📄 Resume

Technical Skills

Growth & Product:: Zero-to-one product builder, A/B experimentation, conversion optimization
Languages & Tools:: TypeScript, JavaScript, Node.js, React, GraphQL, REST, Redux, Relay, Git, Bash
Platform:: Large-scale migrations, build systems, type systems, performance optimization

Sep 2016 – Present

Feb 2023 – Present

•Led migration of Pinterest's 3.7M-line web codebase from Flow to TypeScript in 8 months with one other engineer; co-authored Pinterest Engineering blog post documenting the approach
•Achieved 10× faster type checking by driving adoption of pre-release TypeScript Native, improving developer velocity across 500+ engineers
•Drove GraphQL launch on Pinterest's highest-traffic page, designing an adapter pattern enabling A/B experimentation between REST and GraphQL data layers
•Served as internal TypeScript expert, conducting 10+ workshops and mentoring engineers through the transition

Jun 2020 – Jan 2023

•Led 2-year effort to unify mobile and desktop web into a single responsive application, using A/B experimentation to safely migrate 100% of traffic while reducing maintenance costs by 50%
•Re-architected the signup upsell experience for unauthenticated users, optimizing how and when prompts were shown to improve conversion through A/B experimentation
•Rewrote Pinterest homepage rendering architecture, improving page performance and user conversion

Jan 2019 – May 2020

•Rebuilt internal web performance profiler with improved architecture, enabling diagnosis of performance regressions impacting user-facing metrics across production traffic

Sep 2016 – Dec 2018

•Built user-facing product features including Pin sorting, board management, and Pin saving workflows that directly impacted engagement and retention
•Migrated search product from Backbone to React; built Pincode feature enabling users to generate and share scannable codes for boards and profiles

Feb 2014 – Sep 2016

•First engineer hired; built entire product from zero to one, including a real-time web application with integrated chat, backend services, and iOS app
•Designed integrations with enterprise platforms (Slack, Office 365, Dropbox, Google Drive, Okta)

2026

•Built and launched a Japanese language learning web application in one week, leveraging AI-assisted development tools to rapidly prototype and ship a consumer product from concept to production

Web Developer, Chictopia (Aug 2012 – Jan 2014) • Web Developer, LetsTalk (Jun 2006 – Aug 2012)

M.S. Computer Science, UCLA

B.S. Electrical Engineering & Computer Science, UC Berkeley (Eta Kappa Nu Honor Society)