👋 Andy Weiss

2023 — present

🍔 Director of Engineering, Burger King Digital

  • Oversee 15 engineers with responsibility for ordering, menu, delivery, loyalty and payments
  • Collaborate across functions to enhance UX and performance, improving annual digital sales by 60%
  • Architected React Native framework for agencies to develop in-app games with web technologies
  • Managed partnership with Walmart, allowing millions of loyalty members access to special benefits
2020 — 2023

👨‍🍳 Engineering Manager, Restaurant Brands International

  • Created NestJS service to improve menu accuracy, leading to 40% jump in offer redemption
  • Automated guest care processes, saving $1M in monthly remediation costs with no impact to CSAT
  • Consolidated vendors and developed in-house solutions, eliminating $1.5M in annual SaaS spend
  • Coordinated training of all new engineers and product managers, authored articles for technical blog
2018 — 2020

👨‍🏫 Head Instructor, Wyncode Academy (Acquired by BrainStation)

  • Prepared over 100 students for careers in software development and mentored team of 4 instructors
  • Redeveloped curriculum from scratch (Git, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, SQL, Shell, React, Node, AWS)
  • Formed strong alumni community, see public Course Report reviews: Nico, Rocio, Jen, James, Pitney
2015 — 2018

📈 Lead Engineer, Nuro Retention

  • Led team of 6 developers building data-driven case management software to mitigate dropout risk
  • Automated ETLs to normalize data from learning management and school information systems
  • Architected services in Ruby on Rails, Elixir, and AWS Glue, transitioned frontend to React
2011 — 2015

🌱 Founder, Weiss Tutoring and College Planning

  • Established successful independent test prep and college counseling practice
  • Coached hundreds of students through admissions process at highly selective colleges
2004 — 2011

🌎 Lead Teacher, Miami-Dade County Public Schools

  • Spearheaded International Baccalaureate accreditation at Miami Beach Senior High School
  • Led community relations for advanced academic programs, improving feeder pattern retention
  • Migrated student newspaper from print to web and developed online forum for enrolled families

👨‍🎓 Education

2006 — 2007

📓 Harvard University, Graduate School of Education

2000 — 2004

✌️ Georgetown University, Walsh School of Foreign Service

  • Bachelor of Science, Regional and Comparative Studies, Latin America
  • Magna Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa