Conviva Care Centers

Served as the Lead Platform Architect and Lead Developer on a rebuild that migrated the client from a Drupal + Yandex-based site to a robust Ruby on Rails platform. Delivered a scalable custom CMS and modern front-end optimized for accessibility, plus a secure locations dashboard where care centers can log in, manage location information, and receive appointment inquiries from visitors.

Preview project: https://www.convivacarecenters.com/

Highlights

• Led platform architecture and implementation, defining the Rails application structure, data models, and deployment-ready environment.

• Migrated and re-platformed content and site architecture into a maintainable Rails codebase built for long-term scalability.

• Built a flexible CMS for managing pages, structured content, and location-based records.

• Developed an authenticated locations dashboard for handling inbound inquiries and appointment request workflows.

• Implemented accessibility-first UI patterns (semantic HTML, keyboard navigation, screen-reader support) and ensured compliance-focused UX improvements.

• Leveraged Rails rapid development tooling (generators/scaffolding), secure defaults, and test-driven practices to accelerate delivery.

Gems

• Authentication / Roles: devise

• Admin / CMS: activeadmin

• Slugs / Routing: friendly_id

• Uploads / Media: active_storage + cloud adapter (S3 via AWS SDK)

• Background Jobs: sidekiq + Redis

• Search: pg_search (Postgres full-text search)

• Security Headers: secure_headers (CSP/security headers)

• Monitoring / APM: newrelic_rpm

• Testing: rspec-rails

Build

• Database: Postgres

• Caching/queues: Redis

• File storage: S3-compatible object storage

• Heroku + AWS S3

• PostGresQL

• New Relic