Experience

Senior Software Engineer, The New York Times, Oct 2018 - present

• Tech lead a rebuild of NYT Games landing page, gather consensus on technical stack, and roadmap milestones
• Engineer web application & private CMS UIs with APIs resolving internal data stores and GraphQL backends on 0-to-1 NYT Parenting product
• Mentor, coach, and goal set with interns, associate engineers, and mentee
• Contribute web scrapers to Pulitzer Prize winning NYT Covid tracking project
• Accelerate time to production with CI pipelines that empower engineers to ship code multiple times per day
• Implement A/B tests, including an introducing a registration wall to the Mini Crossword
• Collaborate across platforms to debug and fix a web view entitlement bug in the iOS & Android NYT apps
• Conduct tech interviews/screenings and onboard software engineers

Lead Instructor, University of Washington, Mar 2021 - present

• Instruct self-paced course in Professional & Continuing Education’s Certificate in Frontend Development
• Facilitate office hours, grade assignments, and respond to emails on topics of JavaScript and Advanced CSS
• Advise and guide career changers, adult learners, and other nontraditional students

Software Engineer, The Seattle Times, Aug 2016 - Oct 2018

• Lead front-end development for a single-page application newsroom planning tool 
• Engineer a dashboard for seattletimes.com admins to manage creation and display of reader-facing messages
• Research, document, and build a paywall including dynamic metering that helps to increase subscription rates
• Support reader-facing web app and newsroom-facing CMS in partnership with product and design functions
• Identify and implement performance improvements to reduce first meaningful paint from 3s to less than 2s
• Evangelize and develop company-wide UI pattern library
• Perform code reviews and encourage team-wide engineering best practices and documentation
• Participate and advocate for team and individual processes during Scrum ceremonies

Front End Developer, University of Washington, July 2015 - Aug 2016

• Launch a fresh hr.uw.edu and WordPress-powered CMS
• Collaborate with lead designer to ensure UIs follow UW’s design guidelines
• Liaise as lead development expert to project teams and stakeholders
• Organize and present at UW’s Front-end Community of Practice
• Ensure internal and external web applications adhere to WCAG AA and AAA conformity

Producer & Web Developer, Nebraska's NPR, Aug 2012 - Jul 2015

• Design and develop interactive web experiences
• Re-design website and custom WordPress development
• Automate workflow for management of 4TB+ of imagery
• Manage a team of 4-6 student interns and production assistants
• Present project mission and work to general public and expert audiences

Projectionist, Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center, Sep 2009 - Jul 2012

• Screened 35mm, 16mm and various digital format films
• Operated large projectors and monitored film and digital equipment
• Assisted in transition to full-digital cinema theatre

Education

Bachelor of Arts / University of Nebraska – Lincoln, 2012

Majors: Environmental Studies & Film Studies; Minor: Mathematics

Additional Areas of Study: Computer Science (2 yrs) & Journalism (2 yrs)