I help founders make technical decisions that scale - whether you're bootstrapping or raising capital.
Architected the backend architecture and microservices in Google Cloud Platform (GCP) and selected the backend tech stack.
Worked directly with the CTO on a recurrent basis to come up with software architectural decisions, as well as defining short- and long-term technical strategies and goals for the benefit of the company
Worked closely with the Product Owner to plan Scrum Sprints with the necessary prioritizations.
Lead, managed, and mentored a team of 5 engineers (3 Senior Software Engineers, 1 Software Engineer, and 1 DevOps Engineer) and reported directly to the CTO
Screened resumes and interviewed candidates, which led to the hiring of: (3) Senior Software Engineers, (1) Software Engineer, (1) DevOps Engineer, (1) Frontend Engineer, and (1) Product Owner. They are all part of the backend team that I currently lead
Experience in architecting microservices and using serverless backends
Technologies Used: JavaScript ES5+, Python 3.7+, Google Cloud Platform (GCP) [IAM, Compute Engine, Cloud Run, FIrestore, Cloud Storage, Container Registry, API Gateway, Load Balancer, Cloud Armor (Network Security), Secret Manager, OpenID Connect (JWT), Serverless VPC Connector, Cloud NAT, VPC Service Control Perimeters], Node.js, Python Flask Web Framework, Docker, Microservices, Atlassian Jira, Bitbucket, and Confluence, Agile with Scrum.
2021 — 2022
Lead, managed, and mentored a team of 3 engineers daily and reported directly to the CTO.
Worked directly with the CTO on a recurrent basis to come up with software architectural decisions, as well as defining short- and long-term technical strategies, processes, and goals for the benefit of the company.
Architected LOOP’s Engineering Bible, which points out how to use Atlassian Bitbucket, Jira, Confluence, and Google Cloud Platform (GCP) products and services. This has led to a more streamlined onboarding process for incoming engineers.
Worked closely with the CTO and Product Owner to enhance our Agile Development processes.
Architected and managed an internal tool to ease the pain of manually underwriting by replicating data daily and showing relevant information in a simplistic manner.
Technologies Used: Python 3.7+, JavaScript ES5+, Google Cloud Platform (GCP) [Cloud Functions, App Engine, IAM, Compute Engine, Cloud Run, Pub/Sub, Firestore, Cloud Storage, IAM, Container Registry], Amazon Web Services (AWS) [Lambda Functions, S3 Buckets, IAM, Container Registry], Python Flask, Docker, Webflow, React, Twilio Infrastructure & APIs, Atlassian Jira, Bitbucket, and Confluence, Agile Development.
2021 — 2021
Founding Engineer (Engineer #1) after the CTO
Architected and produced internal applications that were key to our Series A Round success (21M VC Round)
Enhanced our Referral Program by creating an API Layer that serves as the middleman between our data collection and the referral program API. This is to give our users a quick and better user experience.
Architected a solution to replicate (data replication pipeline) telematic data from an AWS S3 Bucket all the way to a GCP Storage Bucket in an efficient, secured, and scalable way.
Lead Engineer for our team in the Twilio 2021 Q3 Hackathon. We won 1st price and we built a modern contact center that included a Phone IVR, a Webchat, and SMS communication channels (Twilio).
Built a few more data pipelines in a scalable and secure way.
Technologies Used: Python 3.7+, JavaScript ES5+, Google Cloud Platform (GCP) [Cloud Functions, App Engine, IAM, Compute Engine, Cloud Run, Pub/Sub, Firestore, Cloud Storage, IAM, Container Registry], Amazon Web Services (AWS) [Lambda Functions, S3 Buckets, IAM, Container Registry], Docker, GrowSurf API, Webflow, React, Twilio Infrastructure & APIs
2021 — 2021
Created an Engagement Tool that measured how much credit score is costing people on car insurance. Deployment: https://www.ridewithloop.com/measurewhatmatters.
Created Documentation on how to use Google App Engine (GAE), Cloud Run, Cloud Endpoints, Firestore, and Cloud Scheduler, all which are Google Cloud Platform (GCP) Components.
Integrated a Referral Program (GrowSurf) with the company's domain and adapted all forms to be able to take advantage of the program.
Technologies Used: Python 3.7+, JavaScript ES5+, Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Docker, GrowSurf API, Webflow
2020 — 2022
Oversee company operations along with team.
Introduced TeamGantt project management tool to manage a team of 5 employees in six figure (USD) projects.
Introduced Odoo enterprise resource planning tool for centralization and to ease administrative and daily operation processes.
Education
2015 — 2017
Quinnipiac University
Bachelor’s Degree
2015 — 2017
2011 — 2013
Hunter College
2011 — 2013