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• Sr. React Developer, 

  Aug, 2023 - Oct, 20233 months

  Transitioned an existing legacy application into a standard-compliant application using an internal React framework for the client.

  • Spearheaded the transition of a legacy application into a standard-compliant structure, elevating the app's maintainability and performance.

  • Implemented a metadata-driven, front-end architecture that maximizes adaptability, demonstrating creative problem-solving in a restricted environment and delivering a flexible solution that can be easily maintained and scaled.

  • Employed holistic thinking in development, ensuring that components were built with an eye toward future integration and scalability.

  • Collaborated with the back-end developer, to ensure the front-end was well-aligned with back-end capabilities.

• Full-Stack JavaScript Instructor, 

  Oct, 2022 - Apr, 20237 months

  As a Full-stack JavaScript instructor at edX, I successfully managed a rigorous teaching schedule in addition to my day job.

  • Instructed a diverse classroom of over 25 students, including non-technical individuals, and facilitated their successful comprehension and application of the MERN stack.

  • Orchestrated and guided student teams through three separate projects using agile practices.

  • In-depth knowledge and teaching of a wide array of technologies and programming styles.

• Sr. Software Engineer, 

  Mar, 2019 - Jun, 20234 years 4 months

  In my ongoing tenure as a Sr. Software Engineer at Swarm Solutions, I've had the opportunity to work on multiple critical projects for renowned media and audio streaming tech companies.

  • Served as a Sr. Software Engineer, focusing on backend development using Node.js, Express, and PostgreSQL, aligning with the needs of high-profile media and audio streaming tech clients.

  • Excelled in JavaScript and TypeScript, contributing to diverse tech stacks and delivering high-quality results.

  • Enhanced development processes through peer reviews and retrospectives, leading to improved code quality and developer efficiency.

  • Championed efficiency and scalability in high-scale enterprise applications.

• Sr. Consultant, 

  Mar, 2018 - Feb, 20191 year

  As a Sr. Consultant with Ingage Partners, I was brought on board for a pivotal role during a challenging migration of a large-scale customer segmentation application.

  • Stepped into a complex project at a critical juncture, rectifying issues left by previous under-qualified developers.

  • Collaborated with the team to revamp development processes, enhancing code quality and delivery speed.

• App Analysis and Development Specialist, Great American Insurance Group

  Jan, 2016 - Dec, 20171 year 11 months

  Contributed as a App Analysis and Development Specialist at, focusing on Worked on CUBE - Underwriting application, with primary focus on front-end application development using JavaScript, Angular, jQuery and various in-house technologies.

  • Frequently assisted the team with improving standards

  • Regularly worked through PRs to provide useful, insightful guidance to continue to improve the level of development

  • Helped improve save times and quality of downloaded pages transformed into pdf formatted reports.

  • Occasionally assisted with back-end work in a Java/Groovy environment.

• Senior Consultant, Ingage Partners, LLC

  Jun, 2011 - Dec, 20154 years 6 months

  Contributed as a Senior Consultant at numerous clients including hospitals, large manufacturing corporations as well as large scale insurance companies, typically assisting in improving existing code and occasionally in a more staff augmentation role

  • Most work centered around web development, often utilizing tools such as .Net Framework including EF Framework as well as other technologies such as Node, Jade/Pug, various Google APIs and more.

  • Collaborated with other consultants to formulate statements of work (SOWs) for some clients

  • Numerous clients were repeat clients, with at least three clients requesting additional services at later dates

  • Did some.Net Win-forms UI development with C# as coding language

  • Frequently engaged in backend and SQL development, refactoring and efficiency improvements, sometimes reducing long running batches to less than 1% of their original running time

  • Often suggested ways to improve existing development and practices

  • Regularly contributed to peer reviews, focusing on improving delivery so that developers continue to feel empowered

  • Consistently pushed for better tools, culture and standards

  • Often went above and beyond what was needed to simply get things working and instead developed systems so that future work would be easier to maintain.

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