Resume

🎓 Education

Washington University in St. Louis

Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts
B.F.A. in Communication Design, 2014
Second Major in Anthropology

Santa Reparata International School of Art

Study Abroad • Spring 2012 • Florence, Italy

💼 Job History

Kusari • Senior Software Engineer

2025 - present • Remote

Ledger Works • Senior Software Engineer

2022 - 2025 • Remote

As a full-stack engineer and designer at a small startup, I contributed to the development of a risk-ops-as-a-service platform focused on multi-chain risk management, financial modeling, and real-time monitoring.

• Designed multiple web applications, marketing site, and branding materials.
• Frontend development in React, Remix, and NextJS.
• API development using Node and AWS Lambda.
• Managed a PostgreSQL Timescale database.
• Managed and deployed AWS and Google cloud infrastructure.
• Monitored applications with Grafana and Cloudwatch alarms.
• Developed automated deployment pipelines using Github Actions.
• Collaborated within an agile development team.
• Deployed to production multiple times a day.

Worldwide Technology • Frontend Engineer

2021 - 2022 • St. Louis, MO

• Developed a React web application with a Ruby on Rails backend.
• Co-led an accessibility initiative. Created accessibility cheatsheets and researched effective accessibility testing processes for React web and React Native applications.
• Developed Figma plugins to support the design team’s processes.
• Implemented a design system token library.
• Ensured design system consistency across multiple applications for various platforms, including React Web, React Native, Tailwind, Android, and iOS.

Worldwide Technology • UX Consultant

2019 - 2021 • St. Louis, MO

• Worldwide Technology acquired Asynchrony Labs, and my job title changed to reflect my breadth of skill in design, research, and frontend.
• Collaborated with agile development teams to manage a design system for a suite of applications across platforms.
• Led design efforts for a product used on iPhone, iPad, and web, coordinating across multiple teams to ensure cohesive user experiences.
• Engineered frontend solutions for various responsive React web applications as part of agile teams using test-driven development.

Asynchrony Labs • UX Designer

2014 - 2019 • St. Louis, MO

• Designed mobile applications for iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch.
• Conducted usability assessments and user experience evaluations for mobile applications.
• Engineered frontend solutions for various responsive web applications as part of agile teams in Ember, Angular, and React.
• Designed t-shirts, posters, and presentations.

Bebop • UX Design Intern

2014 • San Francisco, CA

Shadowed the User Experience Designer at a startup. Assisted in developing preliminary interface design concepts and color schemes for a suite of iPhone applications.

Student Involvement & Leadership • Graphic Designer

2013 – 2014 • St. Louis, MO

Designed promotional materials for various Washington University programs. Established a new brand identity, developed brand guidelines, and created templates for diverse marketing materials.

LDi • Graphic Design Intern

2013 • Tianjin, China

Collaborated with a marketing team at a leadership development consulting firm. Developed marketing materials for international schools, assisted the marketing director with supplemental projects, and managed the design of an international prayer calendar.

⚔️ Skills

Design Programs

• Figma
• Adobe Creative Suite
• Sketch
• Webflow

Programming Languages & Frameworks

• Proficient
  • React
  • Typescript
  • Javascript
  • HTML
  • CSS
  • Sass
  • Tailwind CSS
  • Remix
  • Node
  • Git
  • Terraform
  • SQL (Postgres)
  • Timescale DB
  • React Native
• Know enough to be dangerous
  • Python
  • NextJS
  • Vue
  • Svelte
  • Ember
  • Angular
  • Ruby on Rails
  • Kafka Streams

DevOps

• Github Actions and Workflows
• Netlify

Observability

• Grafana
• AWS CloudWatch
• Pingdom
• Mixpanel
• Google Analytics

Cloud & Microservices

• AWS
  • Lambda
  • API Gateway
  • ECS with Fargate
  • DynamoDB
  • CloudWatch
  • CloudFront
  • S3
  • SQS Queues
  • SSM Parameters
  • Cognito
  • IAM Auth
  • EC2 Load Balancers
  • RDS
• Google Cloud
  • Cloud Storage
  • Cloud Run Jobs
  • Cloud Scheduler
• Netlify Functions

Other

• Agile development
• Kanban (Jira, Trello, Github Projects)
• Accessibility
  • Co-led accessibility initiatives at WWT, creating cheat sheets, training materials, and conducting research on automated accessibility testing.
• Hobbies: Sewing, Drawing, Painting, Ceramics, Woodworking, Archery, Historical European Martial Arts, Charcuterie Boards