Craig Haber | Software Engineer

Hi, I'm Craig

Full-Stack Software Engineer

I'm a Software Engineer with 7 years of experience building web apps and services with modern JavaScript tools like Angular, React, and Node.js.

My dual background in computer science and psychology gives me a unique perspective on how people interact with technology and fuels my passion for creating intuitive and engaging user experiences.

Outside of development, I enjoy traveling, hitting the gym, hiking, snowboarding, muay thai, and playing video games.

Experience

Software Engineer

LandGate

February 2024 - Present

Rebuilt two flagship web applications from the ground up, which together account for the majority of company revenue, utilizing Angular, TypeScript, Node.js, and PostgreSQL.
Application 1: Spearheaded a complete overhaul of a web application for visualizing renewable energy project construction, driving a 100% increase in product sale rates post-launch. Continuously improve the application by developing and implementing new features driven by user feedback from a growing customer base of 1,000+ users.
Application 2: Led the full-scale redevelopment of a web application for U.S. land parcel data analysis. Delivered significant ease of use and performance improvements, such as improving search times by 500% through a Node.js backend. The new app has received exceptional feedback from 10 different enterprise clients directly resulting in renewed contracts.

Advanced Software Engineer

July 2021 - February 2024

Redesigned a legacy desktop healthcare app into a modern web application using an Angular/TypeScript frontend and a Java backend, collaborating on an agile team of 8 engineers. This resulted in 50+ enterprise clients excitedly migrating to the new tool, citing improved use experience, ease of use, and workflow efficiency.
Orchestrated a variety of cloud-based web services, APIs, and tools utilizing both server-based (AWS ECS) and serverless (AWS Lambda) architectures that scale to process thousands of transactions per second.
Led cross-application data migration with Python and Jenkins, seamlessly transferring data and permissions for 3000 customers from a SQL database to an optimized middleware datastore.
Architected and implemented transaction counting for a web service utilizing a frequently accessed NoSQL database, scaling to track thousands of transactions per second and securing hundreds of thousands in revenue.
Independently optimized a nightly AWS Lambda Java process for aggregating healthcare claims, achieving a 40% improvement in performance and cost reduction.

Software Engineer Intern

June 2020 - August 2020

Built an automated system using Python to convert integration test cases between different file formats for healthcare software, dramatically cutting processing times down from 20 minutes to 5 seconds.

Software Programmer

Connecticut College

September 2018 - May 2021

Programmed interactive psychological experiments with JavaScript that were conducted at scale on hundreds of online participants.
Developed a website for advertising the research lab that assisted in recruiting two new members.

Computer Science Teaching Assistant

Connecticut College

September 2018 - May 2021

Tutored 100+ students in algorithms, data structures, and machine learning concepts at weekly TA sessions.
Graded and provided feedback on over 300 student Python and Java programming assignments, ranging from data structure implementation to text analysis tools.

Projects

MyMedia

A full-stack web application for journaling all kinds of media, from books to movies.

ReactNode.jsPostgreSQLFirebase

Mapping the Brain

An interactive platform for learning brain anatomy, used in college courses with 200 unique monthly users.

JavaScriptHTMLCSSBootstrapFlask

Snake Game AI

AI agent created from scratch that drastically outperforms humans at the game 'Snake' by an average of over 100%.

PythonJavaScriptHTMLCSS

Crafted by Craig Haber

Built with Next.js, Tailwind CSS, and Motion

Deployed on Vercel