• Built and launched Bargain Bricks, a cross-platform iOS and Android app for tracking LEGO set pricing across major retailers.

• Engineered the full stack: Node.js/Express API, MySQL, Redis caching, and Python scrapers monitoring thousands of products across Amazon, Target, Walmart, and more.

• Designed and implemented RESTful APIs supporting real-time price tracking, filtering, and deal alerts.

• Integrated AI-assisted parsing and data normalization into scraper infrastructure to improve product matching accuracy across retailers.

• Led all product design, feature development, and application architecture as sole developer.

• Implemented affiliate-based monetization through partner retailer integrations.

• Leveraged AI-assisted development tools (Claude, ChatGPT, Loveable) to accelerate feature development, debugging, and system design across the full stack.

• Produced and hosted the Tales From the Brick podcast, growing an audience within the LEGO enthusiast community.

• Building backend applications utilizing Python.

• Utilizing PHP and MySQL to build interactive web applications.

• Creating and editing web based video properties.

• Facilitating communication for automotive sales.

• Building software for financial services.

• Training and evaluating LLM models.

• Tech lead for a team of four engineers.

• Building and maintaining internal applications utilizing PHP, Hack, Python, and React.

• Research, explain, and present technologies utilized by the engineering team.

• Facilitating communication between contract and full-time engineers on technical projects.

• Team lead for an identity based management system project.

• Building and maintaining the backend for web applications for tourism applications.

• Utilizing PHP, MongoDB, and MySQL to build interactive web application.

• Building and maintaining APIs for microservice architecture.

• Creating and maintaining APIs for external use by partner organizations.

• Building web applications for medical payments.

• Utilizing PHP and MySQL to build interactive web application.

• Made use of Laravel framework to build application.

• Instituted project management workflows and Kanban project management software.