Selected for 3-person team to rapidly architect and build AI-first web page editor from the ground up in 4 months, delivering complete hybrid chat-based content editing experience alongside traditional editing capabilities. Owned initial one-shot AI layout and content generation workflow along with core editor autosave/hard-save logic and state management.
Led team of 3 engineers through migration of 200-300 React components to new atomic CSS design system in 4 months, coordinating with 3 downstream teams and 1 upstream platform team to prevent regressions. Drove TypeScript adoption from 25% to 75%+ while refactoring class components to functional patterns and implementing lazy loading to improve render performance for content-heavy pages.
Architected and implemented critical front-end systems for AI-powered podcasting product as one of three founding FE engineers, including fully-typed validation framework, streaming AI task orchestration client, and data-driven component architecture. Delivered customer beta with AI audio generation in under 4 months and a full release in ~8 months, with 97%+ test coverage at launch.
Increased blog product activation by 7% over 4 months by streamlining new blog creation from 5 steps to 1 step and implementing embedded content block capability by integrating drag-and-drop page module framework into TinyMCE editor. Designed and built reusable feature tour framework now used across 3 CMS editor applications.
Third and Grove
Boston, MA
Engineering Manager
2016 — 2022
Repeatedly recognized for top performance through fast-track promotions and selection for high-value projects and clients.
Managed distributed engineering teams on multiple projects involving complex integrations and migrations.
Led initiative to standardize CI/CD processes, increasing test coverage and reducing build and deployment time by 50%.
Designed and engineered robust, high performance applications and sites used by millions of people, applying the most appropriate technologies and methods depending on project specifics and client goals.
Handled technical planning, scope and budget for new projects and created detailed project road maps, plans, schedules and work breakdown structures.
Worked closely with project managers to define and implement engineering timelines using agile and waterfall approaches.
Eastern Standard
Philadelphia, PA
Senior Developer
2010 — 2016
Collaborated with client stakeholders and UX designers to define technical requirements, strategy, user experience and information architecture.
Led full-stack website and application development projects for a wide range of clients.
Managed hosted Drupal applications for large companies and universities, including installations of 60+ site multi-sites.
Provisioned and maintained staging and production web servers across a range of platforms.
Achievements include implementing dev-ops and deployment tooling, creating mentorship and knowledge sharing initiatives.