Work History

Senior Software Engineer @ Teamshares Inc.

New York, NY (Remote)

Aug 2022 - Mar 2024

Mentorship & Leadership:

Guided junior engineers in advancing their software projects using domain-driven design principles, focusing on innovative solutions to enhance product functionality and alignment with business goals

Data Architecture:

Initiated and led working sessions to redesign existing data models based on domain-driven design to accurately mirror business processes, significantly reducing the risk of technical debt associated with future system overhauls

QA & CI/CD Optimization:

Dedicated significant efforts to shore up both unit and end-to-end testing frameworks. Enhanced the stability and reliability of the CI/CD pipeline by identifying and resolving sources of flakiness in tests

Projects / Development:

  • ETL pipeline: Aggregated user equity and dividend payout data used to automate tax filing documents with Ruby on Rails
  • ETL pipeline: Automated processes that executed complex business rules and eliminated human error from manual data entry (Zendesk data transfer, equity issuance and deferred cancelation workflow, )
  • ETL pipeline: Automated company valuations data workflow and eliminated the need for csv files being passed between teams

Senior Software Engineer @ TempoAutomation Inc.

San Francisco, CA (Remote)

Apr 2021 - May 2022

Team & Vision Leadership:

Solely responsible for the DevOps domain on a newly formed team. Defined scope, responsibilities, and both short and long-term goals. Crafted a comprehensive two-year roadmap to develop core infrastructure components essential for organizational growth

Strategic Audits & Planning:

Conducted detailed audits of initial planning, scoping, implementation, and deployment practices. Produced a strategic recommendations report aimed at advancing DevOps objectives and enhancing the CI/CD platform to support robust future implementation

Technology Integration & Innovation:

Spearheaded the integration of Hashicorp technologies into the software ecosystem. Addressed critical challenges in credential management, service discovery, infrastructure tracking, and account management, significantly boosting the productivity and capabilities of the feature implementation team

Architecture Guidance & System Design:

Provided architectural guidance for high-scale, high-availability, distributed cloud systems. Supported the feature implementation team in automating core processes, advising on AWS resource utilization, best practices, and tailored solutions for unique business requirements

Projects / Development:

Designed and prototyped a GitHub self-hosted runner solution for a new CI/CD platform. Achievements included faster artifact builds, secure data transfer across multiple AWS accounts in compliance with ITAR/EAR regulations, and the creation of secure ephemeral build servers using the AWS govcloud

Senior Software Engineer @ Zillow Inc.

Seattle, WA (Hybrid)

May 2017 - Mar 2021

Agile Leadership & Solution Ownership:

Led the scoping, costing, design, implementation, and testing of SEO-critical services. Provided ongoing support and guidance to the team on best practices for both new and existing services

Cloud Architecture Expertise:

Served as the team’s AWS specialist, offering expert advice on cloud architecture and cloud integrations, enhancing performance, reliability, and scalability

Technology Integration & Innovation:

Spearheaded the integration of Hashicorp technologies into the software ecosystem. Addressed critical challenges in credential management, service discovery, infrastructure tracking, and account management, significantly boosting the productivity and capabilities of the feature implementation team

Projects / Development:

  • System Modernization: Successfully deprecated several costly, inadequate legacy systems, replacing them with new, maintainable services that are now pivotal to the company’s SEO strategy
  • Architectural Transformation: Led the transition from a mono-repo architecture to a microservice architecture, significantly increasing developer throughput and enhancing the developer experience

Software Engineer @ Trulia Inc.

San Francisco, CA

Aug 2016 - May 2017

Full Stack Development & Cloud Integration:

Developed and managed end-to-end solutions ranging from infrastructure as code (Terraform), to front-end frameworks (React) for SEO-critical services. Played a pivotal role in transitioning legacy systems to microservice architecture and migrating all services to the AWS cloud

CI/CD & Service Optimization:

Engineered and integrated CI/CD pipelines for various projects, enhancing deployment processes and operational reliability

Projects / Development:

  • Codebase Modernization: led the upgrade of the legacy PHP codebase from PHP5 to PHP7 resulting in a performance improvement of 10-15%
  • Cloud Migration Leadership: Contributed decisively to the team’s success as the first in the organization to transition all critical services to a 100% cloud-based infrastructure

Corporal (E-4) Field Artillery @ United States Marine Corps

Twentynine Palms, CA

Aug 2006 - Aug 2010