Software engineer and architect with 10+ years of experience in the industry.
Experience
Helped develop a platform that has managed over $200m worth of payments through a custom payments pipeline
Contributed to an AI first SDLC to drive faster throughput and feature delivery
Integrate and use AI services such as AWS Bedrock, Augment Code, and custom MCP integrations.
Architect multiple fintech projects to create a comprehensive pipeline for payment processing and auditing.
Contributed to a compliance/AML program with enhanced due diligence, Know Your Customer implementation, and OFAC screening.
2022 — 2023
Austin, Texas, United States
Lead multiple projects from architecture exploration all the way to production deployment.
Regularly engage in team meetings such as sprint planning, feature development, retros, and monthly all hands.
Code develop on a daily basis across multiple code-bases in multiple languages and frameworks such as ReactJS, Angular, Javascript, HTML, CSS, Java.
Work with multiple senior developers to discuss future projects and endeavors.
Austin, Texas, United States
Work with CTO to develop multiple web applications written in React, Python, and Golang.
Created deployment pipelines using Jenkins-X, GKE, GitHub Actions, Google App Engine, GCP storage buckets, Docker, and Helm.
Help set up integration with data storage using GCP PostgreSQL, Hasura, and GraphQL.
Help break down monolithic applications into microservices.
Member of talent acquisition team that interviews potential candidates.
Mentored junior candidates by having bi-monthly meetings, code reviews, and assisting with placement on new projects.
Austin, Texas Area
Provide support for applications that have customer and internal facing value
Review and merge code using Git, GitLab, Jira, FishEye, and Crucible
Primarily code in Java, Python, Node.JS, React, TypeScript
Utilize Ant and Maven for easier deployment and dependency management
Write Unit Tests, Functional Tests, and Integration tests for all applications
Create Docker applications
Create Data Science applications utilizing pandas and numpy
Modify customer facing websites using HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and JQuery
Create Web Pages while utilizing Java Server Pages
Create custom websites running on the Lithium Technology service
Utilize AWS for cloud deployments
Create custom Jenkins jobs for deployments
Interact with databases including MySQL and MongoDB
2014 — 2018
Austin, Texas Area
Created a MariaDB cluster across multiple regions with automated maintenance
Created containerized applications using Docker
Contributed to the Openstack Barbican project
Creates and maintains Kubernetes clusters with automated deployment, upgrades, and rollbacks integrated with Jenkins and Helm across multiple data centers and regions
Integrated our services with PagerDuty, created the escalation policies and consistently participates in Pager Duty rotation
Created authentication middleware within a service to mediate authentication and authorization
Helped integrate with firewalls and vyatta routers to route requests correctly to our services
Gave a community talk about CI/CD deployments
Programming Languages: Python, NodeJS, Go, Bash
Databases: Mariadb, MySQL, Cassandra, Cloudant (IBM CouchDB offering)
Technologies: HAProxy, Sensu, RabbitMQ, Collectd, Consul, Vagrant, Hashicorp Vault, Docker, Kubernetes, Vyatta, Helm, Jenkins, Redis
Education
2009 — 2014
University of Pittsburgh
Bachelor of Science (B.S.)
2009 — 2014