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Toast, Inc.Software Engineer
Nov. 2020 - Aug. 2025United StatesAI-Powered Personalization: Implemented frontend integration of a Large Language Model (LLM) to generate customizable marketing flyer text for online ordering. Collaborated with AI/ML and backend teams to design prompt flows, handle API responses, and deliver a user-friendly customization interface in React.
Led Feature Development: Drove end-to-end feature development, overseeing the full project lifecycle from design and planning to deployment and post-launch monitoring. Utilized React or React Native, Node, and Kotlin to deliver features such as an admin onboarding wizards, enhanced order tracking, time-based ordering, and in-app promotional features, driving Annual Recurring Revenue (ARR) from $0 to millions of dollars within a year.
Experimentation & A/B Testing: Shipped dozens of A/B-tested features using experimentation platforms, collaborating with analytics teams to design tests, analyze results, and iterate based on data. Drove product decisions that increased customer satisfaction and Average Order Value.
Performance Monitoring & Observability: Proactively monitored production health, user experience metrics, and application performance using Datadog and Sentry. Used data-driven insights to identify and resolve performance bottlenecks, consistently driving improvements based on key metrics. Maintained 95%+ automated test coverage and enforced React and TypeScript best practices.
Backend for Frontend Architecture: Developed Node.js/Express APIs to support frontend applications, creating efficient data layers between React applications and backend services.
Design Collaboration & UX Focus: Partnered closely with designers to create beautiful, user-focused interfaces. Translated Figma designs into pixel-perfect React components with strong attention to accessibility, performance, and visual polish.
Mentorship: Conducted engineering interviews and mentored new hires to accelerate onboarding and team growth
MachineMetricsSoftware Engineer
Feb. 2019 - Nov. 2020Developed UI Features for Global Users: Built and enhanced React-based UI features for a multi-national customer base of 100,000+ users
Built Design System: Collaborated with Lead Designer to create a modular, reusable UI component design system in Storybook, following atomic design principles to ensure consistency and scalability.
Test-Driven Development: Strengthened application reliability by writing unit and integration tests with Jest and Enzyme, proactively identifying and resolving issues.
Green RiverSoftware Engineer Intern
Sep. 2018 - Jan. 2019Full-Stack Development: Improved reporting features using Ruby on Rails and JavaScript, enhancing data accessibility for clients.
Automated Testing & Code Quality: Improved automated test coverage with RSpec and Minitest, reaching 100% coverage on some projects to ensure reliability.
CGIBusiness Systems Analyst
May. 2016 - Sep. 2017Arlington, VA
Sila Solutions GroupBusiness Analyst
May. 2013 - May. 2016Washington D.C. Metro Area
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