Javascript Lead at Grooveshark

Dec 2006 - Present

Developed scalable, accessible, cross-browser functionality for a site with over 35 million users. Wrote entire applications and features, quickly shifted gears between projects in a high-pressure, fast-shipping environment. Set the coding standards for our team, provided mentorship to younger developers, and performed code reviews daily.

Highlights Include:

• Designed, built, and oversaw the implementation of infrastructure/architecture for each iteration of the website
• Lead frontend team through five major application overhauls
• Developed and maintained a large Flex/ActionScript 3 application
• Wrote a custom UI component library in ActionScript
• Created an embeddable Flash music streaming widget, with optional runtime-defined theming for advertising clients
• Updated our music streaming framework from Flash to HTML5 Audio as browser compatibility improved
• Performance profiling to improve load times on older computers and mobile devices
• Developed a client-side solution for real-time music syncing

Web Developer at 138FX.com

Aug 2005 – Dec 2006

Wrote HTML and CSS and advised on usability concerns for a video-sharing website.