Designer & Engineer
From pixels
to production.
Came up in design. Ended up in the codebase. Now leading frontend on software where the exams can't go down.
Currently: Frontend Lead at Paradigm Testing
SECTION I — PORTFOLIO
Selected Work
PLATFORM MIGRATION · 2024–PRESENT
Knock Examination Platform
Led frontend migration of a production medical examination platform from JSP/jQuery to React + Tailwind + Vite. Owned UX redesign alongside migration, targeting recapture of lost performance and $30–40K monthly third-party costs.
DATA VISUALIZATION · 2025
ICOC Admin Map Dashboard
Freelance full-cycle delivery: a Leaflet-based choropleth dashboard on a Firestore backend. Solo delivery from requirements gathering through design, development, and client handoff.
CONTENT PLATFORM · 2024–PRESENT
GA TCG Sandbox Site
Marketing and documentation site for a Unity-based digital sandbox tool — every content source (config, patch notes, feature guide) loads from a GCS bucket the client team owns directly. No deploys, ever, for content changes.
PERFORMANCE OPTIMIZATION
Frontend Performance Work
A six-week Vite build-performance audit across both tenant-facing portals — route-level code splitting, tree-shaking, and CI-enforced gzip budgets. Admin bundle down 98.5%, candidate portal down 99.7%.
SECTION II — ABOUT
Background
My path into engineering ran through five years of professional graphic design and marketing. At Paradigm Testing I've built across the full stack — React component systems, Spring Boot features, production incident response, and frontend performance work. I lead scrums, review code, and am the person the business team calls when something breaks during a live medical licensing exam.
BY THE NUMBERS
40+
Features shipped across 4+ release cycles
$30–40K
Monthly third-party costs targeted for elimination
2
Production platforms maintained simultaneously
“The best interfaces don't call attention to themselves. The best systems don't require heroics to maintain. I try to build both.”
INTRO — FUN FACTS
Quick Facts
Started as a graphic designer, now I write code
Coffee-powered debugging sessions
I think in systems and components
PROOF, IF YOU NEEDED IT
Proud, Certified Nerd
ALSO TRUE ABOUT ME
I'm one of the key members of the Love and Deepspace community in the DMV area — a game with an overwhelmingly female fanbase. I hand out fan art freebies, meet up with other players, and help run festival events, including selling game-themed merch at a local community celebration. It started as a fun excuse to make things, but it turned into something more — a space where girls who'd normally feel self-conscious can get dressed up, be a little dramatic, and be met with nothing but encouragement. That's a good reminder that community design isn't just a UX problem — it matters just as much in person.
AND ALSO THIS
I've been playing Grand Archive — the same indie TCG I later built freelance tooling for — since 2024, and I've helped grow the local Maryland scene ever since. What started as four of us at a card shop in mid-2025 is now a weekly group averaging eight, with a past season's store championship pulling in 22 players. I contribute by trading staple cards, handing out sticker freebies at major Maryland events, and demoing the game to total beginners — including girls who are just casually curious. TCG spaces skew heavily male, and I want to be one of the people actively working to make this one more welcoming to everyone who wants to sit down and play.
SECTION III — CONTACT
Let's Connect
Open to new opportunities in product engineering, frontend platform, and full-stack roles. Let's build something meaningful together.
GET IN TOUCH
Currently exploring Product Engineer, Frontend Platform, and Full-Stack SWE roles — especially teams where design quality and engineering rigour both matter.