I have lived in the Seattle area for all of my life. And I absolutely love it here.
I started my studies at Western Washington University with an emphasis on mathematics. I realized that math wasn't for me at the beginning of my sophomore year so I looked around for something else that was more exciting for me.
On a whim, I took an entry level computer science class and fell in love with coding. Since then, I have had a passion for solving problems using technology.
My first job as a software developer was at Expedia Inc (now Expedia Group) starting in 2016.
I worked on the Expedia Search and Suggest team, which is responsible for providing typeahead suggestions. Providing a reliable and performant typeahead API was required in order to handle almost a billion requests weekly.
A lot of the work was focused on improving the relevancy of our suggestions by taking a number of factors into consideration. During my time there, I contributed large projects such as:
I joined Microsoft on April 20, 2020.
I currently work on the Sovereign Engineering team and work on enabling Azure developers to access data easier through a new project I'm working on called CNQ.
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