experience
Software Engineer @ Rocket Mortgage
September 2020 - August 2023
Tech lead on a team that is responsible for services that automate portions of the mortgage application
process.
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Designed projects with direct client impact e.g. reducing page load time on high-traffic pages ~2
seconds and trusted to resolve high-priority production bugs.
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Built features using PHP, C#, Angular, AWS, and CircleCI, such as a credit payment experience, an
email referral service, and services to automate work for bankers and for clients to more easily
access loan information.
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Mentored new developers, assisted with onboarding and troubleshooting, and had regular meetings
to listen to their feedback and questions about our processes, code, and their career goals.
Contract Software Engineer @ Ford Motor Company
March 2020 - July 2020
Lead developer for the Ford self-help portals at https://help.ford.com/ and
https://help.lincoln.com on a short-term contract.
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Refactored and built new features for two React applications, using Typescript, React, and the
Gatsby framework.
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Built the CI / CD pipeline from scratch in Jenkins, including separate hosted environments for
each pull request. Improved security practices by setting up CI to securely inject secrets.
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Implemented language internationalization (i18n) and drove initiatives for other
accessibility-related improvements.
Full Stack Software Engineer @ Barracuda Networks
March 2018 - March 2020
Member of a team responsible for microservices including user authentication, a web portal for
administration of Barracuda products, and a client-facing UI navigation wrapper used by development
teams.
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Responsible for REST & GraphQL APIs serving an average of 55k requests per minute, using AWS
(api gateway, load balancer), PHP, and MySQL.
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Built a microservice application for Oauth2 authorization, OpenID authentication, and session
management on top of the Laravel framework.
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Refactored legacy PHP frontend project into a React application with object-oriented code and a
focus on keeping 100% test coverage.
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Tech stack also provided experience with migrating on-prem services to AWS, as well as Jenkins,
Docker, Microsoft Azure, SumoLogic, NewRelic, and Salesforce.
Web Developer @ HDS Marketing, Inc.
February 2017 - February 2018
Developed and maintained applications and web stores for clients to distribute branded merchandise.
- Managed content through a proprietary platform and WordPress.
- Excelled in a small team environment with an emphasis on self-reliance.