Technologies
In preference to merely listing acronyms without any further detail, I'd like to provide the following timeline to also impart the duration, intensity*, and even "rustiness" (for those no longer in practice) of my skills:
 2003...
 2007
 2008
 2009
 2010
 2011
 2012
 2013
 2014
 2015
 2016
 2017
 2018
 2019
 2020
 2021
 2022
 2023
 2024
 
 *nix
 Linux
 
 Perl
 
 Perl
 
 Apache
 Nginx
 Apache
 Nginx
 Express
 Sails.js
 
 PHP
 PHP
 PHP
 Laravel
 
 MySQL
 Postgres
 
 (X|D)HTML/XML                  ...                 HTML5                      (Responsive Design)
 
 JavaScript, AJAX
 jQuery
 Angular
 ReactJS
 ReactJS
 
 Node.js
 
 Node.js
 Node.js
 
 CSS
 CSS3
 SCSS
 SCSS
 
 Subversion
 Perforce
 Git + GitHub
*Intensity:
 low 
 medium-low 
 medium 
 medium-high 
 high 
Professional Experience
2021-2024
BookNook
San Francisco (Fully Remote)
Sr. Software Engineer
  • Expanded & improved Node+React app for online tutoring
  • Built several systems in the arena of testing, deployment, and task automation
  • Created various tools to empower engineers to control aforementioned systems
  • Authored clear & concise technical documentation with "How to" steps, FAQ, etc
  • Reduced test-running time by 99% via parallelization and data fixtures
  • Performed peer reviews, mentored junior devs
  • Led all things git (developed branching model & associated ruleset, performed complex operations, helped fix nightmares)
  • Node, React, Postgres, CircleCI, Heroku, AWS (CloudFront, S3), GitHub, Shell script, Golang
2018-2020
Econify
New York, NY
Sr. Software Engineer
  • Contracted on-site at CNBC HQ (and remotely)
  • Worked on the CNBC.com website
  • Built websites for DealOrNoDeal, Acorns, CNBC Select
  • Worked closely with PMs and Designers to ensure high-quality UX
  • Wrote tests, performed peer reviews, mentored juniors
  • Node, Express, Webpack, ReactJS, SCSS/CSS3, GraphQL, Apollo
2017
iVolunteer.com.ph
Manila, Philippines
Volunteer Software Engineer
  • Created Vagrant image & bash script yielding a ready-to-go localenv including https
  • Standardized git branching process and release process
  • Performed code reviews, mentored juniors, helped with best practices/standards
  • Laravel 4, PHP 5.6, MySQL, Nginx, GitLab, Digital Ocean
2015 - 2017
Schoology, Inc
New York, NY
Software Engineer
  • Despite newness to company, quickly became influential member of Laravel app core team
  • Successfully campaigned for improved standards and abstraction, reducing bloat & boilerplate in controllers and models
  • Readily idenitifed common anti-patterns, steadily gaining support of more senior devs in modifying and augmenting our official policies
  • Full stack work, often gluing together myriad disparate technologies
  • Built custom workflows and augmented in-house Amazon Simple Workflow layer
  • Laravel 5.2, Drupal 6, ReactJS, Flux, Angular, Learnosity API
  • PHP 5.4, MySQL, Nginx, Redis, SCSS, Node, Gulp
  • CentOS, AWS, Vagrant, Docker, Bamboo CI, Sumo Logic
2015
YouNoodle, Inc
San Francisco, CA
Senior Web Software Engineer
  • Created VM setup automation via Vagrant + VirtualBox + bash scripts
  • PHP 5.6, Laravel 4, MySQL, Nginx, Redis, HTML5, CSS3, SCSS, Gulp
  • NodeJS, AngularJS, ECMAScript 6, PhantomJS + CasperJS
  • Ubuntu, AWS, CircleCI, GitHub
2013 — 2014
TubeMogul, Inc
Emeryville, CA
PHP Web Engineer
  • Led transition to new company website: www.tubemogul.com
  • Merged two entirely separate apps into one domain via mod_rewrite kung-fu
  • Created Setup/Transition documentation and automation for [~12] other developers
  • Environment: Ubuntu, PHP 5.3, MySQL, Apache, git, jQuery, Kohana, JIRA/GreenHopper
2011 — 2013
Greystripe / ValueClick, Inc
San Francisco, CA
Web Software Engineer
  • Supported and augmented heavily-modified PHP-based OpenX Ad Server system
  • Complex delivery code served thousands of requests per second; one of two engineers responsible for this. Execution measured in microseconds.
  • Worked with PMs to constantly build & deliver new inventory/filtering/reporting features
  • Following buyout, entire ad server system was migrated from OpenX to ValueClick's
  • Environment (2011-2012): Nginx, PHP 5.2, MySQL, Membase, Perforce, ant, maven.
  • Environment (2013): RHEL, Apache, Perl, C, MySQL, Oracle, Perforce, ScrumWorks.
Aug 2011 & Aug 2012
JDUNK, LLC
San Francisco, CA
Creator, Publisher
  • Built the only Android app for Burning Man in 2011 and 2012
  • 100% offline functional (this presented development challenges, eg no Google Maps)
  • GPS-enabled map (OSM API, tile generators, projection conversions)
  • Environment: Eclipse, PhoneGap/Cordova, OpenStreetMap, jQuery Mobile
2009 — 2011
Private eHealth Startup
Irvine, CA
Web Applications Architect
  • Architected application core used by 5 other engineers
  • Implemented custom ORM and db migration process, greatly improving dev time
  • Built deployment process and engineered releases
  • Took ownership of large suite of screen-scraping scripts (say that 10 times fast!)
  • Environment: Ubuntu, CentOS, EC2, PHP 5.3, MySQL, Apache, jQuery
2005 — 2008
EZ Publishing, Inc
Sacramento, CA
Web Applications Developer
  • Designed and created custom web application solutions for clients
  • Consulted with web designers / clients to arrive at best solution given project parameters (budget, scope, technical limitations, etc)
  • Worked with team of developers and clients throughout SDLC
  • Environment: Linux, PHP 4+5, MySQL, Apache, SVN, Prototype
2000 — 2005
Bank of America
Rancho Cordova, CA
Data/Reporting Engineer
  • Wrote MS Excel and Access VBA scripts to automate the retrieval and updating of data from scores of sources, meticulously merge it all, and ultimately generate exhaustive reports detailing various aspects of employee performance
  • Pro-actively replaced many inefficient data-storing systems with faster, more flexible and centralized variations
Hobbies
Running, swimming, travel, puzzles, karaoke, and playing music (piano, guitar, drums)
Formal Education
California State University, Sacramento
Sacramento, CA
  • Major: Computer Science – 70 semester units completed