I'm a senior full-stack engineer with over 15 years of experience building reliable, scalable software systems across backend, frontend, and infrastructure. I specialize in designing tools that streamline internal workflows and boost productivity — recently focusing on AI integration and developer platform efficiency.

2024 — NowIndependent ProjectIndependent Software Engineer

2024 — Now

Building full-stack and backend systems using a hybrid human/AI workflow. I lead architecture and infrastructure design while collaborating with an AI assistant (e.g. ChatGPT, LLMs) for system planning, code generation, refactoring, and technical writing.

Key projects:

AI Ops Assistant – Backend platform for AI-driven operations workflows

Trend Summary Engine – SaaS tool for article summarization with GraphQL, background workers, and LLMs

AI Contract Simplifier – Contract simplifier powered by Node.js, MongoDB, and OpenAI API

2023 — 2024CA Department of Corrections & RehabilitationSoftware Engineer

2023 — 2024

Folsom, California, United States

Developed and maintained a full-stack Information Tracking System for the California Board of Parole Hearings.

Built RESTful APIs in .NET Core with C# and developed front-end interfaces using Angular, TypeScript, and React.

Implemented ETL processes to integrate multiple state databases into Oracle and SQL Server.

Used Azure DevOps for CI/CD pipelines, version control, and Agile metrics. Participated in code reviews and pair programming.

2018 — 2022UnknownFreelance Software Consultant

2018 — 2022

Collaborated with a Sacramento-based accounting firm to build internal software for tracking billable hours and projecting future budgets.

Worked closely with stakeholders to define features, build a prototype, and iterate on financial analytics.

Conducted private consulting and software prototyping in backend development, cloud infrastructure, and internal tools.

Continued upskilling in cloud technologies (AWS, Azure) and developed open-source portfolio projects.

2016 — 2017Razer Inc.Senior Software Engineer

2016 — 2017

San Francisco

Built and optimized RESTful APIs for the Razer Arena gaming platform, using MVC patterns.

Created data engineering pipelines and dashboards using SQL Server for analytics and system performance.

CI/CD integration and version control using GitHub, Bitbucket, and JIRA in an Agile Scrum environment.

2015 — 2016AmoryTechSoftware Engineer, Research & Development

2015 — 2016

Folsom, CA

Developed a Machine Learning Language Model using associative tokenization & Named Entity Recognition.

Architected simple Neural Networks for word embeddings and text vectorization.

Trained ML models through SQL Server stored procedures.

Education

California State University-Sacramento

Experience+

Education

Philosophy