Hi, I'm Craig

Full-Stack Software Engineer

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I'm a Software Engineer with 4+ years of professional experience building web apps and services with a combination of Python and modern JavaScript tools like React, Angular, 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 TypeScript, UI Frameworks, Node.js, and PostgreSQL.
  • Application 1: Spearheaded a complete overhaul of a web application for visualizing renewable energy projectconstruction, resulting in 2X sale rates post-launch. Continuously implement new features driven by user feedback along with performance enhancements to scale with growing user demand.
  • Application 2: Led the full-scale redevelopment of a web application for U.S. land parcel data analysis. Delivered major system optimizations across the stack, including a 5x improvement in search speed on the backend. The new app has received exceptional feedback from over 10 different enterprise clients, directly resulting in renewed contracts.

Advanced Software Engineer

3M

July 2021 - February 2024

  • Designed an interactive claims processing application using TypeScript while mentoring junior engineers. This resulted in 50+ businesses excitedly adopting the app in their workflows.
  • Architected and implemented a scalable AWS distributed transaction counting microservice utilizing a frequently accessed database, tracking millions of customer transactions and securing hundreds of thousands in revenue.
  • Led cross-application data migration with Python, seamlessly transferring data and permissions for 3000 customers from a SQL database to an optimized middleware datastore.
  • Independently optimized a nightly AWS Lambda Java process for aggregating healthcare claims, achieving a 40% improvement in performance and cost reduction.
  • Served as the AWS Cost Savings expert for the team, managing an AWS Cost Explorer dashboard and cutting team costs by 20% through limiting memory and CPU requirements for a variety of ECS microservices.

Software Engineer Intern

3M

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.

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

MyMedia

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

ReactNode.jsPostgreSQLFirebase
Mapping the Brain

Mapping the Brain

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

JavaScriptHTMLCSSBootstrapFlask
Snake Game AI

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