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Cash App | Kotlin, Typescript, React, MySQL, GraphQL, Python, ChakraUI, Jest, LaunchDarkly

Full Stack Software Engineer | November 2020 – March 2024, Remote/Charleston, SC

Saved the company from losses in the high $XX million/year

  • Volunteered to collaborate across continents with multiple teams and worked on multiple repositories in a giant high-priority code-red effort to plug losses
  • Built tools and features to help the customer support org identify merchant hierarchies and adjudicate fraudulent disputes

Mitigated the impact of customers’ PII being exposed in the cloud

  • Proactively identified the need to protect Cash App’s customers’ PII from being exposed via marketing campaigns’ winner reporting
  • Led technical discussions with the Data Security and Legal teams, as well as the SendSafely API team
  • Architected, built, deployed, tested, and maintained this secure reporting feature of Socialite’s Campaign Manager
  • Defragmented user workflow & freed up engineering resources while plugging data security loopholes down to just 2 clicks
  • Alleviated the impact of data leaks and saved teams countless hours of manual and stressful campaign winner reporting work

Increased efficiency and scalability of Cash App’s Socialite service

  • Ideated and led the refactoring of Cash App’s Campaign Manager app, powered by Socialite, to solve scalability challenges in easily creating new marketing campaign types
  • Implemented rules-based giveaway campaigns for granular customer targeting
  • Optimized data structures, cleaned up business logic, and improved algorithms

Expanded use of Socialite’s Campaign Manager with LaunchDarkly and Cash App’s Treehouse

  • Collaborated with teams in Mobile, Banking, Marketing, and Research, to allow for wider usage of Campaign Manager across orgs
  • Presented new features at org-wide demos
  • Conducted A/B tests and used LaunchDarkly to launch org-specific features
  • Learned Cash App’s Treehouse API to create and deeplink Campaign Manager’s customer-facing mobile landing pages within Cash App to marketing campaigns

All this work saved Cash App in the high $XX million per year, improved customer support, incrementally increased customer growth, enhanced customer engagement, and played a pivotal role in achieving team goals

Full Stack Engineer / Android Developer
Comm IT Enterprises
Remote/Charleston, SC
March 2020 – November 2020 (contract – same contract team below)

  • Developed, deployed, and maintained GetCare, a mobile app that helps U.S. military veterans manage their prescription medications, communicate with their doctors and set appointments; and record their family health history.
  • Joined as an iOS developer, but on day one was assigned to build the Android app. Quickly learned Kotlin and built the app.
  • Implemented unit & integration testing with MocK and Espresso, and reporting with SonarQube & Jacoco.
  • Led the presentation of Android product demos to business owners and director-level stakeholders from the Veterans Affairs.
  • Built a Java backend service that included end-to-end testing, with 95% of work focused on Android development.
  • Consumed and interacted with the VA’s FHIR API, RxNorm, and RxRefill for veteran family history and medication information.

Full Stack Engineer
OneDataSource (Monolith Software Solutions)
Charleston, SC
October 2019 – March 2020

  • Positively impacted the sales team’s confidence and ability to close more deals from my contributions to improve oneView, an app that provides business intelligence for fast-casual restaurant owners and help them manage their accounts payables.
  • Modernized the syntax of 427 Javascript files from AMD to ES6 in my first week and a half.
  • Accelerated the speed in which Javascript, HTML, CSS, jQuery, and Java bugs were addressed and new features introduced.
  • Fixed various front-end and back-end Java issues, including server search.

Software Engineer
Strategic Operational Solutions (STOPSO)
Charleston, SC
March 2019 – October 2019 (contract)

  • Developed mission-critical software under DoD contract to enhance the U.S. military’s global asset tracking and management.
  • Accelerated the velocity in development of new features by becoming lead contributor soon after being hired.
  • The project was started with Angular 6, Typescript, and RxJS. I brought it up to Angular 7, then later updated it to Angular 8.
  • Solidified the company’s footing with the client with the speed and quality of work presented and demonstrated the app.
  • Enhanced development process, by establishing git best practices for code integrity using GitLab for version control.
  • Improved product delivery tangibles with careful sprint planning, story pointing, tasking and backlog grooming.
  • Collaborated with product owner in defining deliverables.
  • Coded front end features in Typescript, Angular, RxJS and wired it up with data from a Java backend.
  • Built reusable components and responsive UIs based on the client’s wireframes.
  • Taught junior devs and backend developers the Angular, RxJS Observables, and Angular Material.

