Full-Stack Software Engineer with 7+ years of experience delivering scalable, user-centric applications across health tech, finance, and enterprise SaaS.

Experience

2024 — NowPlexus ScientificFull Stack Senior Software Engineer

2024 — Now

Washington, District of Columbia, United States

Led backend development efforts for a top national medical research agency, serving as the primary point of contact for modernizing the application’s tracking tools and optimizing performance.

Pioneered AI-driven solutions within the application, spearheading the design and implementation of assistants and chatbots used in core, user-facing features.

Modernized legacy systems by implementing Java Spring Boot, improving maintainability, scalability, and API response times.

Spearheaded frontend modernization using Vue.js, enhancing UI responsiveness, accessibility, and overall user experience.

Pioneered CI/CD integration with Jenkins, automating deployments and improving development efficiency.

Optimized database queries and API response times, resulting in a 35% performance improvement in key system workflows.

Collaborated with cross-functional teams in a fast-paced Agile environment, ensuring efficient feature delivery and value creation for stakeholders

2022 — 2024L7 InformaticsLead Application Engineer

2022 — 2024

Austin, Texas, United States

Led a team of 4 developers on multiple custom integrations for a multi-billion dollar pharmaceutical company, serving as the primary point of contact for scalability and performance optimization.

Architected and developed RESTful APIs using Python and PostgreSQL, improving data handling and system reliability.

Optimized API response times by 80% through efficient SQL query design and backend performance tuning, significantly enhancing user experience.

Advocated for Test-Driven Development (TDD) using JUnit, Cypress, and PyTest, leading training sessions on best practices in TDD and CI/CD with Docker.

Standardized and modularized custom applications, improving reusability and paving the way for integration into the company’s core product offerings.

Delivered over 40 custom API endpoints and dynamic front-end components, leveraging Java, Vue.js, JavaScript, HTML, and CSS to build scalable and interactive applications.

2018 — 2022CapTech ConsultingSenior Software Engineer

2018 — 2022

Washington DC-Baltimore Area

Participate in the complete software development lifecycle, including design, development,

implementation, deployment, problem resolution and maintenance of an application for mobile banking

functionality for a major global credit union

Analyze business needs with customers to develop requirements for enhancements to the application

Using Java, develop and implement new software functionality, certifying that the clients’ concept and

requirements are met

Present new service upgrades bi-weekly to key business stakeholders, including client senior management

and vice-presidents

Support client leadership with implementation, release coordination, and production issue triaging

Recognized by upper management for intensive support of product deployments

2017 — 2017WGS Systems, LLCDevelopment Intern

2017 — 2017

Frederick, Maryland

Built a GUI testing framework in Java and helped to uncover over 100 defects

Integrated the testing framework into Jenkins in order to automatically run the test suite

Set up automatically generated reports that gave an easy way to visualize the current build’s problems

Educated developers how to add tests and steps into the new framework

2015 — 2016Spirent CommunicationsProduction Verification Engineer Intern

2015 — 2016

Frederick, MD

Development Intern

Advanced a GUI testing framework in Java and helped to uncover over 100 defects

Authored daily automation testing reports and sent it to leaders in the company

Gained extensive experience while creating over 200 automated API tests using Java and Selenium

Presented reports to Spirent upper management

Education

2014 — 2018

James Madison University

Bachelor’s Degree

2014 — 2018