RESUME

EXPERIENCE

• Engineering Manager · Hourwork, Inc.

  2022-05 – 2023-11 · Remote

  • Led the complete engineering modernization of a legacy Java platform, managing migration to a cloud-native Node.js ecosystem with zero downtime.
  • Migrated 20,000+ users from legacy infrastructure to a modern microservices architecture in 11 months with zero data loss.
  • Re-architected PostgreSQL data models, achieving a 200x reduction in query latency and enabling real-time analytics that drove new enterprise sales.
  • Implemented trunk-based development and automated CI/CD pipelines, reducing release cycles from quarterly to weekly.
  • Instituted code review standards, RFC processes, and incident management protocols, reducing customer-reported bugs by 85% within two months.
  • Architected a serverless messaging platform using AWS Lambda and SQS/SNS, processing 350,000+ daily messages with near real-time latency.
  • Built a comprehensive observability strategy using DataDog, reducing MTTR for critical production incidents to under 24 hours.

• Software Consultant · Freelance

  2024-06 – Present · Remote

  • Build and maintain a modular TypeScript/Discord.js bot with a layered architecture (controller/repository/domain/presentation), backed by PostgreSQL via Prisma ORM with Docker multi-stage builds for production deployment.
  • Implement cron-based session lifecycle automation with recovery logic for downtime, dynamic image generation using Sharp and Canvas, and auto-discovered slash command/event handlers with structured error wrapping.
  • