General Mills
General Mills is a multinational food company that produces some of the most popular brands in the world.
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Senior Software Engineer
Box Tops for Education
Box Tops for Education is a program that allows schools to earn cash for their schools by collecting Box Tops from participating products.
- Frontend Development
- Backend Development
- Performance Optimization
- Asset Optimization
- Accessibility
- Developed and maintained API and backend services for the Box Tops for Education mobile app and website, including API integrations, Kafka consumer processing, database development, and performance monitoring, resulting in improved app performance and enhanced user experience
- Engineered the Unlock Brighter Futures rewards promotion by integrating vendor code redemption APIs with internal systems, leading to a successful sweepstakes of on-package codes redeemable via the Box Tops App.
- Refactored code to enhance readability, performance, and testability, resulting in more efficient development processes and reduced bug occurrences through SQL profiling, Postman integration tests, and unit tests
Projects & Initiatives
Key projects and features I worked on during this role
Box Tops for Education is a program that allows schools to earn cash for their schools by collecting Box Tops from participating products.
Unlock Brighter Futures was a promotion that enabled users to enter codes found on General Mills products to earn bonus Box Tops and prizes.
General Mills
Software Engineer
Branded Sites Team
The Branded Sites team acted as an in-house agency for General Mills, creating websites for their many brands.
- Frontend Development
- Backend Development
- Performance Optimization
- Asset Optimization
- Accessibility
- Collaborated with designers and project owners to develop performant, accessible, and visually appealing websites, enhancing user engagement for brands like Progresso Soups, Chex Mix, Larabar, and Cheerios.
- Created templates, themes, and components such as advanced product/recipe filtering and multi-tier navigation menus for Wordpress and GatsbyJS solutions, improving user navigation and content accessibility
- Developed React and Ethereum blockchain interactions, ensuring secure user transactions and authentication, successfully processing approximately 20,000 wallet transactions, which strengthened platform trust and user security.
- Led initiative to track website performance using sitespeedio, graphite, and grafana. Used metrics to drive 20-40% load time improvements and benchmark performance over time.
- Partnered with WeCo Digital Accessibility to complete WCAG compliance audits and training, which resulted in improved best practices, accessibility audit scores, and improved user experience for all users.
Projects & Initiatives
Key projects and features I worked on during this role
The Cheerios website was a GatsbyJS site that allowed users to find recipes and learn about the brand.
The Progresso website was a GatsbyJS site that allowed users to find recipes and learn about the brand.
The Larabar website was a Wordpress site that allowed users to find recipes and learn about the brand.
The Chex Mix website was a Wordpress site that allowed users to find recipes and learn about the brand.
The Yoplait Oui website was a Wordpress site that allowed users to find recipes and learn about the brand.
The Food Should Taste Good website was a Wordpress site that allowed users to find recipes and learn about the brand.
The Bring Back the Bees campaign website was a Wordpress site that allowed users to find recipes and learn about the brand.
