Designed and implemented AWS cloud-native backend REST APIs with Java Spring Boot, SQL databases with Postgres, NoSQL databases with ElasticSearch and DynamoDB, and frontend user interfaces with React.

Architected and coded key system components with a focus on backend systems. Concurrently mentored junior engineers through pair programming and code reviews.

Implemented modern DevOps practices including Docker containerization, serverless deployment to AWS ECS and Lambda, and CI/CD using GitHub Actions.

Introduced Terraform as Infrastructure as Code (IaC) to automate provisioning of AWS cloud infrastructure, decreasing new project startup time by 50%.

Mentored junior engineers through pair programming, collaborative design sessions, and PR code reviews.

Balanced multiple complex projects with high-visibility stakeholders using Agile methodologies, leading regular cross-function product development meetings to align technical roadmaps with the product vision.

Built a distributed real-time data processing platform with a Kappa architecture that ingested equipment data across three global manufacturing sites into a central Apache Kafka cluster using Kafka Connect for CDC.

Unlocked real-time process performance analysis and contextual downtime alerts by developing containerized Java stream processing microservices using Kafka Streams.

Created a novel computer-vision-automated laser welder API using C# and SQL Server that greatly enhanced system flexibility, throughput, and data collection, facilitating over 950 surgeries daily.

Gave multiple presentations on laser technology, laser manufacturing capabilities, and laser DFM

Designed and programmed an automated silicon wafer handling system, achieving sub-millimeter precision