Experience

Engineered a dynamic form-building framework that abstracted complex logic behind a user-friendly interface, enabling non-technical stakeholders to publish forms independently.

• Conceived, architected, and independently developed the prototype that secured the project contract, transforming an abstract need into a compelling product vision.
• Led the client pitch, effectively communicating the product vision and technical approach that convinced stakeholders to award the contract.
• Directed engineering efforts with a focus on rapid, high-quality product delivery.
• Collaborated closely with the client product owner to shape and refine product direction.
• Led cross-functional team through major technical and organizational challenges to ensure successful delivery.
• Navigated multiple staffing changes while maintaining team momentum and project continuity.

Key contributor to a full-stack Next.js initiative that accelerated static-page build times for a site comprising tens of thousands of pages.

• Owned complex feature development in Next.js, leveraging its inherently full-stack architecture to deliver seamless integration and robust client-server functionality.
• Tackled the most challenging business logic and technical problems, serving as the team’s key resource for difficult implementations.
• Designed and implemented advanced TypeScript mapped types to improve static analysis and reduce bugs.

Front-end engineering lead on a full-stack team responsible for the Department of Veterans Affairs' public-facing website, which serves millions of Veterans and their families.

• Led front-end engineering for a team of ~15, driving high-impact development efforts.
• Contributed across the full tech stack, with a leadership focus on front-end development.
• Collaborated across numerous external teams to improve Veterans' access to high-quality, accurate information.
• Provided ecosystem-wide support to front-end developers, strengthening overall code quality and developer experience.
• Took full ownership of architecting solutions to complex technical challenges and strategically assigned components to engineers based on their strengths and expertise.

Developed and maintained three separate company websites for a leading digital publication, ensuring high availability, performance, and a seamless user experience across all platforms.

• Played a key role in migrating the company to a digital publication platform, significantly expanding AINonline.com’s reach as a leading aviation news site attracting thousands of additional monthly readers.
• Developed and maintained three company websites, all powered by Drupal CMS.
• Contributed over five years as a full-stack developer primarily on two traditional, coupled Drupal 7 sites, focusing heavily on custom module development.
• Led the greenfield development of a third, decoupled site built with Next.js, driving tech-stack decisions, architecting the front end, implementing the majority of the code, and mentoring a junior developer.
• Architected and engineered numerous custom React applications and widgets to address complex, domain-specific challenges.
• Implemented a design system from scratch to ensure UI consistency and scalability.
• Designed and implemented integrations with third-party services such as Stripe, AWS Cognito, and HubSpot, within a modular architecture.
• Solely responsible for a SQL-intensive reader-survey application, delivering a seamless survey experience and sophisticated results calculations and visualizations.

Automated the aggregation of mutual-fund data from multiple sources and engineered a robust desktop application that enabled consumers to view and analyze the data.

Sole developer responsible for delivering a custom, end-to-end attendance management system for an on-campus study program supporting intercollegiate athletes.

Supported the development of web applications enabling customers to manage their insurance policies online.