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Rapidly contributed to core system development and platform initiatives shortly after joining.

Greenfield product on Google Cloud Platform (GCP): Firebase, Firestore (NoSQL), serverless Node.js/TypeScript, Angular. Architected and developed 0-1 industry-leading NFT revenue and royalty tracking system. Led a team of 4 engineers through feature design, development, and delivery. Collaborated closely with Product and executive leadership on direction and priority. Integrated multiple 3rd party blockchain APIs; designed RESTful APIs for NFT tracking and royalty rules. Developed volume-based subscription plans and universal Journal Entry back-end. Implemented Mardi Gras NFT: opensea.io/collection/showmeyourmardigras.

Designed and led expansion of Elasticsearch usage for homepage search and product display capabilities. Developed features across multiple microservices (Node.js) and React.js frontend. Mentored junior engineers and established team engineering standards.

Member of the Digital Platform Team, building and maintaining custom libraries that form the foundation of REI’s micro front-end architecture. Led organizing, planning, and prioritization for platform initiatives. Key contributor to Node.js SSR service (introduced PM2, HTTP/2, logging). Contributed to IT-wide micro front-end model (Java, Spring, Thymeleaf, Vue.js, Sass). Wrote auto-upgrade scripts for IT-wide micro front-ends (Groovy, AST library). Optimized rei.com web performance (Riot.js, Gulp, Vue.js, WebPageTest). Supported front-end community with deep troubleshooting and consulting.

Greenfield microservice architecture and UI for managing travel itineraries (Java/Kotlin, Node.js on AWS). Migrated monolithic web service to microservice architecture. Designed and Developed RESTful and GraphQL microservices in Java, Kotlin, and Node.js. Designed and developed Kafka producer client for GraphQL events. Integrated multiple legacy and modern internal systems. Led technical design sessions and mentored junior engineers. Designed and developed React.js web application for chatbot skills configuration.

Led development of numerous web services and user interfaces from inception to production. Designed and maintained service-oriented architecture with heavy integration to core banking systems. Contributed to Online Banking platform and key backend services (Microsoft stack + MS SQL Server).

Designed, developed, and maintained web applications and database solutions.