At Surfside, my focus has been on reinventing software architecture, leading to a system-wide refactor that enhanced maintainability and reliability. Our team transitioned to TypeScript, fixing critical bugs and improving platform stability.

Experience

2022 — NowSurfsideSenior Software Engineer

2022 — Now

* Led a complete refactor of the system's frontend and backend, reducing technical debt and enhancing maintainability through modern software design patterns

* Led the migration to TypeScript, improving safety and productivity, fixing critical bugs, resulting in a more reliable platform.

* Enhanced user interface design, measurably improving user experience.

* Independently developed the company's Retail Media Supply Side Platform (SSP) and OpenRTB client code from the ground up

* Designed and implemented microservices for mapping PII to UID2, facilitating efficient UID2 mapping, and ensuring high scalability and performance through the use of coroutines

2020 — 2022AmobeeTechnical Solutions Software Engineer

2020 — 2022

Reston, Virginia, United States

* Led a project aimed at monitoring EC2 and bare metal server memory usage, identifying over-provisioned services to optimize hardware requirements and reduce costs.

* Successfully revitalized the service by transforming it into a stateless application

* Thoroughly refactored existing SQL queries, reducing execution times from several minutes to a few seconds, significantly improving data processing efficiency.

* Developed a service to aggregate millions of data points from Grafana to ascertain statistics of usage data

2018 — 2020BrightspotSoftware Engineer

2018 — 2020

Reston, Virginia

* Developed client websites using a proprietary Java-based CMS framework, focusing primarily on backend services and API design.

* Engineered API solutions to transition legacy systems to modern platforms, ensuring backward compatibility and system integrity in the absence of comprehensive documentation.

* Spearheaded integration projects with third-party APIs, including Amazon SNS and SQS, enhancing system functionality and interconnectivity.

* Led a critical project to synchronize data between a third-party ecommerce partner and the in-house CMS, optimizing the accuracy and timeliness of product listings.

2017 — 2018AMC TechnologyIntern

2017 — 2018

Richmond, VA

* Developed Salesforce integrations with AI APIs such as Salesforce’s Einstein image recognition in .Net and Microsoft’s Cortana Voice Recognition API.

* Developed Private Key OAuth stack for company’s microservice-based development platform.

* Created configuration tool in .Net for company’s development platform which allowed developers to define configuration templates for their plugins.

Education

2016 — 2018

Virginia Commonwealth University

N/A

2016 — 2018

2014 — 2016

Northern Virginia Community College

Computer Science

2014 — 2016