Kurt Noble, Inc. (KNI)
2021 — Present
As KNI's Engineering Manager, I work closely with our clients and our incredible development, design and project management teams to coordinate development projects and leverage modern technologies to build some of the most well-designed, optimized, accessible and SEO-focused websites on the market.
Some of my responsibilities include:
- Creating cost estimates, scopes and proposals for projects and tech stacks.
- Performing technical research and providing input on technical decisions.
- Implementing code review practices and reviewing others' code.
- Assisting with developer hiring practices.
- Implementing and overseeing programming, workflow and QA processes and best practices.
- Writing documentation for code projects and client workflows.
- Maintaining various code libraries used across the company's sites.
- Optimizing developer and content manager workflows as much as possible.
KNI uses many technologies to build, generate, deploy and maintain websites such as Next.js, React, Node.js, GitHub, CircleCI, Docker, Strapi, Render, Webpack, SWC, ESLint, Stylelint, Sass, Tailwind, Styled Components, Vercel, TypeScript, GSAP, WordPress, AWS, GCP, Hugo, Open Graph, Schema.org, SAML SSO, OneTrust, Airgap.js, Hubspot, Marketo, Salesforce and many more.
As an agile team, KNI also has excellent collaboration practices and makes very strong use of collaboration and project management tools for internal and external communications such as Slack, Asana, Jira, Google Workspace and Zoom.
Throughout my time at KNI, I have been able to work with and have ongoing relationships with amazing clients such as Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, Rippling, Bolt, Armada.ai, Nylas, Soda Health, Stardog, Cerity Partners, Acryl Data, MindMed, Washington Spirit, and Toyota AI Ventures.