Anthony Moffa

Northeastern University - Boston, MA

BS in Behavioral Neuroscience
Graduated summa cum laude

Languages and Frameworks

Ruby, Ruby on Rails, Javascript, jQuery, HTML, CSS, SQL, Postgres, React, Ember, Elixir

Dev Tools

Git, SSH, Aptible, Heroku, DigitalOcean VPS, Amazon S3, Mac OS X, Linux, RubyMine

Ten Percent Happier Senior Fullstack Engineer - 2021 - Present

At Ten Percent Happier, I’ve taken ownership of an 11 year-old Rails application that serves the Ten Percent Percent Happier Android and iOS mobile apps. I’ve led the development of new features to support live meditation coaching, rate-limiting and fraud prevention and AI-based meditation recommendations. I also supported various team-facing and user-facing features built with plain old Rails view, Svelte and React. I work in a small team of product managers and mobile engineers to drive the application forward in a sustainable and maintainable way, always balancing a skateboard-first, iterative approach with writing quality, maintainable code.

thoughtbot Senior Developer - 2019 - 2021

Develop web and mobile applications using a variety of technologies including Ruby on Rails, React Native, TypeScript, and Elm. Work with clients to prioritize features for and de-risk MVPs. Establish best practices in new and existing codebases including code review, iterative development, and testing.

Lead Rails Developer for FollowApp Human Resolution Technologies, LLC - 2016 - 2019

FollowApp is a remote patient monitoring platform that enables patients to recover from cardiac surgery in the comfort of their home. During my time at HRT, I’ve gone from a fledgeling developer to lead RoR developer and taken FollowApp from MVP to a polished, customizable patient care platform.

• Lead the development of patient PDF reports and an in-house inventory management system
• Expand the featureset of the care coordinator web portal, API, and back-end systems
• Integrate with 3rd party APIs (APNs, Zoom.us and Alivecor)
• Automate testing using RSpec and Capybara
• Collaborate with tight-knit team of diverse skill sets to coordinate product decisions
• Participate in product design sessions and brought wireframes and specifications to production

Self-Employed Web Applications Dev - 2015 - 2019

I provide web-based client database and invoicing platform for small landscaping businesses built with Ruby on Rails. As my first foray into software development, I aimed to keep my system as simple as it would allow, focusing on lean and easy to follow code. I’m currently supporting a local company with a client-base of over 200 people.

• Provide support and troubleshooting in person and over the phone
• Incorporate feedback from clients to constantly improve existing features and expand functionality
• Deploy and manage applications on Ubuntu-based servers through DigitalOcean

Massachusetts Institute of Tech. Research Technician - 2013 - 2016

I assisted in the design and execution of neuroscience experiments to understand the neurobiological underpinnings of learning and memory. I facilitated various experiments looking into the implantation and manipulation of memories in mice.

• Worked in a close-knit team to design and execute science experiments
• Maintained breeding colony of various transgenic mouse lines
• Collected, scored and analyzed data
• Performe microsurgeries using precision tools
• Trained mice and acclimated them to experimental apparatuses
• Troubleshooted surgical and experimental tools