Architected and developed configurable feed query that improved transparency of article placement and enabled iteration of experiments to further improve the feed experience.
Refactored existing authentication/authorization towards consistent auth policies through incremental refactors and deploys to existing systems.
Lead the architectural design to normalize the user facing methods for embedding rich content into DEV.to and other Forem-powered communities.
Introduced inline documentation practices to encourage lower level documentation for an open source code base.
Reduced redundant code which eased cognitive load and often lowered computational cycles.
Shared knowledge and philosophy of decisions via public and internal company blogs.
Developed monthly report generator for Product department to help form progress narrative.
Served on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion committee with focus on improving hiring, development, retention, and advancement of diverse candidates and employees.
Technical product manager for an Andrew W. Mellon Foundation grant to improve the accessibility and discoverability of cultural heritage objects stewarded by the Snite Museum of Art and the Hesburgh Libraries (marble.nd.edu); As one of three core project team members, responsible for sharing information throughout organizational hierarchies, coordinating and securing project resources, supporting project direction, and delegating decision making to appropriate experts.
Introduced and iterated on new hiring processes now piloted or adopted by multiple other organizations.
Managed 4 application developers through mentoring, coaching, documentation, code reviews, and paired programming sessions.
Lead cross-institutional development of intsitutional repository (curate.nd.edu)
Architected, lead development, maintenance, and enhancements for task-oriented collaborative mediated workflow (github.com/ndlib/sipity)
Adopted and advocated for use of static code analysis, code coverage, inclusive language in technology, and reporting up and out to larger communities.