Capital One
New York, New York
Principal Associate - Senior Software Engineer, Search Engine Optimization
August 2024-Present
- Accelerated search latency by 2x and improved result relevance by 30% across 22% of query volume by architecting a new index and leveraging OpenSearch templates
- Rearchitected search process to improve performance and eliminate noise, achieving 5x faster results and reducing result volume by 100x for 60% of searches
- Partnered with UI, product, and design teams to redesign the search results page, increasing keyword search click through rate by 10%
- Led 20+ technical interviews for early career candidates, shaping hiring outcomes
Senior Associate Software Engineer, Search Engine Optimization
August 2023-Present
- Established feature evaluation and A/B testing framework, built custom tools that enabled product teams to quantify the impact of changes on search performance
- Eliminated 500,000+ API calls by engineering a log-driven search suggestion system, reducing backend load and cost
- Presented effective code review process to 400+ engineers at technical conference; authored article published on Capital One’s Medium on producing high-quality code reviews
- Recruited 60+ interns and new grads, and led Agile onboarding for 30+ new hires
Associate Software Engineer, Machine Learning Opperations
August 2022-August 2023
- Developed ML feature calculator; improved container provisioning time by 1,000x and compute time by 10x; presented to 200+ stakeholders, resulting in adoption across 2+ teams
Software Engineer Intern, API Development
May 2020-August 2020
- Engineered scalable serverless system with minimal costs, failover ability, and high performance
- Designed and built API with 100 ms response times, 85% code coverage and CI/CD pipeline