemented compile time checking to keep it there.
• Created and ran performance initiatives that reduced overall page load times by .5s at p50 and 3s at p95. App bundle size reduced by 30% for CK

Dec 2018 – Dec 2021 · 3 yrs

• Video / Media Core team
• Maintaining video/image/document upload and consumption for all client platforms (iOS, Android, Web)
• Incrementally improved reliability of upload flow on web - increased reliability from 96% to over 99%
• Led a few horizontal projects that reduced loading times of images on web by 40%, saved 75% of bandwidth spend. Saved $500k/yr in CDN costs.
• Built an end-to-end system for monitoring media performance on end clients and reporting these metrics through internal dashboards (built data pipelines in Spark SQL, Apache Pig, Samza - with storage in Pinot and HDFS)
• Provide mentorship and growth opportunities to engineers in the org. Mentored 20+ engineers at Associate/SWE/Sr.

Jun 2015 – Dec 2018 · 3 yrs 6 mos

• 2015: Messaging team. Brought instant messaging to LinkedIn through my work in building out a part of the real-time pipeline to serve our web experience. Also assisted in completely rebuilding the messaging experience for desktop.
• 2017: After my success with bringing a slew of realtime features (Read receipts, typing indicators, instant messaging) to Messaging, I moved to the newly created real-time team as the sole client engineer.
• 2018: Video team. Helping to bring video to LinkedIn!

Jun 2014 – Jun 2015 · 1 yr

• Built the homepage of LinkedIn... twice!
• Project Oz: Built the homepage feed on the play framework. Technologies: Play/Scala/Dust/Backbone
• Project Voyager: Built LinkedIn's homepage mobile-first experience, on the new Pemberly stack.
• For all of this hard work, I was promoted to Senior Software Engineer.

Mar 2014 – Jun 2014 · 3 mos

Jun 2012 – Dec 2013 · 1 yr 6 mos · Charlotte, North Carolina Area

• Architected and implemented new homepage for ally.com, which resulted in improved CTR and a reduced bounce rate of more than 10%
• Created a "Digital Asset Library" tool used for managing, storing, and keeping statistics on banners, tiles, and icons to measure their effectiveness
• Created an "XSLTFiddle" tool to aid in XSLT development and debugging
• Created and defined multiple "Best Practices" guides for both our internal developers and third-party contractors to ensure quality and consistency across the site
• Heavily modified, created plugins, and themed WordPress to make the "Ally Straight-Talk Blog". Created customer polling functionality with email integration as well as an API for backing up and maintaining blog comments and statistics.
• Architected and implemented enhancement for open account application for including dynamic review content within the open account flow using the BazaarVoice API
• Converted all (40+) Flash banners into optimized HTML/CSS3/JS banners for improved SEO and exposure on tablet devices that did not support Flash
• Worked heavily with the Omniture suite (Test and Target, SiteCatalyst) to create addons to aid with click through tracking and statistics gathering
• Architected and implemented dozens of standalone landing pages for marketing related initiatives
• Interviewed potential candidates for Web Presentation Architecture positions
• Gave "lunch and learn" sessions on new technologies, tools, and frameworks to our team of developers

Jan 2011 – Aug 2011 · 7 mos

• Developed both front and backend systems for 4 major e-commerce websites using Java/DB2 on the backend, and the latest and greatest web technologies on the front end.
• Created a product review and rating system for all four online stores that integrated with the underlying WebSphere structure
• Developed a Flickr Photos widget that allowed users to upload and share photos on our site increasing consumer engagement with our brand
• Developed a set of social network analytics tools to be used by our tool in house - combining the statistics from all of the major social media outlets
• Created a mini Facebook store page to allow users to purchase and order the top selling products directly through Facebook
• Developed a tool with a user-friendly interface to be used in-house that allowed our marketing department to control our online store without having to go through the developers

Jan 2006 – Jan 2010 · 4 yrs · Fayetteville, NC