San Antonio, Texas, United States
Architected and contributed to internal DevEx tooling, including a shared CDK construct library, SDK, and a CLI that automates project scaffolding, internationalization, and domain-driven code generation.
Delivered cloud-native solutions with AWS CDK, CloudFormation, and Lambda, ensuring scalability and platform consistency.
Core engineer on AI incubator initiative exploring how AI can enhance development efficiency and identifying its limitations. Delivered features and bug fixes while building infrastructure to support isolated developer stages.
Led spike research for new features, contributing to architectural planning and prototyping.
Reduced AI text generation costs by ~80% in our environments through model migration and optimization.
Built a Bedrock-based app during an internal AI hackathon to auto-generate Bills of Quantities (BoQs) from project descriptions.
Contributed to “AI as a Platform,” developing an internal chatbot and enabling teams to leverage a shared AI framework.
Developed multi-region deployments using CDK and CloudFormation, enhancing deployment efficiency.
Provided support to engineering teams, including guidance, code reviews, and tooling issue resolution.
Automated DNS management with CDK, simplifying Route 53 hosted zone creation across regions.
San Antonio, Texas, United States
Led the design and implementation of architecture patterns to enhance code modularity and separation of concerns, significantly improving system maintainability. Led Lunch & Learn talks to introduce new technologies and best practices which I later implemented to great results.
Achieved a 45% reduction in production database costs through detailed Azure scaling analysis, aligning with our operational needs and budget constraints.
Helped achieve a 79% performance improvement in our UI build times by leveraging new tooling.
Developed serverless functions to automate warranty estimation for customers, removing the need for manual calculations and enhancing the user experience.
Constructed a stress testing framework using K6 for our main backend API, increasing system reliability by identifying and mitigating potential performance bottlenecks.
2022 — 2023
San Antonio, Texas, United States
Played a vital role in both backend and frontend development at Extend, contributing to the creation of key features using TypeScript, NodeJS, and ReactJS.
Optimized service build times by 25% through strategic upgrades to our CDK stack, enhancing efficiency and performance.
Spearheaded the migration of our service to a polyrepo architecture, achieving better scalability and maintainability.
Contributed to the core offers team, managing over 18 million daily requests with a consistent < 250 ms response time.
2021 — 2022
San Antonio, Texas, United States
Implemented sprint demos, developed new features, resolved challenges, and consistently received excellent client feedback.
Specialized in crafting backend, frontend, and mobile app features, including the integration of the Twilio platform with client applications.
Led the implementation of React Native code and contributed significantly to the backend NodeJS codebase.
Assumed leadership roles, including covering for the tech lead and performing those duties for several months.
2019 — 2021
San Antonio, Texas Area
Developed within a full technology stack, utilizing Java, Spring, and Angular in a microservice environment.
Led a frontend platform migration from AngularJS to Angular 2+, collaborating with business and project managers to identify technical debt, allocate migration efforts, and advocate for the upgrade.
Conducted developer talks on efficient Git usage and advanced techniques, guiding team members towards best practices.
Mentored new developers and significantly enhanced documentation to streamline the onboarding process.
Education
2010 — 2015
The University of Texas at San Antonio
Bachelor of Science
2010 — 2015