Experienced Engineering Manager and Technical Leader with over a decade of expertise in conceiving and executing intricate software solutions, complemented by more than 3 years of successful team management and 10+ years of software engineering and architecting. Proven proficiency in software development, design, and architectural considerations, combined with a strong track record in leading and guiding developer teams. Highly skilled in thriving within dynamic, high-pressure settings while efficiently overseeing multiple concurrent projects.
• Revenue-Driven Leadership: Led the "Transactions" team, a key revenue-generating unit, by spearheading initiatives aimed at enhancing the monetization strategies within the Peerspace marketplace. My role involved not only technical and project management but also a keen focus on revenue growth and financial performance.
• Technical Architecture and Product Development: Played a pivotal role in product initiatives, ensuring technical excellence and successful implementation from an architectural perspective. Led technical efforts and closely collaborated with design teams to develop the Peerspace Design System, streamlining the UI/UX across all platforms and enhancing brand consistency.
• International Tax Compliance Initiative: Led the effort to implement sales tax and ensure tax compliance in multiple countries. This complex project involved navigating international tax laws, including DAC7 and VAT, demonstrating my ability to manage and execute large-scale, multi-national legal and financial integrations.
• Stakeholder Engagement and Vendor Relations: Developed and nurtured relationships with third-party vendors, crucial for enhancing the marketplace's capabilities and fostering long-term collaboration.
• Innovation in System Health Monitoring: Conceptualized and deployed a comprehensive system health pipeline for real-time monitoring, enhancing operational reliability and confidence in high-impact code releases.
• Collaboration with Test Automation Team: Provided engineering solutions to boost the Test Automation team's productivity, reflecting my skill in cross-functional team leadership and commitment to quality
• Influence in Technical Leadership: As a key member of the Technical Leadership team, contributed to the company's technical strategy, driving innovation and setting standards for excellence
• Project Delivery and Quality Assurance: Collaborated closely with stakeholders to maintain high standards in project delivery, balancing technical oversight with managerial acumen.
• Leadership and Team Management: Guided the dynamic "Business Engineering" team, blending technical expertise with effective team leadership. Managed the team's day-to-day operations while driving strategic planning and ensuring the achievement of quarterly objectives.
• Architectural Leadership and Project Execution: Spearheaded the architectural design and development of complex systems, leading projects from conception to successful production deployment. Managed project execution, aligning with business goals.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Worked closely with various departments such as Product, Trust & Safety, Customer Experience, and Operations. Facilitated seamless collaboration across teams, understanding different business areas deeply.
• Mentorship and Team Development: Acted as a mentor for skilled engineers, guiding them in the design, development, and delivery of advanced software products. Fostered an environment of continuous learning and professional growth.
• Interview Process Design and Management: Designed and oversaw the front-end interview process, conducting and managing interviews to ensure the selection of top-tier talent. Blended technical assessment with team-building strategy.
• Innovation and Technology Advocacy: Advocated for the adoption of new technologies and programming languages, leading discussions and knowledge-sharing sessions. Emphasized commitment to innovation and technological advancements.
• Strategic Planning and Organizational Leadership: Assumed a critical role in strategic planning and organizing the team's objectives. Set clear goals and ensured their alignment with the company's broader vision and objectives.
• Oversaw a team dedicated to the development of top-notch internal projects.
• Orchestrated and supervised a dynamic "Business Engineering" team, juggling both managerial and technical leadership responsibilities.
• Spearheaded the architectural design, planning, and development of complex systems, shepherding projects from their inception to successful production deployment.
• Developed and monitored project timelines and resource allocation to meet project deadlines and budget constraints.
• Engaged in a multifaceted full-stack role, seamlessly transitioning between front-end, back-end, and internal tooling development.
• Demonstrated versatility by adeptly switching contexts between JavaScript for front-end/back-end and Clojure for front-end/back-end services.
• Led the transformation of the original client-facing web application into a modern React-based platform (utilizing Redux) for enhanced performance and user experience.
• Drove business growth by conceptualizing and implementing numerous pivotal front-end features.
• Assumed ownership of critical back-end services, including essential functions like authentication and single sign-on.
• Pioneered the creation of new back-end microservices using Node.js and Clojure, optimizing system efficiency.
• Undertook the rewriting and modernization of legacy back-end services to align with current industry standards.
• Developed and maintained a comprehensive internal Admin tool, facilitating platform management and supporting internal operations in their day-to-day tasks.
• Implemented custom role-based access control (RBAC) within the Admin tool, enabling granular access control for contractors with specific role limitations.
• Established seamless connections between edge services and various third-party providers, enhancing internal role capabilities.
• Developed and maintained a next generation ad creation platform.
• Front end engineering utilizing common frameworks such as Angular and React.
• Built a template generation engine that dynamically outputs ideal ad templates based on market research.
• Created front end testing standards for an application that previously had no unit test coverage, enabling others to write unit tests to expand overall coverage of said application and future front end applications.
• Role of converting existing native applications to web based applications, including large flagship products such as GoToMeeting.
• Engineering that is primarily focused on developing front end JavaScript and working closely with UX to create robust CSS based on mockups with a keen eye for design and customer experience. Utilizing frameworks such as Knockout.js with Durandal and React to deploy large single page applications.
• Developed internal responsive CSS framework to adhere to corporate look-and-feel that is utilized throughout all newly developed Citrix web applications and faces millions of clients.
• Architected build processes for deployment and maintainability of front end and back end JavaScript applications. Crossed over into backend roll to create RESTful APIs in Node. Continually maintained server side Node applications to enhance performance. Set the standard for client side and server side testing in JavaScript applications.
• Developed and created iOS applications for major medical corporations. Worked within a thin iOS framework that fed into a JavaScript front end with uses of advanced frameworks including Knockout and Backbone.
• Created, developed and maintained a responsive CSS framework to assist with responsiveness design.
• Developed Python backend system leveraging the Django framework for content and user management.
• Lead developer for several large clients and decided on major decisions for their applications and its uses.
• Web application development with specialization in Python and utilization of the Django web framework.
• Developed and maintained JavaScript for front end of major applications. Engineered new technologies to assist with the day-to-day operations of maintaining and managing all aspects of restaurant related software.
• Creation of client, dealership and customer web based portal.
• Full-stack web development, front end user interface/design to backend database structuring.
- Haversine - Node module for geo-location