Experience
2024 — Now
Brooklyn, New York, United States
• Spearheaded a frontend tech stack evolution by migrating from legacy jQuery and server-rendered Jinja templates to a modern HTMX-driven architecture focused on partials and progressive enhancement, dramatically reducing JavaScript bloat while preserving dynamic, server-driven UI interactions.
• Led a complete UI/UX overhaul using Python/Flask and HTML, collaborating with product, design, and non-technical client stakeholders to deliver responsive, accessible interfaces across multiple role-based portals.
• Authored comprehensive test suites using Pytest with factory-based test data, and maintained high code quality through rigorous PR reviews on every feature branch.
• Implemented cross-browser compatibility fixes, WCAG accessibility improvements, and XSS security hardening across several shipped features.
• Commanded containerization of the local dev environment using Docker, enabling seamless onboarding and eliminating configuration inconsistencies.
• Championed a major backend latency reduction effort, cutting network requests for high-volume operations by over 99% and dramatically improving system throughput.
• Re-engineered relational database architecture, creating new models, restructuring schemas, and executing complex migrations to improve data integrity and extensibility.
• Optimized SQLAlchemy queries to handle millions of records, improving load times and enabling seamless data retrieval for the newly-constructed business metrics view.
• Compartmentalized and refactored APIs into a dedicated lightweight FastAPI submodule, streamlining request handling and significantly enhancing performance for the system’s growing dataset.
• Leveraged AI-assisted development tools to accelerate development cycles while maintaining strict code quality and security standards.
2023 — 2024
2023 — 2024
New York City Metropolitan Area
• Hand-selected by OS Labs (non-profit tech accelerator) to develop an open source product.
• Built a React app for state management visualization of k8s cluster. Created Dockerfiles to construct test servers and deploy test environments.
• Integrated Prometheus and Grafana to generate insightful performance analysis using MongoDB, Node and Express on the backend.
• Orchestrated kubectl to apply YAML files, bypassing default auth settings for the creation of new Config Maps upon user signup which allowed each user to personalize a custom dashboard.
• Automated app installation using spawn and spawnSync, to simplify deployment procedures for user onboarding.
• Wrote test suites with Jest and React Testing Library for e2e quality engineering.
2023 — 2024
New York City Metropolitan Area
• Utilized Redux to create a global store to call upon when generating many-to-many relational join tables, which was critical in circumventing the typical vanilla React relationship-dependent state, allowing an ideal solution for state management.
• Initialized PostgreSQL as a strategic relational database solution and leveraged its capabilities to establish intricate many-to-many relationships and construct critical join tables, enabling the segregation of data as well as ACID Compliance.
• Mechanized Node.js and Express.js to architect a streamlined backend infrastructure following the Model-View-Controller (MVC) design pattern, enabling efficient communication between frontend and server for dynamic user experiences.
2023 — 2023
2023 — 2023
New York City Metropolitan Area
• Collocated Tailwind CSS and React to architect an elegant and simple frontend, integrating Tailwind's utility-first approach alongside React's component-based structure, expediting styling, and laying the groundwork for future scalability.
• Leveraged React Router to seamlessly manage application frontend routes, ensuring smooth transitions between sections and enabling dynamic content delivery, which streamlined navigation and created a smooth and responsive UX.
2019 — 2023
2019 — 2023
New York City Metropolitan Area
• Extensively utilized Excel and all other facets of Microsoft Office while managing and reinventing the Health, Safety & Environmental program at a GMP R&D facility which consisted of over 30 labs and more than 400 engineers, scientists & employees.
• Shepherded dozens of unannounced GMP on-site audits by Federal & State governing bodies including visits from OSHA, DEA, EPA & DEP, upholding a 100% success rate, all resulting in zero Notices of Violation (NOV’s) or citations.
• Designed and managed more than 50 Regulatory Compliance programs from inception, ensuring the safety of company staff along with conforming with all regulatory requirements (Programs include: Employee Training, Medical Clinic Management, Root Cause Analysis, Chemical Hygiene Plan, Hazardous Waste Management, & Lab Safety, as well as others).
Education
McGill University
Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.)
2011 — 2015
University of California, Berkeley
Post-Baccalaureate
2015 — 2016
University of California, San Francisco
Post-Baccalaureate
2015 — 2016