Work Experience

Information Technology Specialist 3

Aug 2024 - Present
New York State Education Department in Albany, NY
  • Provide programming support for NYSED's applications, developing and maintaining IT solutions and web applications using Java, SQL, JavaScript, HTML, and CSS.
  • Collaborate with Program Office and IT staff to document and implement business requirements, ensuring solutions align with department standards and best practices.
  • Identify and troubleshoot problems in applications, and implement solutions with unit and integration testing for code deployments, monitoring issues with Splunk and Jenkins, utilizing Jira and Confluence for work tracking and Git for version control.
  • Participate in ongoing traineeship to enhance skills in various programming disciplines while actively contributing to projects. troubleshooting and resolving database and application issues to maintain system integrity.
This is a supervisory role and I will eventually onboard and mentor software engineers as I ramp up on my own responsibilities as a mananger.

Frontend Engineer

Mar 2023 - Feb 2024
Littera Education in Albany, NY (Remote)
  • Created and updated components, pages, and tests for SaaS RESTful website apps using React, JavaScript/Typescript, Next.js, Node.js, React Testing Library, Jest, and Material-UI, ensuring responsive and accessible components.
  • Contributed to and maintained a custom UI component library used across multiple codebases, with documentation and tests for each component, which were previewed using Storybook.
  • Collaborated with backend, product, and design teams to translate Figma designs and backend API contracts into frontend actionable steps in Jira tickets with documentation linking to BE tickets and prototype designs in Figma.
  • Participated in the entire software development lifecycle, including design feedback, scoping, implementation, testing, and deployment of features and visual and functional bug fixes.
  • Analyzed and improved code quality and testing coverage (>90%) through peer reviews, SonarCloud reports, and unit testing components throughout UX flows based on Test Driven Development (TDD).

Software Engineer II

Mar 2023 - Feb 2024
Echobind in Boston, MA / Albany, NY (Remote)
  • Developed full stack web and mobile apps for a variety of industries following best practices using technologies and libraries including React, React Native, TypeScript, Nextjs, Prisma, Apollo, Tailwind CSS, and Graphql.
  • Maintained and updated sites using website builders such as Webflow, Makeswift, and Plasmic.
  • Collaborated with design and strategy teammates to ensure client needs were met with tools such as Figma, Illustrator, and Shortcut.
  • Provided thorough QA and E2E testing using testing libraries such as Jest and Cypress.
  • Wrote and provided peer reviews of technical and personal blog content for marketing.
Pair programming was always one of my favorite opportunities to learn and check understanding.

Software Development Intern

June 2020 - Aug 2020
athenaHealth in Boston, MA (Remote)
  • Replaced IAM scripts for updated infrastructure moving towards managing Okta hosted microservices through the use of Terraform, Jenkins, Docker, and AWS, engaging in CI/CD pipelines for development, testing, and deployment.
  • Developed documentation to show how our team understood and implemented Terraform for Okta resources.
  • Conducted Okta API testing using Postman collections

2020 Hack.Diversity Fellow

Nov 2019 - Aug 2020
Hack.Diversity in Boston, MA (Remote)
  • Selected as 1 of 75 candidates selected into 2020 Hack.Diversity Fellowship, a career leadership and workforce development program that integrates Boston’s innovation, corporate civic, academic, and philanthropic pillars to provide mentoring and support of under-represented populations in the technology industry.
  • Managed as Operations Team Lead for coordinating, developing, and building an application for the 2020 de.Hackathon.
Hack.Diversity gifted me with an incredible mentor (Vanessa Bruce) and connected me with athenaHealth for my first software engineering job.

Elementary Educator

Aug 2013 - June 2019
Boston Public Schools in Boston, MA (Remote)
  • Collaborated within and across grade level teams (2nd to 7th) to provide differentiated learning experiences using a variety of curriculum and technology resources with a focus on Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics (STEM).
  • Communicated regularly with staff and families through phone, email, educational apps, and newsletters to provide additional resources to support student learning.
  • Collaborated with school administrators, parents, and teachers in designing and implementing individualized education plans (IEPs) and differentiated learning experiences using a variety of resources including technology utilizing Google suite, Khan Academy, and Mobymax.com.
  • Researched and provided support for a variety of technology resources, such as Mobymax and Keyboarding without Tears, to support differentiated learning across subjects.
  • Analyzed data from formal and informal sources such as Illuminate, MCAS, and classroom observations.
As a middle school teacher, I ran a board game lunch. I also was a substitute teacher at various schools throughout the Boston Public School district, often covering maternity leaves and having a lot of fun doing interactive read alouds.