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Fullstack Software Engineer

Sharpening my craft with Typescript and Tennis.

About

My life journey has always been guided by my passions, leading me down an unconventional path before finding my place in engineering. After an academic pursuit in Organizational Psychology at UC Berkeley, I reconnected with my childhood sport and forged an unexpected career as the Director of Tennis at a prestigious Bay Area club. This experience coupled with a desire to develop a tech-driven racquet stringing service called Striingr, sparked my interest in coding and ultimately landed me in the software engineering space. My professional experience spans various sectors, including tennis, digital marketing, prop-tech, and now, fin-tech. While working in tech and collaborating with fellow engineers has been rewarding and educational, nothing compares to the unique challenge that entrepreneurship provides, which is why I one day aspire to revamp Striingr or, possibly, embark on a new innovative project. When I'm not tinkering around on the computer, I enjoy a variety of hobbies. I spend an ample amount of time on the tennis court and occasionally indulge in a casual game of pickleball. Sometimes I play videogames, although my competitive edge has waned over the last few years. I love talking about cars and dream of owning an exotic someday. I travel when I can and love experiencing different cultures of the world. And although I currently reside in Texas, I’ll always be a California boy at heart.

Experience

PayPal

Software Engineer II

June 2024 - Present

  • Javascript
  • Typescript
  • React

Divvy Homes

Software Engineer II

Software Engineer I

April 2022 - November 2023

I developed features encompassing the entire tech stack, including creating tools for generating company offers on homes, overhauling the UI of all our internal tools, and optimizing both new and existing business processes to enhance operator efficiency.

  • Javascript
  • Typescript
  • React
  • Next.JS
  • GraphQL
  • Node.JS
  • Postgres

Vericast

Software Engineer I

July 2021 - March 2023

Maintained our component library used for building internal tools to manage the company's advertising campaigns. Additionally, I developed backend logic and APIs for our team's microservice, which served data related to clients' advertising campaigns.

  • Javascript
  • React
  • Redux
  • Postgres
  • Java
  • Thrift
  • Spring

Galvanize

Resident Mentor

April 2021 - July 2021

Mentored student engineers through a project-based program and also worked with staff to enhance and iterate on the existing curriculum.

  • Javascript
  • React
  • Node.JS

The Bay Club Company

Tennis Director

Tennis Professional

April 2016 - July 2021

Taught and organized tennis programs for both youth and adults as well as hiring and training any staff needed for those programs. Responsible for short and long-term fiscal goals for our department, which was over $300k annually.

  • Wilson US Opens
  • Yonex Ezone Tour
  • ALU Power
  • USTA

Striingr

Co-Founder

January 2019 - January 2020

A web app built to connect local stringers with tennis players. Our company set out to revolutionize an age-old process by modernizing the means of transactions while also delivering a product right to the customer's door. It offered convenience for our customers, increased accessibility and visibility for stringers, and most importantly it helped educate our tennis community on niche stringing knowledge.

  • Bay Area Tennis
  • B2C
  • Delivery
  • React
  • Stripe

Education

Hack Reactor, Galvanize

Software Engineering

2021

Gabriel Gutierrez
Gabriel Gutierrez