(CrowdFlower : 8/15-10/15)
In late August 2015, given previous successes in the year, I was tapped to lead the engineering team for delvering a visual identiy refresh (in conjunction with conference-ready AI deliverable) by early October.
Week 1
- took Bootstrap 3/Flat UI/custom styling from Designer and created a static page as ‘gold standard’ for other engineers to reference
- identified priority routes on which the new design would need to be rolled out
Week 2
- created a new layout for and and began rolling out new design on the Rails app
- drafted a plan for updating the Merb app seamlessly
- began to onboard other engineers
Weeks 3-5
- prototyped and tested the idea for asset precompiling in the Rails app and replacing the base assets of the Merb app
- continued polishing
- guided other engineers on implementation
- continued polishing
Week 6
- coordinated bug-free deploy in conjunction with Marketing (who was working for similarly refreshing the third-party-hosted home page)
Results
- Organized work of four engineers (two local incl. CTO, two remote) as Tech Lead while planning (and tracking against) engineering sprints and deliverables over two months.