Engineering lead for backend and serverless systems powering a workflow automation platform.

Python | Django | AWS | Serverless | CI/CD | DevOps | Observability | AI-Accelerated Development

* Led development of Django and AWS serverless components for a workflow automation platform.

* Owned backend services end-to-end in a lean engineering environment.

* Improved CI/CD and automated testing, reducing build friction and speeding up deployments.

* Increased system reliability through ECS stabilization, structured logging, and enhanced monitoring.

* Maintained SOC2 readiness (Vanta, Astra, Dependabot, IAM hardening).

* Integrated GenAI and Cursor.ai into daily workflows to accelerate planning, coding, and testing.

* Applied flow metrics and Jira analytics to guide data-informed engineering improvements.

Led a small team building event-driven AWS services for consumer genetic health.

Typescript | AWS | Serverless | AppSync | DynamoDB | Cognito | CI/CD | Event-Driven Architecture

* Led a small engineering team delivering event-driven microservices using AWS capabilities.

* Built third-party integrations and an authentication/authorization service using AWS Cognito.

* Drove adoption of reliable CI/CD practices and scalable architecture patterns.

* Delivered backend services powering consumer genetic health products used by millions of dog owners.

Typescript | Node | Express | GraphQL | React | OpenSearch | Postgres | AWS

* Added backend paging logic for friend-list APIs (Typescript/Node/Express/GraphQL).

* Enhanced internal admin tools (React/OpenSearch) for managing remote IoT devices.

* Delivered visual battery-life metrics and device health insights.

* Improved device-tracking features leveraging Google Maps with attention to cost efficiency.

Software Delivery (Ruby, Rails, VueJs, Typescript, Python, AWS, Serverless, Redshift)

Doing lots of hands-on work with AWS especially with serverless services and with managed database services (e.g. Lambda, Glue, ECS, Aurora, Redshift).

Also writing a lot of code in Ruby (including Rails, Lambda functions and scripts) and in JavaScript as well.

CI&CD setup through SemaphoreCI and TerraformCloud.

CI/CD, DevOps, and XP/Agile Consulting

* Symphonia — Delivery consultant & DevOps specialist — Multiple projects

* Praxis Flow — Visiting Scientist — Multiple projects

Working with the Praxis Flow team in areas including team organization, process flow, and development capability improvement.

* Lean Dog — Tech lead, delivery specialist — June 2018 – September 2018