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Rachel Goldish

Software Engineer
New York,NY

Summary

I am a creative and innovative Software Engineer who has spent the last year helping bring Firebase App Hosting to public Preview. As both a teacher and a Web Developer, I have an innate ability to break down complex code into intuitive, interactive solutions that support a diverse set of stakeholders. I seek the opportunity to utilize my talents as both an engineer and an educator to advance companies' development needs and train the next generation of Software Engineers.

Overview

5
5
years of professional experience
3
3
years of post-secondary education

Work History

Software Engineer

Google
09.2023 - Current
  • Developed scalable and maintainable code, ensuring long-term stability of the software.
  • Learned and became proficient at Golang while on the job with no formal training.
  • Implemented Wipeout protocols for purged customer projects to ensure legal compliance was met.
  • Implemented Garbage Collection project to ensure all internally created resources related to customer projects are deleted as necessary.

Product Technology Manager

Google
06.2021 - 09.2023
  • Completed teaching a two-quarter technical training program to upskill 22 colleagues, with 10+ successfully converting to their desired role in a more technical area. This program covered technical skills such as APIs, SQL, and Full Stack Development (HTML, CSS, JS, Node.js, Express.js).
  • Advocated on behalf of customer service representatives and solutions support engineers for increased serviceability in high growth areas, especially new product onboarding.
  • Wrote documentation on debugger tools to decrease onboarding time by 2-3 days, on average.
  • Decreased contact rate for product area by 25%, from 4.2 customer support tickets per million customers to 3.19 tickets per million customers.

Instructional Lead-Software Engineering Immersive

General Assembly
10.2020 - 05.2021
  • Created and delivered learning materials and lectures on JavaScript fundamentals, React, Express, MongoDB, and Ruby on Rails.
  • Guided the next generation of quality software engineers by giving constructive feedback and modeling developer best practices.
  • Collaborated with multiple instructors to give students the most seamless experience possible.

Front End Software Developer

NYC Department of Parks and Recreation
10.2019 - 04.2020
  • Used React.js, Sass, Apollo, and Next.js to help create both user-facing web pages and an internal content management system.
  • Collaborated with back-end developers and designers to improve usability, accessibility, and internationalization.
  • Maintained brand standards under company guidelines while updating website look and feel.
  • Created HTML email templates and newsletters for e-mail marketing

Education

Certificate of Completion - Software Engineering

General Assembly
New York, NY
04.2018 - 07.2018

Bachelor of Science - Digital Multimedia Design

Touro College
New York, NY
09.2014 - 01.2017

Skills

React JS

React Native

TypeScript

JavaScript

Golang

HTML

CSS

Nodejs

Expressjs

PSQL

Analytical Thinking

Object-Oriented Programming

Code debugging

MongoDB

NextJs

Sass

Apollo

Training

Teaching

Learning and Development

Timeline

Software Engineer

Google
09.2023 - Current

Product Technology Manager

Google
06.2021 - 09.2023

Instructional Lead-Software Engineering Immersive

General Assembly
10.2020 - 05.2021

Front End Software Developer

NYC Department of Parks and Recreation
10.2019 - 04.2020

Certificate of Completion - Software Engineering

General Assembly
04.2018 - 07.2018

Bachelor of Science - Digital Multimedia Design

Touro College
09.2014 - 01.2017
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