Hey, I'm Justin

I'm a UI engineer in PDX.

Let's work together!

New Relic

During my 6 years as a Senior Software Engineer at New Relic, I helped users understand petabytes of system transaction data through Distributed Tracing. I enabled them to resolve errors, improve latency, and monitor their complex architectures.

I closely collaborated with designers, project managers, and other engineers to deliver features based on customer requests and feedback (a feature I helped develop was even instrumental in landing 2 of the biggest customer deals in New Relic's history!).

Within my team, I provided mentorship for colleagues to facilitate their skill development and institutional knowledge, led several large refactors, substantially reduced bundle size and tech debt, improved test coverage, and facilitated UI coding standards and working agreements.

Koan

I joined Koan (later acquired by Quantive) as a Founding Senior Frontend Engineer and helped take them 0 to 1 by launching their initial React application. Our goal was to help companies build high-performing teams by providing a platform for transparent, continuous feedback. We later expanded our functionality to include team and org alignment via OKR tracking and reporting.

Being part of a small seed-stage startup (2 engineers, 1 designer, and 2 founders at its inception), I wore many hats. I collaborated closely with the founders, designer, and our early customers to define and build features. I helped implement tooling, CI/CD, and observability monitoring. I also helped define our UI architecture and coding standards.

Pathbrite

A former co-worker recruited me to join Pathbrite as a Lead Frontend Engineer for the small (~25 person) education technology startup. Before it was acquired by Cengage Learning, I helped build a portfolio, grading, and assessment platform (LMS) for students, teachers, and potential employers alike.

I led the frontend team by refining our architecture and standards, providing mentorship and pair programming, and close collaboration with designers, founders, and customers to plan and define product changes and new features. I also significantly improved the maintainability, accessibility, and reliability of the application.

Luxurious Animals

A former ACD at Big Spaceship (below) recruited me to join Luxurious Animals as a Founding Interactive Developer as my first "real adult" job. As the first employee of the new advertising agency, I did a little bit of everything: frontend engineering, 3d modeling and animation, design, and even some video editing. Slowly, the agency grew and as we hired more people I gradually focused more on the frontend engineering side of things.

During my time here I helped deliver diverse projects, under stringent deadlines, ranging from websites, games, and applications to interactive ads and commercials. Our key clients included HBO (Game of Thrones!), Morgan Stanley, and Porsche.

Big Spaceship

I was recommended for a summer internship position at Big Spaceship at the end of my junior year at RIT. During my short time here, I learned process and technique from some of the best minds in design and advertising. I helped work on pieces of a promotional website and interactive experience for Universal Pictures.

Blue Pixel Studios

I worked as a freelance website designer and developer for various businesses in my hometown: Binghamton, NY.