Work

Mappable, Inc.

Lead Software Engineer, May 2017 - August 2022

• Developed an academic recruitment platform from the ground up as part of the Allen Institute for AI startup incubator.
• Used Git, Docker, and Google Cloud Platform to manage multi-environment CI/CD workflow.
• Collaborated with founder and incubator staff in fast-paced startup environment to make key technical decisions and respond to user feedback.
• Using TypeScript, React, Postgresql, and Next.js, produced a purchasable product in under three months with operating costs under $100/month.

Sporcle, Inc.

Software Engineer, Sept 2017 - April 2022

• Leveraged knowledge in JavaScript, PHP, SQL, and AWS to develop full-stack features across Sporcle.com's desktop and mobile sites, helping it scale to 1M+ gameplays per day.
• Project owner for Sporcle's recommendation engine. Used Elasticsearch, Redis, and collaborative filtering ML to serve personalized content to 550,000+ users.
• Collaborated with Sporcle CTO and customers to develop a real-time multiplayer scoring app for live trivia that now serves hundreds of shows per week.
• Learned Git, React Native, and mobile app development to create Sporcle Word Ladder, a mobile trivia game available on iOS and Android with a 4.5 star rating.
• Learned Swift to build the majority of Sporcle's revamped iOS app, including in-app purchases, social authentication, web-view rendering, and backend infrastructure.
• Used Tableau and SQL (MySQL, Redshift) to produce graphs of Sporcle's KPIs and investigate user behavior, bringing a data-centric/evidence-based approach to product development.
• Designed a timeseries forecasting model that predicted monthly gameplays with 98% accuracy between 2020-2022.

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