I find meaning in building complex web applications and getting involved in all parts of the product lifecycle: idea generation, design, prototyping, planning, execution, and shipping.

2022 — NowPacasoSenior Software Engineer

2022 — Now

2018 — 2022NoblrSenior Software Engineer

2018 — 2022

San Francisco, CA

Noblr is a telematics-based auto insurance startup founded by ex-Esurance CEO and acquired by USAA in 2021.

Build, refactor, and maintain quoting system with integrations to other internal Java microservices and third party APIs such as policy management system, Transunion, and telematics platform

Implement Transunion API through SSL truststore and keystore to retrieve and cache credit reports in Redis

Design and program future, back-dated, and renewal window endorsement functionality based off of versioning for existing policyholders to change their policy.

Develop and maintain python endorsement testing script for actuaries to do mass testing of different endorsements for rate plan and endorsement testing

Save engineering testing time by creating python integration script for testing quoting system and policy purchase backend, configured for inputs and outputs through .xlsx files

Prototype features quickly, such as AWS Cloudsearch, Kinesis, and Lambda integration for searching policies by identifiers such as driver names and VIN

Architect configurable system for denying quotes to users based off actuary rating requirements per state

Extend quoting system to work with concierge-initiated quotes, building PDFs with customized quote information, uploading PDFs to S3, and emailing them to prospect via Amazon SES

Integrate Uber and Lyft API with third party telematics platform for rewards program in iOS Swift

Work closely with product, actuary and design team to rapidly iterate and ship new features and product launches

2016 — 2018VIDA & Co.Software Engineer

2016 — 2018

San Francisco

Vida is a Y Combinator-backed company that allows artists to print their designs on real-world materials like fabric, leather, metal and more – which are then sold as unique products. Its community of artists has grown to over 100,000 members since its launch a few years ago. Vida was acquired by Cimpress, the parent company of Vistaprint, in May 2018.

Reduced pre-production labor costs by automating template creation with ImageMagick microservice

Built wholesale tiering solution for artist platform with integration to Shopify

Migrated monolithic app to microservices with Java 8, Spring Boot, Docker, React, Redux, Canvas API

Implement secure and social login across consumer and artist platforms, leveraging Auth0 platform

Integrated Google’s machine learning vision API to generate image labels for Google and FB ads

2015 — 2016Sumo LogicSales Development Representative, Enterprise

2015 — 2016

Redwood City, CA

Sumo Logic helps over 800 customers gain instant insights into their growing and complex pool of machine data.

Proactive analytics improve reliability of mission critical applications with visibility across DevOps, IT ops and compliance and security environments. The analytics engine is powered by Pattern Detection, Anomaly Detection, Outlier Detection, Predictive Analytics and Transaction Analytics technologies. The secure service can be set up within minutes and operates at unprecedented scale while reducing cost and complexity.