Product-minded Software Engineer & Consultant with 8+ years experience, passionate about building tools that developers love to use. Currently at Wagmo, where I joined as the second full-time engineer to implement scaling best practices as we expanded into B2B markets and doubled our user base.
Experience
2021 — Now
2021 — Now
Platform & Product
∴ Architected and built a self-service CMS platform, ensuring design system consistency across all content
∴ Reduced engineering dependencies by 90%+ for static pages through CMS platform adoption
∴ Built Django services for Stripe Connect with custom managers for dual-provider billing routing
∴ Designed configurable onboarding flows enabling rapid experimentation for B2B expansion
∴ Established self-service recovery flows for account action items, reducing manual operations by 50%
Infrastructure & DevOps
∴ Architected self-service ephemeral Kubernetes environments for parallel testing by engineering team
∴ Owned CI/CD migration from Concourse to GitHub Actions, implementing GitOps workflows with Helm
∴ Configured observability tooling: Sentry error tracking, GCP logging, and Rancher for developer workflows
∴ Manage multi-cloud production infrastructure using Terraform across AWS and GKE environments
Full-Stack & Leadership
∴ Translate stakeholder requirements into actionable technical tickets across the full stack
∴ Develop Django services and database schema: custom managers, ORM, Celery queues, RESTful APIs
∴ Spearheaded frontend modernization - TypeScript adoption, React 18, Next.js migration
∴ Champion code quality, maintainability, performance, and reusable component systems across repos
∴ Own technical documentation covering architecture, workflows, and best practices
∴ Mentor engineers across all stack layers through pairing, RFCs, and documentation
2020 — Now
∴ Build full-stack applications and developer tools with React/Next.js, React Native (Expo), and Go
∴ Develop Go monitoring tools for Kubernetes deployments, improving observability and debugging
∴ Design and implement complete infrastructure pipelines using Terraform, Ansible, and Kubernetes
∴ Modernize codebases with Turborepo monorepo tooling and Tailwind component libraries
∴ Integrate platform services: Shopify (e-commerce), Uscreen (VOD), AWS SES (email)
∴ Partner directly with clients to understand requirements, iterate on solutions, and deliver pragmatic results
∴ Help small to mid-size businesses adopt cloud-native practices and scale effectively
2020 — 2021
2020 — 2021
∴ Led re-architecture of Pizza Hut Rewards dashboard from PHP to React/TypeScript
∴ Built Django REST Framework APIs and data models for rewards platform with 100k+ active users
∴ Established reusable component library and design system, accelerating team development velocity
∴ Delivered a customer-facing dashboard for managing and redeeming rewards
∴ Modernized CI/CD pipelines with GitLab-CI, Docker, and Kubernetes for automated deployments
∴ Implemented infrastructure as code using AWS CDK to generate CloudFormation templates
2019 — 2020
2019 — 2020
∴ Architected a full-stack IoT fleet management platform with an admin dashboard for enterprise clients
∴ Designed resilient pub/sub architecture using Kafka for systems with intermittent connectivity
∴ Created edge-to-cloud ML pipeline with embedded TensorFlow inference and cloud reinforcement learning
∴ Established CI/CD pipelines for cross-compilation and multi-environment deployments
∴ Developed tools for monitoring and configuring device deployments at scale
∴ Managed multi-cloud deployment strategies across Azure, AWS, and on-premises environments
∴ Integrated inference models to analyze industrial telemetry from pipeline and fracking sites
∴ Built embedded applications using C and CPython for edge device deployments
2017 — 2019
2017 — 2019
∴ Led redesign and maintenance of the Graduate College of Social Work's website
∴ Optimized loading speeds and designed reusable UI components for Cascade CMS
∴ Produced comprehensive documentation and onboarding materials for knowledge transfer
∴ Collaborated with stakeholders to translate requirements into technical solutions
Education
University of Houston