Wolfjaw Studios
Software Engineering
In my role as a software engineer at Wolfjaw Studios, I work on the design and implementation of backend multiplayer services and game development SDKs.
Experience
I took an indirect path to the field of tech. Transfer of learning is key: while developing software, I consciously draw upon skills of collaboration, communication, and time management that I honed elsewhere. Here's a deeper dive, in case you're curious.
Professional & Technical Experience
Umbra Co-Creator and Software Engineer
Independent Development
Collaborated with three other developers on the creation, design, and implementation of Umbra, an open-source, real time collaborative code execution platform with support for multiple programming languages.
Leveraged conflict-free replicated data type (CRDT) frameworks in creating a backend collaboration service to handle conflict resolution in collaborative text editing.
Acheived low-latency state synchronization for real-time collaboration via WebSocket.
Designed a user-friendly React/TypeScript UI that translates user actions into CRDT data for use by our collaboration microservice.
Architected a RESTful API for the application's code library feature, using PostgreSQL and AWS RDS.
Extensively researched the security concerns involved in executing arbitrary user code, and integrated with Piston, an open-source, dedicated code execution engine, for secure code evaluation.
Containerized application code with Docker and established an automated pipeline with GitHub Actions, reducing a ~20 step deployment process to a single task.
Authored the Umbra case study, available at umbra-collab.net.
Art of Problem Solving: Math and Computer Science Grader
Online School Staff
Provided individualized written feedback on students' mathematical proofs as part of a rigorous online curriculum, with topics including algebra, number theory, combinatorics, probability, and geometry.
Evaluated student mastery of programming fundamentals by grading over 200 challenge problem submissions in Python, addressing bugs, syntax, object oriented design, and code comprehensibility.
Collaborative Pianist
Musician
Performed professionally as a soloist, as a member of long-term duo partnerships, and in chamber music ensembles of 3-7 musicians.
Fulfilled contracts as an orchestral keyboardist, and realized continuo parts from figured bass in Baroque ensembles.
Served as a rehearsal pianist for numerous opera productions, and assisted professional opera singers in learning roles.
Worked as a staff pianist at the Peabody Institute, New England Conservatory, Boston Conservatory at Berklee, Bard College Conservatory, and Vassar College.