I partner with teams to design, build, and evolve web platforms—especially in e-commerce—where technical depth and clear communication matter.
Current focus
Irish Titan
I work closely with leading commerce platforms and custom Laravel work, helping organizations implement, integrate, and scale their digital storefronts.
BigCommerceShopifyShopwareAdobe CommerceLaravel
Work experience
Bleachr — Minneapolis, MN
Software Engineer, December 2018 – April 2019
Developed admin panel in Angular to communicate and interact with an Elixir/Phoenix backend REST API for content creation and distribution.
Created webviews for iOS and Android that were deployed on Heroku for ease of updating information within apps without having to do full new releases.
Advised marketing on digital strategies to increase customer engagement with the platform.
Built internal tools to help with automating selling presentations with potential clients.
Built and maintained marketing websites to increase brand exposure and sales funnels.
Riley Hayes — Minneapolis, MN
Software Engineer, January 2016 – December 2018
Developed websites and software using WordPress, Drupal 8, ExpressionEngine, Laravel, and Craft.
Maintained server infrastructures in AWS of application load balanced environments.
Processed large datasets of user data to be imported into databases while ensuring data accuracy through integration and unit testing.
Custom built a Laravel CMS to streamline landing page creation and team productivity with automated reporting dashboards and exports.
Developed mapping tools using Google Maps API and Google Geolocation API for a custom location-based search.
Wrote technical requirements for projects to be used as guidelines for project success.
Estimated project costs and timelines to ensure project profitability.
Engaged in RFP responses and presentations.
Collaborated with the account team to build strong working partnerships with clients and pitch new organic growth opportunities.
Strategic Growth Capital — Vyvacity, Minneapolis, MN
Programmer, December 2014 – December 2015
Developed web scraping technologies to allow customers to create custom event aggregators with various fine-tuned algorithms and regular expressions in PHP and JavaScript.
Developed within the Zend Framework to manage a CMS that handled accounts and their events.
Created web scraping feeds that generated organized data from static text on websites to flow into customers’ embedded event application on their own website.
Created services to connect all our software using a Python API and a Node.js API.
Team member developing a point-and-click Chrome Extension in AngularJS that created templates to traverse DOM trees, allowing non-technical people to create web scraping templates of websites.
Wrote test automations and generated test coverage maps using Jasmine, PHPUnit, and Python unit testing.
University of Minnesota Learning Abroad Center — Minneapolis, MN
Contract Application Developer, May 2014 – December 2014
Created and designed a campus-wide database driven course equivalency system to track transfer credits from courses abroad to the University of Minnesota with the PHP MVC framework CodeIgniter.
Maintained, tested, and debugged the application throughout development.
Designed a relational MySQL database to handle all of the course data.
Created technical solutions for the Director of Advising and Operations.
Met with advisers from various departments at the University of Minnesota to refine our processes and UI design.
Gathered technical feedback and offered troubleshooting advice for advisers and staff.
Wrote test automations to ensure the reliability of the application with PHPUnit.
University of Minnesota Learning Abroad Center — Minneapolis, MN
Web Systems Assistant, September 2011 – May 2014
Co-developed Learning Abroad Center website with a modern web design and responsiveness for all devices.
Maintained the University of Minnesota’s and the Learning Abroad Center’s brand with the design and functionality of the website.
Developed a PHP/MySQL web application system in CodeIgniter that handles student/faculty applications for scholarships and grants, making the entire process of creating, applying, and reviewing applications online.
Proofread and copyedited web content to keep information consistent and updated.
Education
University of Minnesota — Minneapolis, MN
Bachelor of Individualized Studies, May 2014 — Communications, Spanish, and Entrepreneurship.