Intro
I'm an MIT-trained software engineer and aspiring product manager with experience in data science, software engineering, and product development across four countries.
Currently, I am the sole maintainer of Tab Snooze, a Chrome extension with 3,000 active users and a 4.8-star rating.
Most recently, I shipped enterprise features for security analysts including role-based access control workflows, cross-client usability, and export pipelines (TruU.ai). Previously, I took a blank-slate dashboard from loose requirements to delivery (SkillLab), automated and improved simulations for hotel bookings (FLYR), independently led a research project on AI deception (MATS), and built a streaming pipeline that surfaced data monitoring gaps in site reliability (Tableau).
I value deep understanding, intentionality and quality, proactive problem-solving, and emotional intelligence. These values lead me to write legible code, provide detailed documentation of my work, be a proactive and direct communicator, ask important questions, and invest in my growth during the process.
Intentionality & Quality
As someone who values code quality, I've initiated conversations about improving git practices and provided thorough code reviews colleagues appreciate. At both SkillLab and FLYR, I wrote detailed documentation and onboarded the next person before I left because I believe good work includes a smooth handoff. While I recognize the futility of perfectionism in a fast-paced software engineering environment, I appreciate intentional and agreed-upon trade-offs for technical debt and good code quality.
Deep Understanding
My former manager at Tableau once told me that my questions helped him understand the purpose of his own team. My curiosity and inclination towards understanding helps ensure that teams are solving the right problem.
Proactive Problem-Solving
I took ownership of de-duplicating and centralizing authentication code because duplicate authentication logic makes core infrastructure fragile and difficult to maintain. A lot of the problems I catch came from trying to understand something. I believe in surfacing problems early because an ounce of prevention is worth more than a pound of cure.
Emotional Intelligence
I've helped facilitate a consensus on a contentious and long-standing disagreement on COVID policies in my house by listening to each person's needs and finding common ground. I've invested significant time and attention in growing my emotional intelligence and maturity — whether through the MIT Gordon Engineering Leadership Program, running and contributing to meetings in houses and clubs, exposing myself to many cultures interning in 3 foreign countries after graduating, and more. I still see growing this dimension as a work in progress. At one job, I pushed hard for Friday lunch and learns because I genuinely believed the team would benefit, and I'm still calibrating when it makes sense to advocate and how to do it with more intentionality.
