Engineering Leadership

Founded and directed technical vision for education platform, managing product lifecycle from concept through pilot delivery while navigating ambiguous requirements and evolving technical landscape.

Built scalable full-stack platform to support 10X user growth projections using Firebase, Firestore, Cloud Functions, implementing DevOps best practices including CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions), environment isolation, and role-based access control (RBAC) to ensure secure, reliable feature delivery at scale.

Architected scalable backend systems including asynchronous event processing, usage tracking, and real-time collaboration features, demonstrating hands-on technical leadership in building platform infrastructure components from scratch.

AI Integration & Platform Architecture: Designed and integrated AI-powered platform features using Google Gemini API and Firebase Cloud Functions, including generative workshop tools and real-time chat interfaces, reducing manual workflow effort and enabling personalized user experiences at scale.

Directed cross-functional execution of 7-week intensive summer pilot program across 3 specialized academic tracks, achieving 100% project completion rate and 50+ hours of deep participant engagement through peer-to-peer learning methodologies, iterative development, and data-driven decision-making to adapt to user needs.

Built organizational framework including technical advisory boards, mentorship programs, and performance systems, while managing ambiguous requirements and pivoting strategy based on market feedback and usage analytics.

Managed an offshore engineering team (5 engineers) delivering core platform infrastructure for Adobe Fonts and Creative Cloud desktop platforms, managing autonomous engineers who required minimal oversight while driving automation, scalability, and mission-critical platform components.

Enhanced platform reliability and scale by maintaining a 25K+ font catalog with 99% uptime, optimizing caching strategies, event-driven workflows, and backend pipelines serving millions of users, achieving a 57% reduction in critical outages and a 35% increase in release velocity across 15+ product teams.

Prototyped AI-assisted font search and recommendation features with data science team, exploring ChatGPT integration to enhance user discovery and platform intelligence.

Expanded technical scope to lead full-stack platform development, building reusable React/GraphQL components and backend services that improved system performance, reduced deployment time, and supported both enterprise and consumer experiences.

Mentored and empowered engineers to own end-to-end delivery, guided architectural decisions, and established best practices for scalability, performance, and cross-functional collaboration with product, design, and architecture teams.

Supervised iOS engineering team and external vendor partnerships (5 engineers) building FDA-compliant healthcare applications, ensuring regulatory compliance and product reliability.

Deployed automated CI/CD pipelines achieving 90% code coverage, reducing critical production bugs by 60%, and establishing a quality metrics framework adopted company-wide for release readiness assessment.

Directed a remote team through ambiguous regulatory requirements, providing strategic direction while empowering engineers to own technical implementation and solve complex compliance challenges independently.