Experience

Whatnot

• United States
• Technology, Information and Internet
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Senior Software Engineer, Logistics

  • May 2022 - Present

  Boston, Massachusetts, United States Whatnot is a livestream shopping platform and marketplace. Our mission is to enable anyone to turn their passion into a business and bring people together through commerce. Backed by a16z, CapitalG, YC and the fastest growing marketplace in the US, ever.



Lyft

• United States
• Ground Passenger Transportation
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Software Engineer

  • Jan 2021 - Jan 2022

  San Francisco, California, United States Tech Lead, Community Safety Team (Aug 2020 - Jan 2022) - Launched Check-Ins Platform, a multi-system platform that sends 60k+ safety check-ins per day to users - Launched Rider Scheduled Check-Ins feature leveraging Check-Ins Platform and Fraud’s rule engine, which sends 3.3k+ scheduled end-of-ride check-ins per day to riders - Led team to define SLAs/SLOs across 9 microservices and was a primary code reviewer Tech used: Python, DynamoDB, microservices, distributed systems… Show more Tech Lead, Community Safety Team (Aug 2020 - Jan 2022) - Launched Check-Ins Platform, a multi-system platform that sends 60k+ safety check-ins per day to users - Launched Rider Scheduled Check-Ins feature leveraging Check-Ins Platform and Fraud’s rule engine, which sends 3.3k+ scheduled end-of-ride check-ins per day to riders - Led team to define SLAs/SLOs across 9 microservices and was a primary code reviewer Tech used: Python, DynamoDB, microservices, distributed systems, gRPC, Envoy, AWS, Kubernetes

• Software Engineer

  • Aug 2018 - Jan 2021

  San Francisco Bay Area Driver Excellence Team (Aug 2018 - Aug 2020) - Led re-architecture of Lyft's ratings system, which improved service reliability, decreased endpoint latency by 75%, and reduced infraspend by 50% - Built backend for new education center in the Driver app, which increased driver course completions by 73% and driver course enrollments by 44% - Led team on GDPR/CCPA compliance - Mentored summer intern, helped organize recruiting trip to University of Michigan in 2019



Slack

• United States
• Technology, Information and Internet
• 700 & Above Employee

• Software Engineering Intern

  • May 2017 - Aug 2017

  San Francisco Bay Area Developed full stack features on the Platform Adoption team to enhance the safety and robustness of apps in the Slack client



Desai Accelerator

• United States
• Technology, Information and Internet
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Web Development Intern

  • May 2016 - Aug 2016

  Ann Arbor, MI Developed frontend for a web application using AngularJS & Parse BaaS that reached 100k users.



MHacks

• United States
• Software Development
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director of Sponsorship

  • Mar 2015 - Sep 2015

  Ann Arbor, MI Led a 5-person team to develop & maintain relationships with 60 sponsors from top tech companies

• Sponsor Account Manager

  • Sep 2014 - Mar 2015

• Head of Social Media and Online Marketing

  • Jun 2014 - Sep 2014