• Assumed Tech Lead responsibilities in early June 2025, overseeing the HVAC vertical (ComfortAI) across Mobile (Android & iOS), Cloud, Web, Edge, and AI domains.

• Designed and implemented a hub-and-spoke data model for robust data isolation across business partners; cutover with with zero incidents.

• Redesigned user onboarding to streamline flows, improve user experience, and support data isolation across tenants.

• Designed, built, and deployed several cloud services on Node.js/NestJS/TypeScript with: AWS, PostgreSQL, Kubernetes + ArgoCD, Terraform, and Auth0.

• Introduced new Architecture Review and Incident Management processes to drive stakeholder alignment and tighten feedback loops.

• Introduced processes improvements to strengthen Jira hygiene and Agile practices (e.g. refinement, planning, retros) to improve prioritization and throughput/velocity.

• Designed, built, and deployed all applications over a four-year period (beginning in late-2018) as a professional development side project. Notable aspects include

◦ 25 unique server-side rendered web pages

◦ 12 Docker containers, which run applications that include: Django, Celery Worker, Celery Beat, Flower, Express.js, PostgreSQL, Nginx, Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana, Filebeat, and Redis

◦ 80 GraphQL operations, which includes: 50 mutations, 29 queries, and one subscription

◦ 12 internal REST endpoints provide functionality such as: logging, image uploads, search, web sockets, etc.

◦ 10 external REST API integrations provide functionality such as: IP geolocation, autocomplete, etc.

◦ ~120 normalized database tables

◦ ~1,300 AWS configuration items across production and development environments

◦ ~300,000 lines of code upon project completion (excluding dependencies)

• The core technologies include: Python, Django, Celery, Flower, JavaScript, React, Node.js, Express.js, Apollo, GraphQL, Nginx, Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana, Redis, PostgreSQL, Docker, and Terraform. Additionally, the core AWS technologies include: VPC, IAM, Route53, WAF, ALB, EC2, ECS, Fargate, ElastiCache, Aurora, CloudFront, S3, Cognito, and CodeDeploy.

• More details about the technical stacks are available on StackShare: https://stackshare.io/companies/freeferral.

• Spearheaded the design and implementation of a unified search experience using Elasticsearch, generating $12M in annual recurring revenue by improving search relevance.

• Moderated Dynamic Application (DAPP), which is Capital One’s customer-facing credit card application platform using React and Node.js.

• Rewrote the form field implementation to improve accessibility, eliminate code duplication, and promote component reuse.

• Contributed to multiple credit pre-approval integrations for third-party partners, reducing delivery time from 12 weeks to 4 weeks.

• Mentored several junior engineers to build technical and professional skills.

• Built a WAI-ARIA complaint React autocomplete form field with remote fetch and corresponding backend Node.js service.

• Collaborated with stakeholders to plan and lead development of a Node.js microservice for small business credit card applications.

• Redesigned and led development of the Draft feature, enabling prospective credit card applicants to save, resume, and update incomplete applications.

• Led a team of five developers in the creation of a real-time diagnostic support portal that provides real-time and historic data for 250,000+ pieces of equipment.

• Utilized latest versions of frontend and backend technologies, such as: JavaScript, React, MobX, Jest, Webpack, Python, Django, and Django REST Framework.

• Supported extensions of the portal that serve additional business units.