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Education ๐ŸŽ“

  • Harvard University - Bachelor of Arts, Computer Science. Graduated in 2021
  • AIT Budapest - Study Abroad, Human Computer Interaction & Graphics.

I am passionate about:

  • Human-centered design. Have you ever used a product and it just feels great and you can't even explain why, it just..fits? I strive for that.
  • Creating beautiful, performant and user-friendly digital experiences. (Performant may be a bit hyperbolic but boi are they beautiful!)
  • Finding simple solutions to complex problems. Yes, it's possible, things don't always have to be hard.
  • Experimenting with new technologies
  • Breaking things, sometimes not on purpose

Areas of Expertise

  • ๐Ÿ“ฑ Mobile Development with Flutter
  • ๐Ÿ‘ฉ๐Ÿปโ€๐Ÿ’ป Front-End Development with React
  • ๐Ÿ“Š Data Visualization with D3.js
  • ๐ŸŒน UI/UX Design and Prototyping with Figma
  • ๐Ÿ’พ Back-end Development with NodeJS

Current Job

  • Founding Engineer at Fizz, a fintech startup in New York (YC S21). Fizz is on a mission to help young adults achieve their dreams, by setting them on the path to financial independence. Our debit card that builds credit is beloved by students at 300+ universities and was named best credit builder product by Business Insider. Fizz is backed by Kleiner Perkins, SV Angel, Y Combinator, and the founders of eight Unicorns. Interested? We are hiring
  • I am also a Kleiner Perkins Engineering Fellow in the 2021 Cohort.

Previous Jobs

  • Worked as a Frontend Developer at Nearside, another fintech startup that is building financial products for small business owners. Nearside was acquired for $130 million by Plastiq in early 2023
  • I was a Facebook intern at their Seattle office where I learned all things Android.
  • I worked at Dev: A Harvard Student Agency as a full-stack developer where I built web and mobile apps for 2 years.
  • My first developer job was at Twende Mobility, a Kenyan startup that is cough was building logistics solutions such as carpooling and on demand delivery services.
Some interesting tidbits about me...

Here we go.... ๐ŸŽถ

  • I love aeroplanesโœˆ๏ธ and anything to do with Aviation. In another life I would totally be a pilot.
  • I love video games ๐ŸŽฎ. Current favorites: Legend of Zelda (Tears of the Kingdom), Elden Ring, Super Mario Odyssey and Red Dead Redemption 2.
  • Favorite Movies: The ShawShank Redemption, Gladiator, The wolf of Wall Street, The Dark Knight and Iron Man.
  • Favorite Series: Avatar - The Last Air Bender, The Big Bang Theory and Game of Thrones (Before season 8)
  • Favorite sports: Rugby, Motorsports and Football (Soccer). I don't have favorite teams, but usually I'm rooting for the underdog

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  1. Freshtable Freshtable Public

    Freshtable is a grocery management app created to reduce food wastage at home by helping users keep track of the groceries they buy and their expiry dates.

    Java 1

  2. Curate Curate Public

    An android app that generates unique playlists for you based on your current mood. Built using the Spotify Remote SDK and Spotify Web API

    Kotlin 1

  3. Parstagram Parstagram Public

    Instagram Clone built using Java and a Parse-server backend

    Java

  4. Realestate-Django Realestate-Django Public

    Real-estate listing website built using Django 3.0, PostgreSQL and Bootstrap

    CSS

  5. Image-Editor Image-Editor Public

    A simple app that allows users to edit images online. Made while playing around with the FileReader API and CamanJS Image Manipulation.

    HTML

  6. Speech-api-project Speech-api-project Public

    A simple web-page that uses the web-speech-api to read text input in various languages and accents.

    HTML