Alissa Petty

Senior Software Engineer
Cumming, US.

About

Seasoned Senior Software Engineer with over 8 years of experience in full-stack web development, specializing in building data-driven, high-traffic applications using React, TypeScript, Node.js, and headless WordPress architectures. Proven leader in optimizing performance, accessibility, and SEO, with a passion for mentoring engineers, establishing coding standards, and driving innovative, data-centric solutions. Seeking a senior role to leverage extensive technical expertise and a process-improvement mindset to deliver high-impact web solutions.

Work

Intuit Mailchimp
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Senior Software Engineer

Remote, N/A, US

Summary

Led end-to-end full-stack engineering projects for a large-scale monolithic codebase, leveraging customer data and site analytics to deliver intelligent, data-driven features while optimizing performance, accessibility, and user experience.

Highlights

Optimized and maintained a large-scale monolithic codebase, integrating customer data and site analytics to deliver intelligent, data-driven features for enhanced user experience and product efficacy.

Designed and successfully shipped a comprehensive form-builder feature, ensuring robust cross-browser and multi-platform compatibility while rigorously adhering to ADA accessibility standards.

Integrated FullStory across high-traffic, data-heavy pages, collaborating with analytics partners to surface actionable insights that informed product strategy and feature development.

Spearheaded end-to-end team projects from initial design through successful launch, consistently optimizing for performance and accessibility to enhance user experience.

Authored comprehensive onboarding documentation and provided mentorship to new hires, significantly facilitating their ramp-up and integration into the team.

Contributed to Mailchimp's engineering hiring committee, conducting value-based interviews and code reviews that directly resulted in the successful hiring of over 15 skilled engineers.

Hi-Rez Studios
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Web Developer

Alpharetta, GA, US

Summary

Developed and maintained high-traffic web properties and critical authentication services, leading architectural migrations and implementing performance optimizations for a global user base.

Highlights

Developed and implemented a Web Localization Application utilizing MongoDB, which successfully streamlined workflows for the internationalization team, improving efficiency and content delivery.

Architected a high-performance, data-intensive esports portal with GatsbyJS, integrating numerous internal/external RESTful APIs and implementing aggressive caching strategies for rapid load times.

Developed and meticulously maintained robust authentication services, enabling seamless integration with major third-party platforms including Facebook, Twitter, Twitch, Mixer, and YouTube.

Strategically managed SEO for high-traffic web properties, driving tens of millions of monthly pageviews through expert utilization of Google Analytics and Google Tag Manager.

Spearheaded a critical migration from a PHP (LEMP) stack to a modern React (JAMstack) architecture, establishing new coding standards and significantly improving developer velocity.

Education

Auburn University
Auburn, AL, United States of America

B.S.

Business Administration

Courses

Minor in Business and Engineering Technology

Publications

How Hi-Rez Studios Built Their Web Infra On Gatsby & WordPress

Published by

GatsbyJS

Summary

Authored a technical publication detailing the architectural and implementation strategies for building scalable web infrastructure using Gatsby and WordPress at Hi-Rez Studios.

Skills

Languages & Frameworks

JavaScript (ES6+), TypeScript, React JS, Node.js, PHP, HTML5, CSS3, WordPress, Webpack, GatsbyJS, JAMstack, LEMP stack.

Data & Cloud

AWS, Nginx, RESTful APIs, Headless WordPress APIs, Postman, Databases (SQL & NoSQL), Docker, Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager, FullStory, Amplitude.

Process & Collaboration

Git (CLI), Agile Scrum, JIRA, Confluence, Miro, Trello, Notion, Adobe Creative Suite, Team Leadership, Hiring Committee, Mentorship, Documentation, Site Speed Optimization, Coding Standards, Best Practices, Jest.

Interests

Personal Interests

Open-source advocacy, UI/UX design trends, Video games, Board games, Music, Plants.

References

References

Available upon Request

Projects

FullStory Integration Blueprint

Summary

Defined and documented a reusable pattern for embedding FullStory across multiple Mailchimp products, enhancing data consistency and simplifying future integrations.

Headless WordPress Migration

Summary

Led the architectural transition of legacy WordPress sites to a modern headless architecture powered by React, focusing on performance and SEO improvements.

Esports Data Platform

Summary

Designed and implemented a high-performance MongoDB-backed content pipeline for a high-traffic esports site, ensuring robust data handling and low latency.

Mailchimp Core Email Editor Revamp

Summary

Audited and refactored the core email editor, eliminating technical debt and streamlining React-hook implementations, while introducing advanced analytics and quality control measures.