I'm driven to utilize technology and computing in service of innovative experiences. This entails equal parts: • Understanding market fit and devising focus and features that fill previously unseen gaps • Selecting a prudent mixture of underlying technologies • Putting heads down and aggressively building out the...

2022 — NowQualifiedSenior Software Engineer

2022 — Now

2019 — NowLumathonCreator / Developer

2019 — Now

Developed a best-in-class adventure photo hosting platform, initially to host my own photography but now open to all. Check it out at www.lumathon.com. Features include:

Rapid bulk uploading, with server-side GPU processing and client-side progressive streaming of imagery

No-code plugin system for embedding photos and galleries into one's personal website

Geospatial mapping tool utilizing extensively processed and indexed large publicly-available datasets

Integration with Stripe Billing to support a paid subscription tier

Technologies: C++, CUDA, Kotlin, React, SQL, Postgres, SPARQL, WebGL, Google Cloud Platform, Kubernetes, Terraform, PubSub, Spring Boot, PostGIS, jOOQ, OpenStreetMap, Wikidata

2021 — 2022KazmSoftware Engineer

2021 — 2022

Advised and architected backend systems during a product pivot from "specialized video-conferencing platform" to "machine learning and targeted promotions tooling for web3 applications" for an early stage startup, including:

Large-scale, distributed data-mining and analysis of Ethereum blockchain

Machine learning pipelines for generating actionable insights about crypto users

Productionalization of resultant data within live web services

Technologies: BigQuery, Neo4J, Dataflow, Apache Beam, Postgres, Java, TypeScript

2021 — 2021KazmSoftware Engineer

2021 — 2021

Expanded the feature-set of a specialized video-conferencing web application, including:

Real-time participant polling

Interactive and collaborative visual brainstorming tools

Consensus-based moderation and "kick" functionality

Automated scale-testing up to thousands of users within a single videoconference room

Integration with Stripe Billing and Stripe Connect to support subscriptions and revenue-sharing

Technologies: Google Cloud Platform stack including Dart, Firebase, Firestore, Flutter, Cloud Functions

2017 — 2019BirchboxSenior Software Engineer

2017 — 2019

New York, New York, United States

Served as team leader for platform engineering, and architected several backend systems, including:

E-commerce order routing and subscription handling service

Interface for data transfer (EDI) to and from legacy retail partners using open source tools

Internal authentication layer across multiple services

Integration with internal ERP system

Technologies: Java, MySQL, Ruby on Rails, Python, EDI, RabbitMQ, Airflow

Education

2012 — 2017

New York University

Master's degree

2012 — 2017

2006 — 2010

University of Notre Dame

Bachelor's degree

2006 — 2010

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Education

Master's degree

Bachelor's degree