👋 Andy Weiss
👨💼 Work Experience
2020 — present
🍔 Senior Software Engineer, Restaurant Brands International
- Author and review frontend and backend code for Burger King, Popeyes and Tim Hortons applications
- Design and teach internal courses for new developers, product managers and business analysts
- Manage company's technical blog
2018 — 2020
👨🏫 Head Instructor, Wyncode Academy
- Taught course that prepares career changers for jobs in web development
- Developed curriculum focused on Git, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, React and Ruby on Rails
- Led activities focused on Agile best practices, Lean Startup and other soft skills
2015 — 2018
📈 Lead Engineer, Nuro Retention
- Led development teams for student retention platform to mitigate dropout risk
- Translated business requirements from stakeholders into acceptance criteria
- Built integrations with learning management systems and school information systems
2014 — present
🤝 Software Developer, Consultant
- Design and develop web and native mobile applications for existing businesses and startups
- Work with clients to test and revise assumptions throughout application development
2008 — 2014
🌱 Founder, Weiss Tutoring and College Planning
- Established independent test prep and college counseling practice
- Prepared students for college entrance exams with individual and group lessons
2004 — 2011
🌎 Lead Teacher, Miami-Dade County Public Schools
- Scholars Academy Lead Teacher and IB Coordinator at Miami Beach Senior High
- Global Studies Academy Lead Teacher at Brownsville Middle School
- Taught Journalism, World History, and SAT/ACT prep
👨🎓 Education
2006 — 2007
📓 Harvard University, Graduate School of Education
- Ed. M. Teaching and Curriculum, Social Studies
- Urban Scholars Fellow
2000 — 2004
✌️ Georgetown University, Walsh School of Foreign Service
- BSFS, Regional and Comparative Studies, Latin America
- Magna Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa
💪 Skills
🗣 Languages, Tools
- TypeScript, React, Apollo, GraphQL, Serverless, Node, Ruby on Rails, Elixir, Python, Redis, PostgreSQL, HTML, CSS
- Native English, Advanced Spanish, Basic Portuguese