Experience
2024 — Now
2024 — Now
San Francisco Bay Area
CI/Build Infrastructure
• Pitched and built CI infrastructure overhaul end-to-end: parallelized tests, migrated to pytest, configured remote hosts, created cached nested Docker builds—cutting test times from 40+ to 12 minutes
• Redesigned Lambda build pipeline with nested Docker containers and early-exit test mode; reduced build time from 30 min to 2 min, test-only validation in 4 min
• Building ruff integration into CI pipeline to enforce consistent linting and code standards across the codebase
Backend & Data
• Designed an event-driven migration system using AWS Lambda and SQS, moving 300K+ customers to a new partner bank with zero downtime; built queue processing, retry logic, and data pipelines for reliability
• Designed and built RESTful APIs and database schemas for customer account management and internal admin tools, working with relational databases and S3 storage to manage data for 1.5M+ users
Frontend & Product
• Built and deployed Next.js/Tailwind internal tool for sales team to process FedNow and ACH transactions, owning frontend, API design, and Linux server deployments
• Interviewed operations stakeholders, redesigned the KYC dashboard as a work queue with cross-linking navigation, and built forms that eliminated manual SQL queries and support tickets
• Modernized UI across customer and internal dashboards—collected user input, redesigned navigation, optimized page loads via backend query improvements and lazy loading
2024 — 2024
2024 — 2024
San Francisco Bay Area
2023 — 2023
2023 — 2023
San Francisco Bay Area
• Spearheaded the redesign of a high-performing analyst interface application utilizing Vanilla JS, HTML, and SCSS, tailored specifically for efficient proto generation.
• Fostered high user adoption and satisfaction by delivering an intuitive, rapid-response interface.
• Championed the platform to such an extent that it was universally adopted by the client for all contractors, illustrating its effectiveness and value.
• Executed continuous refinements to the interface, incorporating valuable user feedback, demonstrating commitment to user-centric design and iterative improvement.
• Successfully escalated the proto generation speed by a remarkable 400%, significantly reducing turnaround times and enhancing overall productivity.
2022 — 2023
2022 — 2023
San Francisco, California, United States
• Designed, developed, and deployed a full stack test orchestrator application, enhancing overall team efficiency and reliability with repeatable test execution.
• Implemented integration with external Jira API, providing a comprehensive and searchable history of test results and data.
• Successfully integrated the application with 4 internal services through RESTful APIs, improving data exchange and communication between systems.
• Refined technical communication skills through project development and collaboration, resulting in faster and more efficient asynchronous communication and improved project outcomes.
• Utilized Material-UI (MUI) to rapidly create professional frontend components, elevating the user experience and enhancing application performance.
• Composed clear and comprehensive documentation, supporting future maintenance and development by other team members and streamlining the on-boarding process for new team members.
2022 — 2022
2022 — 2022
San Francisco Bay Area
• Transformed the business's API client, guaranteeing proper formatting and seamless integration with legacy Vue components.
• Designed and executed comprehensive unit and integration tests using Minitest to validate the functionality of the updated RESTful API, ensuring reliable and efficient operation of the system.
• Crafted efficient GraphQL queries to streamline the data retrieval process, optimizing the overall performance of the system.
Education
University of California, Davis
Bachelor of Science - BS
App Academy
Acacia University