Resume

Technical Lead Manager | June 2023 - Nov 2024

• Promoted to TLM role after successfully leading projects as IC; helped create new pod-based team structure.
• Led and managed a pod with 3 direct reports focused on delivering features, data integrations, and improvements for academic users of Kernel, Asimov’s computer-aided design tool for designing genetic constructs.
• Worked with product team to collect and define product requirements and took lead role in project management.
• Continued IC work, including new features, bug fixes, tests, and code reviews (about 25-50% of each week).
• Filled in backend duties on FE-heavy pod, including data and schema database migrations with Alembic / PostgreSQL / SQLAlchemy and API updates in Python / FastAPI.
• Top Projects:
  • Increased key user actions by more than 2x by creating a more intuitive UI/UX for new users using FullStory, DataDog, and Google Analytics.
  • Set initial groundwork for importing sequence data into Kernel via the UI, a critical feature for onboarding users.
  • Led migration of Kernel’s core data model to unlock new app functionality, including overhauling the GraphQL schema and integrating Strawberry GraphQL.
  • Led effort to ingest iGEM genetic sequence information into Kernel, delivering key objectives for Asimov’s partnership with iGEM.

Senior Front End Engineer | Feb 2021 - June 2023

• Co-led early development of Kernel with TypeScript, Next.js, and Hasura.
• Led development of various core features, including the Construct Editor, a UI tool for designing DNA sequences using SVG glyphs.
• Led major rewrite of the state management system using XState and the command pattern to reduce bugs and enable undo/redo functionality.
• Built data visualization interface using Vega Lite for the Simulator, an ML-based tool predicting genetic sequence behavior.

Software Engineer | May 2020 - Feb 2021

• Built web app using React, Apollo, and Node to revamp how lab scientists manage and process data files.

Senior Front End Engineer (SE3) | Jan 2019 - Apr 2020

• Built data analytics platform enabling restaurants to track business metrics, using the Victory charting library and React Redux.
• Led transition from Angular to React and introduced Apollo GraphQL on client and server.

Team Lead & Front End Engineer | Jul 2015 - May 2018

• Promoted from Front End Engineer to Team Lead after two years; stack included Angular, D3.js, JavaScript, and Clojure.