Software Engineer
Preclose
Charleston, SC
May 2016 – May 2018

  • Developed Preclose, a game-changing web and mobile app for realtor teams to improve their pre-closing customer experience.
  • Collaborated with stakeholders and clients to build new and iterate on existing features using Javascript and Angular.JS 1.3.
  • Conceptualized and implemented intuitive UX/UI in Angular.JS 1.3, Javascript, and employing the BEM naming convention.
  • Built reusable components and responsive UIs and in my spare time, learned React and made a side project in React 16, Typescript, Redux, and deployed it to Firebase. Later updated it with React Hooks when it was introduced in February 2019.
  • Implemented git version control using Bitbucket, adhering to best practices (feature-branch > pull request > review > merge)
  • Performed code reviews, quality assurance & testing, address issues as necessary.
  • Ensured continuous integration with third-party APIs.
  • Maintained and revised the public-facing website in collaboration with the marketing team and this startup’s CEO.

Full Service Freelance Digital Marketer
Charleston, SC
January 2009 – October 2015

  • Generated leads for and helped local small businesses with their online marketing, employing SEO techniques, PPC advertising, Email Marketing, Conversion Tracking, Analytics, Optimization, eCommerce, and Social Media Marketing.
  • Built, deployed, and maintained clients’ self-hosted responsive WordPress websites and branded emails.
  • Advocated for and helped clients’ gain brand identity for their online presence and advocated for their customers’ top-of-mind awareness.

Founder/Product Manager Shibonga
Charleston, SC
August 2011 – August 2012

  • Conceptualized, wire-framed, designed, developed, and deployed an iOS app in the games category.
  • Led a team of outsourced developers daily, ideating, rapid-prototyping, iterating, and executing goals.
  • Generated more than 10,000 downloads in less than 2 months using app marketing techniques.

Mortgage Banker/Loan Officer Orange County, CA
March 2004 – December 2008

MORTGAGE BANKER, HOME LOAN CENTER
LOAN OFFICER, NOVASTAR MORTGAGE
LOAN OFFICER, COUNTRYWIDE HOME LOANS
SR. LOAN OFFICER, HOME LOAN ADVISORS (TOP PRODUCER)
  • Interview applicants to obtain information for loan applications and answer questions about the process.
  • Analyze applicants’ financial status, credit, and property evaluations to determine feasibility of granting loans.
  • Inform customers about the various loans and credit options that are available, as well as the terms of those services.
  • Obtain and compile copies of borrowers’ credit histories, financial statements, and other financial information.
  • Approve loans within specified limits.
  • Stay abreast of new types of loans and other financial services and products to better meet customers’ needs.
  • Confer with underwriters to aid in resolving mortgage application issues.

Skills / Tools / Stuff I’ve learned and worked with

React, Kotlin, MySQL, GraphQL, Protobuf, gRPC, Typescript, Javascript, Android, Python, Go, AngularJS, RxJS, Redux, HTML5, CSS3, VSCode, IntelliJ, Git, SonarQube, ChakraUI, CSS Modules, SASS, Flexbox, Bootstrap, NPM, Yarn, JIRA, Anaconda, Flask, Postman, NodeJS, Maven, Heroku, Jest, Enzyme, RESTful APIs, Gulp, Webpack, Gradle, Socket, Robo3T, Postgres, pgAdmin, JSON, SQL, Docker, DataDog, Sentry, Codecov, LaunchDarkly, SendSafely, Engineering Design, Documentation, Unit Testing, Automated Testing, Figma, Swagger, Cross Team Collaboration, DRI, Lead Projects, Agile, Scrum, Notion, Consensus Building

Education

The Iron Yard Engineering Bootcamp
Charleston, SC
October 2015 – January 2016

FRONT-END ENGINEERING.

  • Dedicated over 1000 hours towards becoming a front end engineer with an interest in full stack development.
  • Built front-end/full-stack Javascript applications and Chrome extensions both individually and in teams.
  • Contributed to multiple cross-functional environments, successfully and collaboratively building full stack applications with back-end Java developers.
  • Deployed applications to Heroku.
  • Presented projects to class and the general public.
  • Utilized SCRUM, GitHub, AngularJS, Node.js, MongoDB, Ionic Framework among others.

DE LA SALLE UNIVERSITY

MARKETING MANAGEMENT

Notable Work/Side Projects/Proof of Work 😉

https://jetb.me/projects

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