(Shop It To Me : 6/10-7/12)
Results
- Iterating with Product to scope, implement (Rails w/MySQL,) and A/B-test pixel-perfect sign-up/refer-a-friend/search/browse/opt-out/profile experiences
- Drove conversions in the form of signups, virality, and clicks for not only our flagship web and email products (used by 4M+ users) but also eight new product launches
- Architected company’s newest Ember.js-based product
- Quickly integrated into a small, fast-moving, startup engineering team
- Became proficient in all things Rails
- Ensuring quality through the use of code reviews, TDD, unit, functional, integration, and regression tests under continuous integration, testing plans, and mentoring/pairing to deliver functionality, fix bugs, refactor legacy code, and transfer knowledge
- Have assumed lead (primarily frontend) responsibilities while reporting directly to CTO
- Established F2E guidelines and best practices
- Architected the company’s newest product, an Ember.js-based Single Page Application
- Leveraged Facebook, Twitter, and Pinterest APIs to increase our social reach (including the use of Facebook Connect and the Like Button during signup and tell-a-friend experiences)
- Prototyped iPhone app for user to navigate item stream during in-house Hackathon
- Contributed improvements to our Nokogiri-based data-harvesting framework.
