About

Michelle Tai is a highly motivated and results-driven software engineer with a passion for creating innovative solutions to complex problems. Currently, she serves as the Front-End Lead at The Nature Conservancy, where she is responsible for creating a new table component using Java and HTL in Adobe Experience Manager to make it easy for users to add tables to the organization's website. Michelle has gained valuable experience in the technology industry through her previous roles at Dropbox and Duke Alpha Kappa Delta Phi. During her time as a Summer Launch Intern at Dropbox, Michelle spearheaded the redesign of the e-signature template editing process in HelloSign's Salesforce integration, resulting in a 75% reduction in the time it takes customers to edit templates. She also saved the company $240,000 in annual recurring revenue and reached the team's quarterly goal by researching inflexibilities in editing e-signature templates through extensive API testing and Apex/Lightning Web Component manipulation. Additionally, Michelle drove the expansion of solution scope to solve for the overarching problem of inflexible template editing, reducing duplicate code and implementing remapping of signer-associated fields in Apex. Michelle's passion for technology and innovation is evident in her education history, which includes a Bachelor of Science in Engineering in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Duke University. During her time at Duke, Michelle was a Duke Technology Scholar and a Rewriting the Code Fellow. She also served as the Webmaster for Duke Alpha Kappa Delta Phi, where she redesigned the chapter's website from a single page to a multipage site using HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and Bootstrap. Michelle's technical skills include Frontend, Java, Web, test, PHP, Salesforce, Integration, Software Engineer, Javascript, and Backend. With 1.36 years of relevant experience, Michelle is a valuable asset to any organization looking for a skilled and dedicated software engineer.