Software engineer and architect with 10+ years of experience in the industry.
Experience
2023 — Now
2023 — Now
• Helped develop a platform that has managed over $200m worth of payments through a custom payments pipeline
• Contributed to an AI first SDLC to drive faster throughput and feature delivery
• Integrate and use AI services such as AWS Bedrock, Augment Code, and custom MCP integrations.
• Architect multiple fintech projects to create a comprehensive pipeline for payment processing and auditing.
• Contributed to a compliance/AML program with enhanced due diligence, Know Your Customer implementation, and OFAC screening.
2022 — 2023
2022 — 2023
Austin, Texas, United States
• Lead multiple projects from architecture exploration all the way to production deployment.
• Regularly engage in team meetings such as sprint planning, feature development, retros, and monthly all hands.
• Code develop on a daily basis across multiple code-bases in multiple languages and frameworks such as ReactJS, Angular, Javascript, HTML, CSS, Java.
• Work with multiple senior developers to discuss future projects and endeavors.
2021 — 2022
2021 — 2022
Austin, Texas, United States
• Work with CTO to develop multiple web applications written in React, Python, and Golang.
• Created deployment pipelines using Jenkins-X, GKE, GitHub Actions, Google App Engine, GCP storage buckets, Docker, and Helm.
• Help set up integration with data storage using GCP PostgreSQL, Hasura, and GraphQL.
• Help break down monolithic applications into microservices.
• Member of talent acquisition team that interviews potential candidates.
• Mentored junior candidates by having bi-monthly meetings, code reviews, and assisting with placement on new projects.
2018 — 2021
Austin, Texas Area
• Provide support for applications that have customer and internal facing value
• Review and merge code using Git, GitLab, Jira, FishEye, and Crucible
• Primarily code in Java, Python, Node.JS, React, TypeScript
• Utilize Ant and Maven for easier deployment and dependency management
• Write Unit Tests, Functional Tests, and Integration tests for all applications
• Create Docker applications
• Create Data Science applications utilizing pandas and numpy
• Modify customer facing websites using HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and JQuery
• Create Web Pages while utilizing Java Server Pages
• Create custom websites running on the Lithium Technology service
• Utilize AWS for cloud deployments
• Create custom Jenkins jobs for deployments
• Interact with databases including MySQL and MongoDB
2014 — 2018
2014 — 2018
Austin, Texas Area
• Created a MariaDB cluster across multiple regions with automated maintenance
• Created containerized applications using Docker
• Contributed to the Openstack Barbican project
• Creates and maintains Kubernetes clusters with automated deployment, upgrades, and rollbacks integrated with Jenkins and Helm across multiple data centers and regions
• Integrated our services with PagerDuty, created the escalation policies and consistently participates in Pager Duty rotation
• Created authentication middleware within a service to mediate authentication and authorization
• Helped integrate with firewalls and vyatta routers to route requests correctly to our services
• Gave a community talk about CI/CD deployments
• Programming Languages: Python, NodeJS, Go, Bash
• Databases: Mariadb, MySQL, Cassandra, Cloudant (IBM CouchDB offering)
• Technologies: HAProxy, Sensu, RabbitMQ, Collectd, Consul, Vagrant, Hashicorp Vault, Docker, Kubernetes, Vyatta, Helm, Jenkins, Redis
Education
University of Pittsburgh
Bachelor of Science (B.S.)
2009 — 2014