I'm a technical leader focused on pragmatic software approaches to deliver business value quickly. I strive to create environments where teams embrace learning and continuous improvement via better tooling and automation.

2024 — NowPelotechStaff Software Engineer

2024 — Now

Chicago, Illinois, United States

2023 — 2024Apex Fintech SolutionsSenior Software Engineer

2023 — 2024

Chicago, Illinois, United States

2021 — 2023PelotechSenior Software Engineer

2021 — 2023

Pelotech partners with Fortune 500 clients building backend cloud native applications with a focus on containerization and Kubernetes.

Lead development of backend API systems using Golang, Java, and Node.js

Migrate legacy architectures to Kubernetes with IAC and GitOps

Direct company recruiting efforts by designing and conducting interviews

Build personal relationships with clients to bolster company sales efforts

2019 — 2021Tally IncSoftware Engineer

2019 — 2021

San Francisco Bay Area

Tally is a consumer lending app that makes people less stressed and better off financially.

Technical owner of Scala backend which powers the company's core business

Lead development of both new features and large-scale refactors

Increased team deployment speed as well as monitoring, alerting, and on-call capabilities

Collaborate with product owners to quickly prototype new ideas

2017 — 2018Sonder Inc.Software Engineer

2017 — 2018

San Francisco Bay Area

Sonder is new category in hotels and travel with an inspiring, award-winning approach to design that meets modern, mobile-first service to build the future of hospitality.

Built a mobile app and supporting API that powers critical internal operations

Joined as 3rd engineer and helped build the team to ~30 engineers

Took ownership of product research, planning, and prioritization in absence of formal PM team

Education

2012 — 2015

University of Wisconsin-Madison

Bachelor of Science (B.S.)

2012 — 2015

Experience+

Education

Bachelor of Science (B.S.)