Work Experience
American Express
Software Engineer III
August 2021 - Now
Working within the LoungeBuddy organization within the American Express company to take our startup up and off the ground. I am deeply involved in every aspect of the development process, working as a full-stack developer.
Primary Responsibilities
- Leveraged latest best practices for both front-end and backend facing technologies through the development of an updated promo code tool
- Streamlined the customer support process by creating a system to create, schedule, and manage promo codes as well as support tracking of their metrics
- Developed a a set of reusable components based on the LoungeBuddy design system for reuse across all LoungeBuddy web properties, accelerating time-to-market period for supported features in the future
- Ramped up on the LoungeBuddy interview process by learning to conduct both front-end and backend-oriented engineering interviews
T-Mobile
Product & Technology Intern
May 2021 - August 2021
Worked with the Digital Team at T-Mobile to streamline internal processes in a fully remote internship.
Internship Experience
- Provided direction and guidance for process improvement and account for governance policies that represent the department to various customers and stakeholders
- Consulted with cross-functional teams to detail insights that drive strategic initiatives and projects that outline corporate prioritization with actionable plans
- Documented business operations requirements, utilizing best practices and communicating updates and tracking progress of efforts
- Ensured business continuity efforts are maintained and evolve as capabilities improve and become more robust
Nelnet
Software Engineer Intern
June 2020 - May 2021
Participated in a fully remote internship in a primary role as a Front-End Developer on Nelnet's Campus Key team.
Things I've Done
- Redeveloped the front-end for the Cardholder Portal application using React.js
- Leveraged Material-UI for faster and easier web development
- Developed dynamically scalable iOS applications with Swift, UIKit, and the serverless framework
- Designed and developed rich, interactive user experiences utilizing the power of UIKit
Hoffman Strategy Group
Software Engineer & Product Manager
November 2019 - September 2020
Inherited the pre-existing Hoffman Analytics senior design project from a team of students at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and worked to lead the redevelopment of an online commercial real estate feasibility analytics and client report generation system.
System Capabilities
- Quickly organize data by project to upload and download files with ease
- Directly integrate with a variety of Amazon Web Services to store files, authenticate users, and create and store project information
- Search, filter, and compare projects to painlessly track down similar markets
- Easily upload and download files to a variety of projects with bulk capabilities
Raven Industries
Software Engineer Intern
May 2019 - August 2019
Developed and maintained a report generation tool that streamlined internal processes and consolidated large batches of data into one place.
System Capabilities
- Easily export database information onto a formatted PDF
- Filter through 2,000 database entries quickly and easily based on their defined relationships between one another
- Query a unit's corresponding data at the touch of a button to be displayed in a sensical, easy-to-understand user interface
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Teaching Assistant
January 2019 - May 2020
Aided Dr. Bohn in the planning and execution of his CSCE 361 (Software Engineering) course while also grading student assignments and holding weekly office hours.
Responsibilities
- Managed three student software teams as they tackled a semester-long development project
- Authored concise tutorials for the use of the JavaFX Scene Builder in conjunction with IntelliJ IDEA
- Drove several changes to the contents of the midterm exam(s) after peer-review
Re-Logic Games
Quality Assurance Game Tester
January 2011 - June 2015
Evaluated beta versions of the hit indie game Terraria for bugs and gameplay issues prior to shipping out major community updates.
Fun Facts
- As of April 2020, Terraria has sold 30 million copies worldwide
- At the time of my recruitment, I was only 12 years old, making me the youngest quality assurance tester on the team by a mile
- Terraria was never projected to become as large as it did
- My experience with Re-Logic games was what fueled my initial interest in software development