About

Senior Software Engineer with 7+ years building scalable web applications and leading technical initiatives at Parchment/Instructure.

Technical Focus

Frontend: TypeScript, React, Next.js, modern testing frameworks

Backend: Node.js, Java Spring Boot, GraphQL

DevOps: Docker, automated testing (Playwright, Selenium)

Key Achievements

  • • Architected GraphQL code generation improving type safety across frontend apps
  • • Led Next.js adoption and major framework upgrades organization-wide
  • • Increased product conversion rates from 20% to 80%+ through technical optimization
  • • Built CLI tools and testing infrastructure used by multiple engineering teams

Experience

Currently at Parchment (Instructure) since 2018, progressing from Integration Engineer → Sr. Software Engineer → Engineering Manager → back to Senior IC role.

MBA & BS Computer Science from Kansas Wesleyan University.

Full resume available upon request.

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