Objective

To work with an engaged, creative, and thoughtful team; to learn until my brain hurts, then to learn some more, and to help others do the same.

Familiar Technologies

Djago, Python, C#, JavaScript, NodeJS, AngularJS, Relational and NoSQL Databases

Experience

DevResults September 2018 - Present

Software Engineer
- Using D3 and AngularJS, built pivot table data visualization
- Built service to export customer data in IATI compliant format
- During "freedom week", made numerous user facing changes including a bookmarks menu, a responsive header, an an initials substitute for users without an avatar
- Ported legasy aspx pages to AngularJS
- Architected plan for transition from CoffeeScript to TypeScript
Say February 2018 - August 2018

Software Engineer
- Built partner dashboard using Django backend and React frontend
- Built backend for A/B testing email performance
- Built program to send millions of emails informing users of shareholder rights using Django, Celery, and Mandrill
Fog Creek Software January 2016 - February 2018

Member of Technical Staff
- Started as a Support Engineer, moving into Support Team Lead and then Software Engineer roles
- Created NPM Package wrapping the FogBugz API
- Fixed bugs and improved features in FogBugz
- Updated FogBugz API to expand functionality (C#), giving users read/write access to user group and permissions data and holiday schedules rewrote API documentation, wrote a JavaScript wrapper to make working with the API more friendly, and wrote sample apps using API
- Created marketing page to highlight product features
- Updated agile development interface of FogBugz, using jQuery, jQuery UI, and KnockOut
- Responded to customer tickets, troubleshooting a range of issues, including Windows Server downtime, mail server failures, and SQL Server failures
- As team lead, led initiative to have Support Engineers contribute directly to the product, resulting in numerous fixes of long standing (3+ years old) bugs, mentored and trained new hires, and conducted biweekly 1:1s for all team members
New York City Department of Education August 2008-June 2015

Teacher
- Designed and taught curriculum for all content areas in grades 6-12
- Designed and built automated system for discipline management, which is now being used in two NYC schools
- Planned 70+ field trips for students in all grades, including several overnight field trips; coordinated with vendors, staff, administration, parent chaperones, and students to create safe, educational, and fun experiences for students
- Coached Model Congress team, planning and chaperoning several four-day field trips
- Served on hiring committee and mentored new hires
- Performed in the top 10% of New York City teachers according to the (admittedly bogus) teacher evaluation system.
- Named Teacher of the Year in 2012.

Projects

Choose Your Own Adventure
A template project made for a mouse.org Maker Night to introduce students to JSON.

BrgrChkrs
Checkers, but with burgers. Front end built with JavaScript and jQuery, AI built in Ruby.

ScavengeNYC
Integrated HTML5 geolocation and Geocoder to create validation of user location upon answer submission, implemented user login using Devise gem, created dynamic forms using jQuery and AJAX

Education

Amherst College

B.A. Psychology, 2008
The Flatiron School

July 2015-October 2015