Hi I'm Ruth :)

Senior Fullstack Engineer (7+ YOE) specializing in high performance React, TypeScript, Node, & Python

Co-founded Reactime, a state debugging devtool with 2,200+ GitHub stars, nominated for a React Open Source Award.

Currently architecting React and Python / Node services for a greenfield supply chain platform at Premier Inc. during a $2.6B acquisition. Previously engineered AI-powered clinical trial visualizations at Medidata.

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Featured Projects

Thyroid Reproductive Hormone Health Explorer screenshot

Thyroid Reproductive Hormone Health Explorer

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Thyroid Reproductive Hormone Health Explorer

Uses evidence-based research to visualize hypothyroid effects on women's health

A thyroid health exploration tool showing the cascade from thyroid dysfunction to reproductive impacts with interactive depth at each node.

✨ To be featured on Reproductive Fertility Doctor's Podcast

ReactD3.jsPythonTypescriptTailwindCSS
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Reactime

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Reactime

Open Source React DevTool

Chrome DevTools extension for visualizing React state changes in real time. Nominated for React Open Source Award (2020).

✨ Nominated for React Open Source Award 2020

ReactD3.jsChrome Extension APITypeScript
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Experience

Premier Inc.

Software Engineer•Aug 2024 – Present•Remote
  • Recognized for technical precision and surfacing critical domain gaps, optimizing releases ahead of $2.6B acquisition
  • Drove architecture decisions on greenfield React/TypeScript frontend and .NET + C# CQRS backend API contracts, delivering flexible UI foundations ahead of specs to unblock downstream teams
  • Modernized legacy .NET monolith by strangling reporting modules into high performance FastAPI microservices while migrating to React microfrontends. This architecture leverages feature flags for 0% downtime during rollout of new supply chain analytics
  • Engineered a Python-based automation engine using LangChain and Azure OpenAI (RAG) to orchestrate local environment bootstrapping; integrated PyWin32 for OS level synchronization and git workflow automation, slashing VM setup time by 88% and saving 480+ annual engineering hours

Medidata Solutions

Software Engineer•Nov 2022 – Aug 2024•New York, NY
  • Built metric-driven D3.js visualizations for AI-powered platform, contributing to 30% increase in customer adoption
  • Led Q2 charting initiative: designed Python service layers to eliminate repetitive config, shipping 2 weeks ahead of deadline
  • Refactored architecture (HOCs, reducers, data pipelines) for better maintainability, cutting avg. cyclomatic complexity by 33%
  • Improved frontend latency by ~0.8s through API contract redesign and optimized client-side data handling

Joy

Independent Contractor for Client•Apr 2022 – Oct 2022•Remote
  • Stabilized rapidly scaling microservice architecture by building global error handling middleware in Node, restoring service observability and reducing unhandled exceptions by 60%
  • Isolated AWS upload failures using telemetry, enabling rapid recovery + safe database rollbacks during production incidents

Peacekeepers

Founding Software Engineer•Jan 2021 – Apr 2022•New York / Remote
  • Led 3-person engineering team to design and launch a platform improving access to legal resources
  • Partnered with CEO to launch a greenfield React, Node, and Python platform; engineered FastAPI for data logic and Express for real-time APIs with GitHub Actions CI/CD for 100% availability via TDD

Codesmith EdTech Platform

Platform Engineer•Oct 2019 – Jan 2021•New York, NY
  • Transformed core platform infrastructure to power remote workflows during the pandemic using Docker
  • Led public JavaScript workshops for over 100 people; taught Python/AWS deployment workshops to bootcamp cohortss

Reactime (Open Source)

Co-founding Engineer•Aug 2019 – Dec 2021•New York, NY
  • Architected Reactime, a time-travel debugging devtool for React state; A/B tested options for a D3.js visualization rendering state changes via tree traversal of React fiber and AST parsing to detect React hooks in webpack bundles
  • Published npm package for state tracking integration with Chrome devtools
  • Configured port-based system for simultaneous debugging of multiple React applications

Allergy Asthma Sleep Center

Db Admin & Developer•2017 – 2019•New York, NY
  • Built custom patient data platform on AWS with SQL database, role based authentication, and clinical intake forms to digitize patient allergy and sleep records from previously managed handwritten documentation
  • Designed UIs enabling clinical staff to enter and retrieve patient information across unified system, improving data accessibility and reducing administrative overhead for providers
  • Automated data synchronization across previously siloed clinical records, streamlining documentation routing to appropriate providers, reducing manual processing time by hours a day

MBCC (Nonprofit) — Web Developer

Web Developer•2014-2016•New York, NY + Boston, MA (travel required)
  • Developed and maintained consumer facing web features including dynamic content displays and event pages, managing thousands of media assets across campaigns
  • Built intake and registration pages integrating with external platforms to dynamically generate user profile pages, improving fundraiser and event participant onboarding experiences
  • Maintained operational databases tracking stakeholder relationships across sponsors, volunteers, and participants for multiple annual events

Technical Skills

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Frontend

ReactTypeScriptJavaScriptZustandTanStack QueryReduxD3.jsNext.jsDesign Systems
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Backend

Node.jsExpressPython (FastAPI, PydanticASP.NET CoreSQL and NoSQLREST APIGraphQL
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Architecture

Clean ArchitectureCQRSAPI Contract DesignMicroservicesFeature Flags
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DevOps & Testing

AWSAzureDockerJestReact Testing LibraryMSWTDD & BDD

Open to fulltime roles at mission driven companies.

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