Work History

AI-powered end-to-end testing platform for web and mobile applications. Momentic uses AI to automatically discover, generate, and maintain test suites — replacing brittle manual test scripts with intelligent, self-healing test automation.

• Frontend engineering for AI-powered test automation platform
• Building interfaces for AI-driven test generation and execution workflows
• Web and mobile testing infrastructure at the intersection of AI and developer tooling

Collaborative writing and document platform. Canvas builds tools for real-time collaborative authoring with a focus on elegant, distraction-free interfaces and powerful editing capabilities.

• Frontend engineering for real-time collaborative document editor
• Complex state management for multi-user concurrent editing
• Rich text editing interfaces with performance-critical rendering

Top software development company in Kansas City. PayIt builds world-class digital government services — DMV, property tax, vehicle registration — for millions of citizens across North America, including the State of North Carolina and the City of Toronto.

• Architected frontend systems powering 50+ white-label government applications serving millions of constituents
• Drove UI standards for performance, testing, and maintainability across multiple product teams
• Led Pendo analytics implementation — defined and instrumented key product metrics enabling data-driven design decisions
• Architected document management sub-system handling multiple file formats with authenticated third-party integrations
• Championed accessibility (WCAG) and internationalization across all client applications

The North American Computational Linguistics Open competition (NACLO) runs an international student competition to get high schoolers a head start in computational linguistics. Built a greenfield competition management platform replacing a legacy Perl system that had served the organization for over a decade.

• Designed and built a full competition management platform from scratch — student registration, results tallying, site administration
• Replaced legacy Perl system with modern Python/Flask application
• Full project lifecycle: requirements gathering, architecture, implementation, testing, deployment
• Volunteer-driven organization affiliated with Carnegie Mellon University's computational linguistics program

Insurance services company in Kansas City running a decade-old .NET 4 application for processing client insurance claims, generating forms, and administering responses from state offices. A masterclass in maintaining legacy systems that Just Work.

• Reconstructed CI/CD pipeline for a 10+ year-old .NET application on Azure (Kudu)
• Upgraded third-party dependencies to latest secure patches
• Performed security audit and automated email integration
• Set up codebase for continued development by future maintainers

Privacy-focused technology organization building open-source alternatives to big tech platforms. Mission-driven work defending user privacy and data sovereignty.

• Built frontend systems for privacy-focused open-source applications
• Contributed to the organization's mission of creating sustainable open-source software

Data and spreadsheet tooling startup. Built interactive web interfaces for data manipulation and visualization.

• Frontend development for interactive data application
• Complex UI state management for spreadsheet-like interactions

Property management automation platform. Built web interfaces for property managers to streamline tenant communications and maintenance workflows.

• Developed interactive web application for property management workflows
• Frontend and full-stack feature development

Tlon builds Urbit — a clean-slate, decentralized personal computing platform backed by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z). As Engineering Manager of Interface, I set the technical direction for all frontend development on the platform and built the foundational systems that every Urbit app developer uses.

• Architected the first scalable UI framework for the Urbit platform — setting technical direction for all frontend development across the organization
• Built a greenfield JavaScript build pipeline (Rollup, Gulp), state management framework, and bespoke CQRS API integration layer powering the flagship product
• Created a component styleguide and codified build, release, and style standards adopted by all platform developers
• Managed and mentored a team of 4 engineers; partnered with CEO and CTO on product roadmap and quarterly OKRs
• Led cross-team initiatives to improve developer workflows, tooling, and platform reliability

Twitch is the world's largest live-streaming platform (acquired by Amazon). As a Senior Front-End Engineer, I led the redesign of Twitch's highest-trafficked page — the channel view — serving 15 million daily active users with real-time, latency-sensitive video streaming.

• Led redesign of Twitch's channel page (15M DAU), coordinating an 8-person cross-functional team through end-to-end delivery
• Owned the video player UI: ads, controls, and playback — deeply integrated with Twitch's real-time video ingest and ad streaming architecture
• Drove Ember.js → React migration across multiple departments, establishing adoption patterns for the new framework
• Mentored an intern who shipped a high-impact feature (mini video overlay) that significantly increased Twitch's core metric: Minutes Watched
• Performance optimization for a latency-sensitive, real-time streaming interface at massive scale

Metromile was a pay-per-mile car insurance company (later acquired by Lemonade). I led the full redesign of the primary customer enrollment flow and managed six frontend applications powering the customer-facing web experience.

• Led full application redesign of the quote & enrollment flow — delivered on schedule (~2 months), revamping the primary customer acquisition funnel
• Developed and maintained 6 frontend applications; managed deploys, enforced code standards, drafted architectural improvements
• Established comprehensive testing program: unit, integration, E2E (Selenium, BrowserStack), and hallway usability testing

San Francisco startup building local marketing and customer engagement tools for small businesses. Early-stage startup environment — wore many hats across the full stack.

• Full-stack web development for local business marketing platform
• Early-stage startup: rapid iteration, direct customer feedback, shipping fast

Fitness technology company building personalized workout planning tools. Contract frontend development work in the San Francisco fitness-tech ecosystem.

• Frontend development for fitness/wellness web application
• Interactive UI for workout planning and tracking

Parking services company. Built web presence and management tools.

• Web development for parking services business

Metal fabrication/manufacturing company. Built web presence and business tools.

• Web development and digital presence for manufacturing company

Enterprise virtualization and cloud computing giant. Internship at one of Silicon Valley's most important infrastructure companies.

• Software engineering internship at major enterprise technology company
• Exposure to large-scale infrastructure and enterprise software practices

Lincoln, Nebraska software consultancy specializing in rapid application development. Known for building MVPs and production systems for startups and enterprises alike.

• Rapid application development in a professional consultancy environment
• Exposure to multiple client projects and technology stacks
• Learned professional software development practices and client communication

Creative digital agency in Lincoln, Nebraska. Built websites and interactive experiences for regional clients.

• Web development for agency clients
• Learned professional web development workflow and client delivery

Major student loan servicer and financial services company headquartered in Lincoln, Nebraska. One of the largest employers in the state and a Fortune 1000 company.

• Software engineering internship at major financial services company
• Exposure to large-scale financial systems and enterprise development

Digital signage and interactive kiosk company in Lincoln, Nebraska. Built software for touchscreen kiosks deployed in retail environments, airports, and public spaces.

• Developed interactive touchscreen applications for digital signage
• Worked on kiosk software deployed to physical hardware in public spaces
• Early exposure to building polished, user-facing interactive software

Built software tools for the University of Nebraska–Lincoln Economics department. Research-oriented development work at the intersection of economics and technology.

• Developed research tools for economics faculty
• Built data visualization and analysis interfaces

Competitive API challenge building trading/financial applications using the TradeKing (now Ally Invest) brokerage API. Applied economic theory to real-time market data.

• Built application integrating with TradeKing brokerage API for real-time market data
• Applied academic economics knowledge to practical financial software
• Competitive development challenge — delivered working product under time constraints

Energy sector web project. Built web presence and interactive features for an energy-focused organization.

• Full website development — design, build, and deployment
• Interactive JavaScript features and content management