Joe McCormick

Joe McCormick

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Staff Software Engineer at Babylist
United States

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  • Babylist
    Staff Software Engineer
    Babylist
    May 2023 - Current (3 years 2 months)
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    Director Of Engineering
    SplitSpot
    Jul 2021 - Apr 2023 (1 year 10 months)
    Transitioned the company from a Drag and Drop Wix website to a new site built on Ruby on Rails (PostgreSQL/Hot wire/StimulusJS/Bootstrap) The app uses ActiveAdmin on the backend and was heavily built using Test Driven Development with RSpec Integrated the new Rails application with many existing business processes by building out a custom Zapier app Hired four software engineers to join the SplitSpot team Managed the Analytics Team, helping transition to a SQL based approach and a new business intelligence tool (Metabas
  • ezCater
    Software Engineering Manager
    ezCater
    Apr 2019 - Jul 2021 (2 years 4 months)
    • Led teams of between 3-5 engineers to build out projects in our various technologies (mostly Ruby on Rails/GraphQL/React/CSS) • Acted as a "player coach" spending about 50% of the time on coding/technical leadership, 25% on people management and 25% on product/project management • For people management, handled weekly 1:1s, semiannual performance reviews, career pathing and was hiring manager for multiple roles • Built out the company's first production ready python microservice which was responsible for generating dynamic food orders that matched a user's constraints
  • ezCater
    Senior Software Engineer
    ezCater
    Jan 2018 - Apr 2019 (1 year 4 months)
    • Led the build out of a re-vamped Caterer Portal which transitioned from a full stack Ruby on Rails app to a Rails GraphQL back end and a React Front End • Worked across teams to standardize best practices as the company transitioned to GraphQL • Acted as a "Squad Lead" which involved handling product/project management tasks for the squad (creating user stories, leading stand-ups, etc.) • Created many dashboards to analyze and make product decisions using SQL in our business intelligence tool (Periscope Data)
  • ezCater
    Software Engineer
    ezCater
    Jul 2014 - Jan 2018 (3 years 7 months)
    • Developed projects and features in the company's Ruby on Rails monolith (PostgreSQL/HTML/CSS/ jQuery) that impacted all facets of the business • Lead the build out of a new task management system for the customer service team which allowed processing over 100x the number of orders • Heavily involved in the interview process to help the engineering team double in size year over year for 4+ years
  • Harvard University
    Teaching Fellow
    Harvard University
    Aug 2012 - Dec 2012 (5 months)
    • Teaching Assistant for Computer Science 50, Introduction to Computer Science I • Lead section of 15 students, reviewing course materials • Run weekly office hours for entire class to answer specific questions on course
  • Leaf
    Software Engineer Intern
    Leaf
    May 2012 - Aug 2012 (4 months)
    • Developed various pages on Leaf Business web platform for merchant use, utilizing Ruby on Rails and JavaScript/jQuery • Implemented labor reporting system to allow merchants to log and track their employees’ hours as well as salary/tips earned during a specified time period • Designed user settings section including full flow to allow the addition and removal of payment types from the user’s device • Created reports to showcase a variety of metrics to users including item sales and transaction history
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    Intern
    Institute for Human Centered Design
    May 2011 - Aug 2011 (4 months)
    • Outreach coordinator for assistive technology conference/ trade show • Researched potential vendors & attendees, successfully signing many vendors to attend • Tested/reviewed sites for web accessibility with a screen reader program
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  • Harvard University
    A.B, Computer Science
    Harvard University
    Jan 2010 - Jan 2014 (4 years 1 month)
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    Lime Connect Fellow
    Lime Connect
    Aug 2012
    • Selected to participate in a competitive year-long leadership and professional development program for rising college juniors with disabilities • Chosen by top corporations such as Goldman Sachs, Bloomberg, Google, Target, and PepsiCo to be an ambassador for Lime Connect
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    Google Lime Scholar
    Google
    Jun 2012
    Received $10,000 scholarship from Google given to 15 students in the U.S. or Canada with a disability who exemplify leadership and demonstrate a passion for computer science and technology
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    Leadership in Botball
    KISS Institute for Practical Robotics
    Jan 2010
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    Espionage in Botball: Motivation and Methodology
    KISS Institute for Practical Robotics
    Jan 2009
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    Simplicity in Robotics
    KISS Institute for Practical Robotics
    Jan 2008