Job Experience
Staff Software Engineer at brightwheelFebruary 2017 - April 2023 | San Francisco, CA + Remote
Started as the 2nd backend engineer, doing product development. Over time, shifted focus to strategic planning, scaling efforts, infrastructure, team efficiency, and hiring.
- Owned application scaling efforts for high-growth 2021 business cycle; improved main Postgres database metrics by ~50%
- Lead technical planning (and then implementation) efforts for a new business product line, working closely with business strategists, product managers, and engineers to plan for an ambiguously-framed project.
- Rewrote main billing product, contributing to massive revenue growth and product
- Revamped interview process; replaced live coding "puzzle" challenge with a much-fairer session where the candidate extends their own take-home exercise
- Planned an implemented an new authorization system for internal tools, allowing business to securely leverage external contractors during busy seasons
- Lead a multitude of process and tooling improvements: feature flags, continuous integration, project documentation process, product development process
- Primary technologies: Ruby (Rails), Postgres, Redis, Kubernetes, AWS
- Other technologies: Redshift, Airflow, React, Next.js, CircleCI
"Founder" of The Scott Hardy LLCMay 2013 - February 2017
Working full-time on personal projects, open source software, small business ventures, and more.
- Personal projects: post, a mobile webapp that directly calls the Lob.com API to mail postcards for under $1 (source)
- Open source: npm-install-version, a module that installs/requires multiple versions of the same package
- Small business: yarn add shirts, a website that sells custom niche JavaScript t-shirts
Software Engineer at eBayNovember 2014 - April 2016 | San Jose, CA + Remote
Worked full-time developing software in support of the storage operation team.
- Worked on a small team of three developers supporting storage operation team of about 15
- Worked as main developer on storage insight platform, consisting of collection software (vanilla Python), API (Django), and UI (Angular)
- Built environment-specific build tool for production deployments using Docker and Fabric
- Modernized JavaScript development practices on the development team (build process, modularization)
Software Development Intern at Spectra LogicSummer 2013 | Boulder, CO
Worked mainly on the admin web UI written in Backbone with a Ruby on Rails backend, and the underlying Ruby worker code.
- Adapted entire existing web UI to be responsive on mobile devices
- Created new CLI functionality by extending existing classes
- Wrote new classes and associated unit tests
- Fixed miscellaneous bugs in Ruby and JavaScript
- Worked full-time in 2-week sprint cycles
Technical Co-Founder and Vice President at Fashion Feather LLC.February 2011 - September 2011 | Longmont, CO
Started an online business selling hair feathers, a hot fashion trend during the 2011 summer. This was the second website I ever made, and my first real business.
- Facilitated over $100k in gross sales on custom PHP website with Google Checkout integration
- Designed and optimized order fulfillment and shipping workflow
- Managed Google AdWords account (which drove the vast majority of sales)
- Managed company finances as Treasurer
- Hired and managed 10 employees for order fulfillment
Projects
See more projects at scotthardy.me/projects or github.com/scott113341
yarn add shirtsNovember 2016 - Present
A website that sells custom niche JavaScript t-shirts. yarn-add-shirts.com
- General API backend to handle billing and fulfillment
- Frontend built with Cycle.js, hosted on GitHub Pages
- Backend built with Express.js, hosted on Heroku
SCU•classesFebruary 2013 - Present
A class scheduling website I built for Santa Clara University students in February 2013.
- Identified the need for a replacement for the school's class search web app
- Performed extensive user testing during development to ensure an intuitive UI
- Over 500,000 visits since launch
- Over 90% of undergrads at SCU use SCU•classes
- Built with Angular.js and Ruby on Rails, hosted on Heroku
SCU•booksJanuary 2013 - Present
A textbook price comparison website I built for Santa Clara University students in January 2013.
- Was inspired/furious by how expensive textbooks were at the school bookstore
- Worked with friends to expand to other 8 schools, leveraging the I18n gem to keep code extremely DRY and hosted on the same server
- Optimized codebase to concurrently access price APIs (Amazon, Barnes and Noble, etc.)
- Has been used over 22,000 times by students (all schools)
- Built with Angular.js and Ruby on Rails, hosted on Heroku