Experience

Policygenius

• United States
• Insurance
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Senior Software Engineer II

  • Aug 2023 - Present

  - Tech Lead for Home and Auto insurance product, helping the business grow to 21M in ARR with a 2.5x YoY growth rate. - Led design and implementation to automate insurance quote generation, which saw a 2% increase in In-Force conversion and reduced quote turn-around-time by over 90%. - Spearheaded the implementation of a code ownership framework, where I synthesized leadership’s vision into a process that clarified responsibilities and led to more effective code maintenance. - Led… Show more - Tech Lead for Home and Auto insurance product, helping the business grow to 21M in ARR with a 2.5x YoY growth rate. - Led design and implementation to automate insurance quote generation, which saw a 2% increase in In-Force conversion and reduced quote turn-around-time by over 90%. - Spearheaded the implementation of a code ownership framework, where I synthesized leadership’s vision into a process that clarified responsibilities and led to more effective code maintenance. - Led ideation and established technical visions for multiple teams to align team goals with organization-wide goals. - Extensive experience collaborating with Product, Design, and external stakeholders to de-risk ambiguous features, break them down into concrete tasks, and deliver in a timely, iterative manner. - Mentored engineers on technical best practices and time management skills, leading to improved individual performance.

• Senior Software Engineer I

  • Jun 2020 - Aug 2023

  New York City Metropolitan Area

• Software Engineer III

  • May 2019 - Jun 2020

  - Launched an internal React component library, which helped to shorten the development lifecycle of new features and instilled design consistency across products. - Oversaw the work plan and mentorship for a summer intern, coaching them to deliver improvements to the mobile user experience. - Core contributor to Life insurance and Renters insurance products, implementing React and Ruby best practices.

• Software Engineer II

  • Mar 2017 - May 2019



Freelance

• Web Developer

  • Oct 2016 - Mar 2017

  New York, NY Greensbury Market | New York, NY - Build out new features utilizing HTML, CSS and JavaScript for online organic meat vendor. - Maintain and update current features that fit brand and enhance user experience. - Utilize Shopify and configure external apps to fit the Greensbury ecosystem. Suits and Sandals | Brooklyn, NY - Take lead on updating and building new features for Shopify e-commerce website for BlueButterflyGF. - Incorporate mockups from design lead to… Show more Greensbury Market | New York, NY - Build out new features utilizing HTML, CSS and JavaScript for online organic meat vendor. - Maintain and update current features that fit brand and enhance user experience. - Utilize Shopify and configure external apps to fit the Greensbury ecosystem. Suits and Sandals | Brooklyn, NY - Take lead on updating and building new features for Shopify e-commerce website for BlueButterflyGF. - Incorporate mockups from design lead to develop new custom templates for collections and products. - Add new products to Shopify backend and configure collections that best align with client's new branding. - Refactor custom JavaScript from previous developer to fit new user interface for selecting protein meal options. Show less



SiCore Tech

• Full Stack Developer

  • Aug 2016 - Jan 2017

  Farmingdale, New York - Oversee the design and build process of a browser-based user interface for an embedded securities software. - Utilize the React framework to organize and construct the interface along with necessary node modules. - Implement full React/Javascript testing suite using Karma, Mocha, Chai and Enzyme. - Assist embedded systems engineer with building a custom HTTP server in C. - Implement JavaScript websockets and write C code to handle communication with the server.



Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

• Law Practice
• 700 & Above Employee

• Paralegal

  • Jun 2013 - Mar 2016

  New York, New York - Partner with leadership and associates to secure loans for multi-million dollar real estate investments. - Manage the organization and transferral of legal documents between attorneys and clients. - Liaise with internal and external parties to ensure post-closing procedures and deadlines were secured. - Analyze legal documentation to facilitate drafting new documents for future projects. - Oversee the integration and training of new paralegal hires into the firm.



Tribeca

• United States
• Entertainment Providers
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Acquisitions / Marketing Intern

  • Jan 2015 - Aug 2015

  New York, New York - Generate performance reports for video-on-demand data to understand national market for Tribeca Film titles. - Compile master revenue report of external independent titles for leadership to determine market size for competitor's titles. - Analyze marketing practices of major video-on-demand vendors to best strategize promotion of Tribeca titles with these vendors. - Take lead on portions of marketing outreach by analyzing social media statistics to determine best business partners… Show more - Generate performance reports for video-on-demand data to understand national market for Tribeca Film titles. - Compile master revenue report of external independent titles for leadership to determine market size for competitor's titles. - Analyze marketing practices of major video-on-demand vendors to best strategize promotion of Tribeca titles with these vendors. - Take lead on portions of marketing outreach by analyzing social media statistics to determine best business partners for particular Tribeca titles. Show less



Magnolia Pictures

• Entertainment Providers
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Publicity and Marketing Intern

  • Jan 2013 - May 2013

  - Serve as first point-of-contact and main liaison for guests via e-mail, phone and at the Magnolia office front desk. - Compile press information regarding Magnolia releases for marketing to track performance of Magnolia titles. - Research business contacts for targeted Magnolia releases and update database with information for future use. - Set up promotional materials, prepared a theater and ushered guests as part of a Magnolia premiere screening.



AMC Networks

• United States
• Entertainment Providers
• 700 & Above Employee

• Acquisitions Intern

  • Sep 2011 - Apr 2012

  New York, NY - Write coverage on films and scripts as part of the evaluation process for choosing films for distribution under the IFC label. - Attend Tribeca Film Festival as a junior member of the Acquisitions team to screen and evaluate competition films. - Organize and update IFC’s master database of past and future films to facilitate research process on potential films to acquire. - Draft itineraries for executives and coordinate necessary accommodations with hospitality and transportation… Show more - Write coverage on films and scripts as part of the evaluation process for choosing films for distribution under the IFC label. - Attend Tribeca Film Festival as a junior member of the Acquisitions team to screen and evaluate competition films. - Organize and update IFC’s master database of past and future films to facilitate research process on potential films to acquire. - Draft itineraries for executives and coordinate necessary accommodations with hospitality and transportation services. Show less