Hi, I'm Austin! I'm a software engineer currently focused on bridging the gap between tech and finance.
I recently graduated from Carnegie Mellon University where I taught computer science, acted in theater, played sports, and led a cultural club! I'm passionate about full stack development and using software to impact the world around me.
Architected and implemented a full stack React/Kotlin onboarding experience for self-delivery merchants, resulting in an 86% relative increase in conversion rate and a 14x reduction in downtime
Led cross-functional collaboration across 7 teams to gather requirements, resolve issues, and drive project to completion
ReactTypeScriptHTML/CSS/JSReduxKotlinPostgreSQL
Software Developer Intern
Pluralsight | Remote
May 2020 - Aug 2020
Pair and mob programmed on the full stack Channels/RoleIQ team
Designed and developed an Express middleware security package distributed to 60 engineering teams to prevent cross-site scripting attacks on all Pluralsight webpages
Interviewed external stakeholders to discover use cases and refine product designs
Teaching Assistant (Principles of Imperative Computation)
CMU School of Computer Science | Pittsburgh, PA
August 2019 - May 2022
Taught data structures, algorithms, and C language concepts to 500 students each semester
Led weekly labs & recitations, participate in grading sessions, and hold office hours
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Data & Machine Learning Research Assistant
MultiComp Lab - Language Technologies Institute | Pittsburgh, PA
May 2019 - May 2020
Explored web data crawling mechanisms to compile three multimodal datasets
Built deep learning convolutional neural networks with PyTorch to detect multimodal patterns
PythonPyTorch
Technology Intern
Adagio Digital Guitar School | Remote
May 2019 - Oct 2019
Led initial design and development of Adagio’s website and features to reach minimum viable product for customers and investors
Analyzed competition and guitar market to help determine essential qualities of Adagio’s digital guitar learning experience and prioritize website features