Experienced in remote software development, web development, software education, and automation technology.

Experience

2023 — NowCohere HealthSenior Software Engineer

2023 — Now

Architected and supported scalable microservices using Micronaut, Kafka, Java, and Groovy, enabling reusable “building block” services and improving system modularity and long-term maintainability.

Led primary on-call rotation, triaging and resolving high-severity production incidents, reducing downtime for mission-critical healthcare workflows.

Collaborated with cross-functional teams to design and deliver features used daily by insurance providers and hospital networks.

2021 — 2023OliveSenior Software Engineer

2021 — 2023

Designed and scaled healthcare automation services using Node.js, TypeScript, AWS (EC2, Lambda, DynamoDB), and Terraform, supporting high-volume eligibility and insurance discovery workflows.

Built and maintained automation systems leveraging Puppeteer, enabling reliable interaction with complex third-party healthcare portals.

Architected batch and event-driven services including Eligibility, Insurance Discovery, Notice of Admission, and Fax APIs, used by healthcare networks nationwide.

2020 — 2020UpshotSoftware Developer

2020 — 2020

Chicago, Illinois

Develop applications, websites, and email templates for company clients on a small development team. Turn Photoshop and Illustrator designs into finished products.

Code in several different stacks including React.js/Node.js/MongoDB, WordPress/PHP, Ruby/Rails.

Deploy and manage sites with AWS and Heroku.

Worked on public-facing apps, emails and sites for clients such as Nestle, Starbucks, Google, Corona, Smithfield, Mazola, Arm & Hammer.

2019 — 2019Flatiron SchoolAssistant Instructor

2019 — 2019

Chicago, Illinois

Assist and conduct instruction of the first Software Engineering class at Flatiron School Chicago.

Grade and evaluate student progress, hold technical 1-on-1s, work as project manager for student's final projects.

Participate in educational strategizing and planning

Learn new languages and frameworks to adapt to changing tech atmosphere

Languages include Ruby, Rails, React.js, JavaScript, and SQL.

2017 — 2019Sentinel TechnologiesSolutions Analyst

2017 — 2019

Downers Grove, Illinois

Developer on a team of 4 building a corporate portal for a large IT managed services company.

Programmed in JQuery, JavaScript, Bootstrap 4 on the front-end and built with C# on the backend.

Participated in research for different frameworks and languages, and the user experience design and testing of our software.

Used Microsoft’s Team Foundation to track progress, bug fixes, and automate the development process to be more efficient.

Education

2017 — 2017

Northwestern University

Full-Stack Web Development

2017 — 2017