Professional Software Engineer that enjoys writing, maintaining, and deploying tools and software. I am always looking to understand new things, learn from success and failure, solve problems, and empower those around me. I strive to deliver solutions that are reliable, conscientious, and of high quality.

2023 — NowThe New York TimesSenior Software Engineer

2023 — Now

2022 — 2023BoostSenior Engineer

2022 — 2023

Design, deliver, and own features for Django-based microservices using Docker Compose, Python, RabbitMQ, Redis, & PostgreSQL.

Troubleshoot production issues and field questions related to invoicing, fees, and billing integrations with Stripe.

Onboard, pair with, and mentor teammates.

2020 — 2022Anaconda, Inc.Software Engineer III, Distro

2020 — 2022

Package and maintain software on various instruction set architectures and platforms, e.g., x86_64, ARM64, PowerPC 64, Linux, macOS, and Windows.

Troubleshoot and resolve complex issues around software packages such as build idempotency, compilation errors, race conditions, and unraveling dependency matrices.

Enhanced tooling for building and deploying software packages using Concourse CI, S3, ECR, Docker, and Python.

Gain and share knowledge with the team on technical details such as compilers, scripts, patches, and code that pertain to a package from build to deployment.

Encapsulate and document repeatable tasks in automatable scripts and processes.

2019 — 2020Anaconda, Inc.Software Engineer, Services

2019 — 2020

Greater New York City Area

Led design discussions on automating software package processing based on security scans and software licenses.

Maintained and improved software package pipelines including meta-data curation and security scanning.

Investigate Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVEs) related to software packages; including researching, patching and testing exploit proof-of-concepts.

Review and implement production processes around backup & restore, disaster recovery, and roll-out procedures.

Maintained, improved, and peer-reviewed numerous command line tools and Python software relating to software packages

2017 — 2019Capstone Integrated SolutionsSenior Software Engineer

2017 — 2019

Walden, New York, United States

Mentored and trained a team of eight employees on React Native application and Typescript platform services.

Developed scalable platform microservices and data pipelines using Node.js, Docker, AWS S3, and AWS Lambda.

Introduced back-end RESTful APIs to centralize and scale the processing of an enterprise system monitoring application using Python, Django, and Elasticsearch.

Implemented SLI metric reporting and health check functionality of monitoring application.

Identified and remediated bottlenecks to migrate from batch processing to near real-time data ingestion and retrieval.

Education

2009 — 2013

SUNY Oneonta

Bachelor of Science (B.S.)

2009 — 2013

Experience+

Education

Bachelor of Science (B.S.)