Founding Engineer

• May 2021 - Present

Staff Software Engineer

• Oct 2018 - Apr 2021

Primarily served as the product & engineering lead for Chegg UI, Chegg's shared component library. Worked closely in concert with the UX team(s) to develop components meeting rigorous standards for cross-device compatibility, testing, usability, accessibility, and more. Led efforts to evangelize & standardize the usage of the components & other similar tooling across our many disparate frontend teams. Before leading Chegg UI as part of the DevX team, served as a Lead Frontend Engineer for the Required Materials (aka textbook sales/rental) business. Show less

Lead Software Engineer

• Mar 2018 - Jul 2018

Led the web development team through the initial implementation and deployment of our first official website. Directed the team’s technology stack, CI, hosting, and culture decisions at the discretion of senior management to translate ideas and wireframes into a minimum viable product. Led the web development team through the initial implementation and deployment of our first official website. Directed the team’s technology stack, CI, hosting, and culture decisions at the discretion of senior management to translate ideas and wireframes into a minimum viable product.

Co-Founder and CTO

• Mar 2016 - Feb 2018

Responsible for budgeting, infrastructure, implementation, hiring, support and platform decisions for all of our tech initiatives. Managed and delivered multiple large-scale projects in a timely fashion. Translated our business needs into technical problems we could subsequently solve with software. Selected Experience: • Synocate Internship Program: Utilized a fixed budget to hire a set of software developer interns each summer; setup and narrowed the pipeline, hired candidates, and handled onboarding of the team, then lead all agile software development meetings, set technical direction, performed code reviews and provided overall guidance for the hired candidates throughout their internships • Synocate Portal: Designed and implemented a React-built, Node.js-backed webapp built to serve as the backbone for all aspects of our business, where our student customers, their parents, and our internal team of counselors and staff manage and track their college application process • Front-of-site: Redesigned and migrated the front-of-site to a static-built React site, improving site load times by 70%, cutting bounce rate from 78% to 56%, and cutting cost by over 95% Show less

Software Developer

• Jul 2014 - Mar 2016

• Worked across the full JavaScript stack to build new apps, widgets and third-party integrations for customers to use in Website Builder • Founded and served as co-president of GDGrad: - Responsible for allocating resources from the annual budget of $25,000 to meet expectations from the Senior Leadership Team - Planned and executed cross-company events with a small team of 5 members to help new college graduates adjust to their new lives as full-time professionals while learning and planning for the next steps in their career • Helped lead an effort to refactor our testing infrastructure, fixing or rewriting 80+% of the tests across the whole project suite • Contributed to a major effort to remove technical debt involving an entire rewrite of the Website Builder product, moving from a .NET and C# stack to one built in Node.js, React, and other advanced technologies Show less

Engineering Intern

• Jun 2013 - Mar 2014

• Rotated through 3 different teams gaining a broad view of how software companies function. • Business Intelligence: worked with data management and technical aspects of the business. • Infrastructure Engineering: managed server hardware and internal/external website hosting. • Predictive Analytics: developed new data visualization tools used by the company. • Rotated through 3 different teams gaining a broad view of how software companies function. • Business Intelligence: worked with data management and technical aspects of the business. • Infrastructure Engineering: managed server hardware and internal/external website hosting. • Predictive Analytics: developed new data visualization tools used by the company.

Lifeguard

• Jun 2010 - Aug 2012

• Ensured swimmer safety and effectively communicated the rules to guests. • Diligently and patiently performed my duties of protecting guests from potential dangers. • Ensured swimmer safety and effectively communicated the rules to guests. • Diligently and patiently performed my duties of protecting guests from potential dangers.

Cashier

• Oct 2009 - Jun 2010

• Interacted with customers and answered customer inquiries. • Ensured fast and friendly service by being knowledgeable about the store and my duties. • Represented the face of the store, by being the last part of the customer’s experience. • Interacted with customers and answered customer inquiries. • Ensured fast and friendly service by being knowledgeable about the store and my duties. • Represented the face of the store, by being the last part of the customer’s experience.

Lifeguard

• Jun 2007 - Aug 2009

• Ensured swimmer safety and effectively communicated the rules to guests. • Diligently and patiently performed my duties of protecting guests from potential dangers. • Ensured swimmer safety and effectively communicated the rules to guests. • Diligently and patiently performed my duties of protecting guests from potential dangers.