👋 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