Technical leader for security‑critical backend services, designing and operating high‑throughput, low‑latency microservices on AWS.
Led the design and implementation of authentication and authorization platforms, supporting OAuth 2.0, JWT‑based access tokens, SAML, SSO, and PKI‑based trust models.
Built and scaled identity‑centric services integrating with multiple IDPs, supporting certificate management, key rotation, token signing, and encryption.
Incorporated AI-assisted development workflows using Microsoft Copilot and Google Gemini for day-to-day engineering tasks, including code scaffolding, refactoring, test generation, documentation, and design reviews, improving developer productivity and code quality.
Leveraged generative AI tools to accelerate debugging, log analysis, and incident response, while applying rigorous human review for security-critical IAM and authentication logic.
Architected distributed systems using Java, Scala, Kafka, Redis, and MySQL, optimized for reliability and performance at scale.
Partnered with product, security, and platform teams to define IAM standards and influence company‑wide security architecture.
Drove operational excellence through improved observability, on‑call readiness, and production hardening of critical services.