• Pioneered the development of the customer experience suite from the ground up using Django Rest Framework/Postgresql, playing a foundational role in the Customer Experience team's formation.

• Built additional supporting microservices via Flask in a bid for lightweight efficiency.

• Led the introduction of a cutting-edge testing strategy utilizing Pytest, leveraging blue/green deployments with canary, Google Cloud Platform’s cloud functions and Firestore, enhancing software quality and stability.

• Orchestrated integration with Metabase for data visualization via custom SQL queries and advanced filters.

• Elevated application deployment efficiency on Google Cloud Platform by enhancing and maintaining Kubernetes yaml and helm charts

• Built message senders and receivers using PubSub to ensure data synchronization across microservices.

• Refactored our code to use typing and Pydantic for enforcing validation for requests and responses across microservices for consistency across services

• Acted as the interim team lead, assuming responsibilities during the team lead's paternity leave.

• Launched new applications for handling

• Successfully executed a seamless migration to a new payment provider as part of a cost-cutting initiative.

• Developed a load-testing framework utilizing FastAPI and GCP cloud functions, with data storage and parsing capabilities integrated with Firestore.

• Engineered a robust Pyramid/Python/SQLAlchemy application proxy layer, hosted on Amazon Web Services, seamlessly integrating with the Sigma legacy payment processing system enabling a consolidated payment workflow.

• Designed a front-end Reactjs UI enabling intuitive control and toggling of features for system integrations, empowering non-technical staff with a self-management control panel.

• Spearheaded the creation of a dynamic webhook application, streamlining internal SNS and Kafka event processing across applications allowing synchronization of notifications across systems

• Implemented Google protobufs for cross-platform and internal message serialization, optimizing data exchange.

• Championed build deployment and testing through a Jenkins workflow using Terraform and Kubernetes.

• Developed and managed Python RESTful APIs and User Interfaces for a prediction market.

• Maintained and updated the Surveys system, written in Python’s Django with PostgreSQL, creating new types of surveys and survey filters allowing a more customizable experience for our business associates

• Innovated an automated cashout redemption system utilizing Paypal APIs, enhancing user experience.

• Designed bespoke survey features and themes tailored to individual clients, leveraging jQuery and Bootstrap.

• Engineered an advanced asset management system with unique slugs, replacing direct S3 uploads for greater efficiency.

• Created a dynamic React uploader/edit cropper and file browser, integrating sorl-thumbnail caching for optimized image delivery.

• Revamped HTML5-based video content delivery for enhanced cross-platform compatibility and responsiveness.

• Led the car dealership software department, overseeing server maintenance, updates, and phone system integration, running call tracking and recording software utilizing Python/MySQL.

• Modularized call-tracking software to take plugins to create a tailored experience on a per-client basis.

• Created integrations across different phone systems, through the use of documentation and reverse-engineering.

• Built, configured and installed web servers across multiple automotive dealerships, including handling the logistics and technical support of remote installation.

• Realized a 20% reduction in speech recognition operating costs through strategic optimizations of GCP’s Speech-to-Text speech recognition.

• Developed and prototyped a speaker recognition system, contributing to cutting-edge solutions in instant transcription for real-time monitoring by managers.

• Transformed and reimplemented the VPN network using Django, RESTful APIs, and Redis, ensuring scalability and performance, additionally adding remote monitoring and control for cross-country support.