510-926-8161
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web: https://www.tabbykatz.com
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Portland, OR
- Seeking a dynamic team that fosters diversity in culture, experiences, and ideas.
- Driven by a passion for mentorship and a robust feedback culture, aiming to contribute to a healthy and supportive company environment.
- Owning and leading critical projects that put company and team first.
- Demonstrating strong initiative, responsibility, and readiness for higher-level challenges.
- Possessing curiosity, grit, and strong interpersonal skills alongside technical proficiency.
- Cultivating positive attitude, energy, and the ability to bring out the best in my team.
- Embracing new challenges and always eager to explore and learn new technologies.
- Proficient: git, Bash, C, Python, JavaScript, SQL, HTML, Ruby, Rails, React, PostgreSQL, CS, gRPC, all relevant testing frameworks
- Current focus: System Design
- Curious: Kotlin
- Familiar: Docker, Flask, NGINX, Puppet, Next.js, Datadog, SumoLogic, FullStory, LaunchDarkly
- Not afraid of: Learning new languages or technologies
Upstart is an innovative Fintech company utilizing machine learning to enable effortless credit decisions based on true risk. As a part of a talented backend engineering team, I contribute to building and leveraging Ruby on Rails and Python technologies to support instant credit decision-making through machine learning.
Software Engineer 2
- Platformizing Verifications for myriad products, navigating challenges and coordinating with cross-functional teams.
- Contributing to critical security and compliance projects.
- Designing improvements for credit decisioning, improving system reliability and confidence in rule updates for instant approval decisions.
- Collaborating to break up a Rails monolith, define our domains, and build gRPC APIs.
- Assisting other products with seamless integration into our services.
- Identifying and resolving critical blockers and technical challenges with a direct impact on company metrics.
Software Engineer 1
- Implemented third-party vendor integration for instant approval and fraud prevention.
- Conducted experiments to optimize verifications, enhancing efficiency.
- Identified and resolved flaws in rule sets, improving system accuracy.
- Developed Python testing suite for microservice consistency.
Software Engineer (Intern)
- Developed and maintained full-stack internal fraud monitoring tools, ensuring swift response and bolstering security.
- Collaborated with stakeholders on database schema, permissions, Redis caching, and UI enhancements.
- Implemented data exposure strategies for machine learning via version logging.
Six-months full-time immersive full-stack development education. Capstone: Game Night, An app for board game enthusiasts who attend in-person gaming meetups.
- Full-stack app built with PostgreSQL, Express, Node.js, and React, Auth0.
- Leverages external API to solve domain-specific problems in planning, hosting, and attending tabletop events.
Other notable activities:
- Reinforced foundational web application knowledge by building multiple full-stack apps.
- Led our 12-person cohort in agile meetings and pairing sessions.
- Presented code examples and tutorial solutions.
Year-long intensive education in full-stack software engineering. My capstone project, https://www.tabbykatz.com, is built with Next.js and React and continuously deployed with Vercel. My blog is written in Markdown and published from the command line.
Other notable activities:
- Re-implemented the C standard library and built a terminal shell in C using those custom library functions to develop thorough fundamental knowledge of the language.
- Created a full stack Linux/Apache/MySQL/Python AirBnB clone.
- Configured and managed servers & primary/replica databases in AWS via SSH & the console, including SSL certs for NGINX, Puppet config, Datadog management, load balancing.