Epicodus is a coding school whose mission is teaching practical software development and career service skills and keeping software development accessible to many. • Skills being learned in the Full Stack development course include: HTML, CSS, Javascript, jQuery, C#, React, Markdown, Bootstrap, and Git. • Curriculum includes DEI lessons and workshops • Career services include internship search and preparation and job search assistance

current Full Stack Software Developer, former outfitter retail specialist and backpacking guide

IT & Technology

I'm Louie, a full-stack software engineer and I build tech products that solve real problems for real people. I've developed web applications across climate tech, political tech, digital agencies, and the creator economy. My work spans React, TypeScript, Ruby on Rails, Node.js, GraphQL, and PostgreSQL. I work across the full development lifecycle from backend architecture to intuitive and accessible frontend experiences. Currently, I build enterprise learning products at Teachable, where I've found it especially rewarding to develop software to facilitate learning and growth at scale.Before becoming an engineer, I explored a number of different careers, including wilderness guiding, tree farming, arboriculture, land conservation, and municipal drinking water treatment. Those experiences shaped how I approach software today. I craft user experiences with curiosity, empathy, and a belief that technology should make people's lives better.

**Note**: Role concluded due to a parent-company-led organizational restructuring that downsized a major percentage of the U.S. workforce (including the engineering department) and centralized operations in Brazil.
• shipped Teachable's B2B enterprise enrollment platform from the ground up, enabling businesses to manage seat-based course access across multiple organizations. Delivering the full feature set across backend data modeling, REST APIs, and React UI in a multi-sprint initiative
• built the org-admin self-service experience, giving B2B customers the ability to manage admins, enroll students in bulk, and control product access independently, reducing support burden and unlocking a new enterprise go-to-market motion
• Launched a new standalone Lessons product type end-to-end, including checkout, pricing, and purchase flows. Expanding the platform's product catalog and opening a new revenue stream for creators
• Improved platform reliability and observability by resolving critical production enrollment bugs, instrumenting user behavior analytics in embedded third-party tooling, and conducting technical research to establish a testing strategy and increasing confidence in a high-revenue B2B surface area

Software Engineer II

• Improved client websites by making crucial bug fixes, adding frontend features, and implementing WCAG accessibility standards using HTML/CSS, Javascript/Typescript, React, PHP, Laravel, Webflow, and Craft CMS
• Kept to tight deadlines in a distributed team and collaborate with many stakeholders

Full Stack Software Developer

• Led frontend development of SaaS product for a stealth startup in the political campaigns space and launched product on time and under budget
• Created internal tools and client-facing software with Retool, React, Javascript, BigQuery and PostgreSQL
• Utilized Big Query, PostgreSQL and Google Cloud Platform for data management and manipulation

Lead Frontend Developer

• Built and renovated client-facing features across a sustainable project and building materials management platform, resulting in improved user experience and increased customer conversion rates.
• Enhanced quality control efficiency by 25% for a 20,000+ building product library by designing a streamlined interface using React components with customized Material UI controls and inputs consistent with the rest of the application.
• Spearheaded migration from Ruby on Rails REST API to GraphQL, optimizing key admin tool pages for 25% faster average load times and reduced requests to PostgreSQL database by 20%.
• Established a centralized UI component reference library with Storybook that facilitated streamlined communication and collaboration across a distributed development team

• Led the creation of a reusable UI component library using Typescript, React, and Tailwind CSS, leveraging Figma wireframes for consistency and rapid development. This streamlined UI implementation, reducing time-to-market by 30% and facilitating collaboration between design and development teams.
• Executed the expansion of the data architecture by seamlessly integrating new tables in the PostgreSQL database and entity relationships in the Node.js backend for novel software features. Optimized GraphQL handling for the expanded data model, achieving a 20% reduction in query response time. This empowered users with efficient data access and boosted overall application performance.
• Empowered secure and seamless donations for all users by integrating the Stripe API, enabling platform users to donate to their favorite non-profit organizations.

• Streamlined water treatment plant operations by evaluating and integrating software to interface with SCADA data (or manual records where applicable). Achieved a 50% reduction in operator record-keeping time, enabling faster incident response and improved efficiency.
• monitoring the performance of all equipment, gauges, and charts in treatment plants, wells and reservoirs
• collecting samples to identify concentrations of chemical, physical, or biological characteristics of water required by local, state, and federal laws

Water Treatment Operator

• performed trail work including removal of downed trees, installing of retaining walls and stone stairs, and improving trail tread surface
• various land management practices including invasive species removal, field and pasture mowing, and tree felling for forest management plans
• groomed cross country ski trails with snowmobiles and specialty grooming implements
• performed as needed preventative vehicle maintenance, operated power tools and light duty equipment, and carried out as needed electrical, plumbing and carpentry repairs to buildings and structures

Conservation Land Steward

• Removed undesirable tree species and invasive species from sugarbush to al-
low healthy growth of maples
• During sugaring season: inspected and repaired sap lines, prepared all necessary equipment, tapped trees, monitored vacuum levels throughout 3,500 tap system and made repairs as needed
• Operated power tools, tractors, chainsaws and assisted with Christmas tree farming and sales

Sugarbush Maintenance and Tree Farmer

• harvested apples, pears, peaches and cherries
• pressed apples to make cider, assisting in all stages of the operation
• pruned fruit trees during the winter months
• worked in the retail store at the farm and at farmers' markets selling fruit

Fruit picker and farm hand

• Backcountry field guide for teenagers and young adults in a wilderness therapy program
• Led groups of 6 clients on week long backcountry trips
• Taught skills such as wilderness survival, primitive fire starting, cooking on fires, tarp camping, and navigation with map and compass

Wilderness Therapy Field Guide

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