I am a software engineer & educator—I worked for several years each at Amazon (on Amazon Go, back when it was super secret) and Google (yes, Google is as fun to work for as they say). One of my favorite opportunities was teaching at Fullstack Academy—I like coding, but I love coding with 60 people watching me.

I'm currently teaching high school math, but I'm looking to get back into a job that's more software focused—anything that combines coding with taking complex concepts and making them understandable.

I specialize in technical interview prep, having given interviews to candidates at Google. You're welcome to book an appointment at my interview coaching site. Reviews:

• [Dax] will tailor the interview to your specific skill level. . . . Once the interview is done, he will provide you with a google doc scoring you in different categories from 1-4 based on how well you did (rubric he pulled straight from Google’s hiring process). He also provides written feedback . . .
• Out of the few mock interviews I have done thus far, my practice with Dax felt the most helpful. He asked targeted questions and shared insights, and my time with him gave me some overall takeaways of things I should think about going into the interview. Dax also is very personable, and you can tell he genuinely has your best interest in mind.

Professional experience

• Provide frequent feedback and AP test-aligned practice to support student success.
• Adapt instruction to class needs, including pace and advanced topics.
• Run an after-school coding club for 2nd through 5th graders using Scratch and JavaScript at Frazer Institute for Greatness.

Took hundreds of students from zero coding background to programming full production-level webapps in 16 weeks. Top rated (9/10) instructor.

• Taught 60 students over Zoom daily. Coached 1x1 for technical interviews.
• Iterated and improved curriculum based on student outcomes and evolving technologies. Taught PostgreSQL, Express.js, React, Node.js, and Redux.
• Managed instructional team including a co-instructor and 1-3 mentors (TAs).

• Conducted mock technical and systems design interviews for candidates.
• Developed tailored prep plans and taught data structures and algorithms.

Added chat functionality to the Livestream product, which was critical for customers continuing to run events in year 1 of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Building tools and technology to run Google’s Mergers and Acquisition efforts. Tools used by Google’s M&A team as they acquire 100s of companies every year.

• Built edit ability for M&A finance tools (~5,000 LOC) & auto-flag for CEO review
• Documented & taught new hires the systems, planned & guided their ramp up on the team

Building “Just Walk Out” tech for Amazon Go stores (no lines, no checkout). Developed tools to measure accuracy of core AI image recognition systems.

• Built publisher onboarding interface for 300 TPS data warehouse serving 200 users across 20 teams & supported users with ad hoc SQL queries
• Coordinated across teams to run migration to require auth on core service, 21 out of 22 clients experienced 0 issues
• Designed cross-team solution to simplify the UI for daily store opening

Education

Here's a supplemental lesson I once created as additional material for students struggling to understand the application of graph traversals to 2D grids.

I graduated from University of Florida in 2014 with a B.S. in math and computer science and a specialization in exploring the woods, and I am once again living back in Gainesville, Florida.

What I do evenings and weekends

• Hiking, bicycling, kayaking, indoor rock climbing 🚵
• Playing music
• Regularly posting content to the internet (blogging, a webcomic, small indie games) under a pseudonym.
• Leading a small group/teaching — here’s my sermon on the cultural mandate
• Having friends over, making them lattes ☕
• Joining classes at the Christian Study Center. I particularly love conversations around the topics of art and doubt

I always like making new friends, so if you live in north/central Florida and want to join in any of those things—or introduce me to something new—hit me up!

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