Experience

Veho

• United States
• Consumer Services
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Staff Software Engineer

  • Feb 2022 - Present

• Senior Software Engineer

  • Jun 2021 - Feb 2022



Private Chef Club

• United States
• Food and Beverage Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Lead Software Engineer

  • Apr 2019 - Jun 2021

  Private Chef Club is a food delivery startup, serving homestyle meals for families. - Launched SMS and web ordering services which maintained >30% conversion rates and 60% customer retention at 3 months. - Automated delivery and support tasks to reduce manual errors and preparation time. - Built GraphQL/React app to launch local food-maker marketplace. - Directed product roadmap to enable growth based user testing and feedback. - Implemented a minimal continuous delivery pipeline for fast, high quality releases, with increased visibility. - Managed software development team to ensure quality code and on-time delivery. Show less



Basis

• Russian Federation
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Lead Software Engineer

  • Jan 2019 - Apr 2019

  - Implemented a continuous delivery pipeline for fast, high quality releases, with increased visibility. - Launched on-demand video coaching product. - Optimized booking process leading to 4x increase in conversions. - Improved matching of clients to specialists to reduce unfulfilled sessions. - Supported and mentored other developers. - Implemented a continuous delivery pipeline for fast, high quality releases, with increased visibility. - Launched on-demand video coaching product. - Optimized booking process leading to 4x increase in conversions. - Improved matching of clients to specialists to reduce unfulfilled sessions. - Supported and mentored other developers.



Ushahidi

• Technology, Information and Internet
• 1 - 100 Employee

• CTO

  • Oct 2015 - Dec 2018

  Ushahidi is a crowdsourcing platform to collect, manage, visualize, and respond to data from marginalized people or people crisis situations. - Leading a distributed team of 9 developers spread over 6 countries.- Setting technical direction and strategy for Ushahidi’s products.- Leading the hiring process for new software developers.- Pushing experimentation and reflection within the dev team to improve software quality and development process.- Continuous code and architecture improvements to enable other developers. Show less

• Senior Developer

  • Feb 2012 - Oct 2015

  I joined Ushahidi in 2012 to lead development of client projects. In 2014 I led development of a new iteration of Ushahidi software.- Led the rebuild of Ushahidi’s flagship crowdsourcing tool.- Launched SaaS edition of Ushahidi based on our OSS product.- Defined architecture for Ushahidi v3 API and Client.- Technical contact and lead developer on client projects.- Working within and improving an existing legacy code base over time.- Deployed, managed and monitored infrastructure for client projects.- Security Lead. Acting as main contact point for security issues and planning. Show less



Torchbox

• United Kingdom
• Internet Publishing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Web Developer

  • 2009 - 2011

  Torchbox is a digital agency building websites and application for people trying to make the world a better place. - Developed complex Drupal based sites for charities and nonprofits. - Scaling and optimising complex Drupal sites through a combination of static caching (with varnish and nginx) and improved app level caching. - Building tools for fast, standardised development and deployment. Torchbox is a digital agency building websites and application for people trying to make the world a better place. - Developed complex Drupal based sites for charities and nonprofits. - Scaling and optimising complex Drupal sites through a combination of static caching (with varnish and nginx) and improved app level caching. - Building tools for fast, standardised development and deployment.



Greenpeace New Zealand

• Web Developer

  • 2009 - 2010

  Joined Greenpeace NZ in 2009 as their first full time developer, initially focussed on supporting a large online campaign around climate change. - Developed multiple web applications and websites. - Managing websites and social media feeds during high traffic live events. - Deployed and optimized online fundraising tools for increased donations. - Security testing and fixes on legacy web apps. Joined Greenpeace NZ in 2009 as their first full time developer, initially focussed on supporting a large online campaign around climate change. - Developed multiple web applications and websites. - Managing websites and social media feeds during high traffic live events. - Deployed and optimized online fundraising tools for increased donations. - Security testing and fixes on legacy web apps.