About Me
Software engineer passionate about building intuitive, responsive, and accessible web applications. Very proficient in Python, Django, and React. Experienced in leveraging AI to streamline development processes, accelerate engineering velocity, and significantly reduce cycle times.
Technical Skills
Full Stack Development
AI Engineering
Professional Experience
Full Stack Software Engineer
DevClarity
- • Architected and deployed AI systems for production use, implementing generative AI models in cloud infrastructure with robust operational monitoring and quality control using reflexion techniques
- • Automated complex business processes using reasoning models and AI-powered form pre-population, reducing manual analysis time and user friction by 80% while ensuring data accuracy
- • Selected, fine-tuned, and optimized AI models for various use cases, balancing performance and cost-effectiveness while maintaining production reliability standards
- • Drive full-lifecycle delivery of IT and DevOps projects, translating leadership vision into shippable releases while managing charters, timelines, risks, and success metrics in Jira and Confluence
- • Run collaborative discovery sessions, distilling business and technical input into well-groomed user stories and testable acceptance criteria that keep cross-functional teams aligned
- • Own Agile operations, sprint planning, daily stand-ups, backlog refinement, and retros, maintaining a transparent Jira board and proactively clearing blockers to sustain velocity
- • Developed robust web applications with Ruby on Rails, ensuring maintainable, efficient, and scalable code
- • Design, build, and optimize CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, Bitbucket Pipelines) that automate build, test, and deploy stages, shrinking lead time and boosting release reliability
Software Engineer II
Constant Contact
- • Enhanced front-end integration for complex platforms like Google Ads, enabling intuitive user workflows and campaign management
- • Reduced UI and functional bugs by 90% through comprehensive debugging, rigorous testing (unit, integration), and collaboration with QA
- • Collaborated closely with product and design teams to translate business requirements into effective, user-focused front-end solutions
Software Engineer I
NXTsoft
- • Designed, developed, and deployed a Python/Django-based geo-targeted marketing platform, attracting high-quality inbound leads and aligning closely with marketing goals
- • Leveraged Python for web scraping and JSON data processing, enabling efficient data migration between various systems
- • Integrated third-party APIs using Python/Django, facilitating seamless data connections across multiple disparate systems
- • Built and iterated features in an Agile environment, incorporating user feedback into iterative improvements within the Django framework
- • Refactored legacy code in a Ruby on Rails SaaS product, significantly reducing database queries and improving page load performance by up to 73%
Software Engineer
Kinetic Ink
- • Implemented Python / Django Rest Framework API for handling requests to servers resulting in scalable, efficient, and modular code
- • Developed mobile friendly React components for making requests to application servers resulting in a responsive front-end client
- • Developed React components in accordance with design specifications from the UI/UX designer resulting in a usable and stylish branded user interface across all devices
- • Expanded platform capabilities through Progressive Web App for offline interactivity, increased SEO, and mobile-app like experience on mobile devices
- • Write automated test scripts to catch bugs early which resulted in faster development of new features and prevented code regressions
- • Manipulate JSON data to prepare for database and retrieve from database
AI Engineering Expertise
As an AI Engineer, I specialize in:
AI Architecture & Ops
Architect and standup AI systems with robust operational infrastructure
AI Output Evaluation
Evaluate AI output with reflexion techniques for quality assurance
Model Fine-tuning
Fine-tune models where needed for optimal performance
Business AI Solutions
Solve business problems with AI-driven approaches
Certifications & Additional Experience
AWS Certified Developer
Credential ID: 6ZH8833CMB111PWS
May 2020 - May 2023
- • Understanding of core AWS services, uses, and basic AWS architecture best practices
- • Demonstrates proficiency in developing, deploying, and debugging cloud-based applications using AWS
Volunteer Experience
Young Adults Leader
Passion City Church, December 2023 - present
- • Co-lead and coordinate weekly meetings for a group of ~8 young adults
- • Foster community and spiritual growth
- • Invite new guests, invigorate existing participants, intercede for participants, invest in relationships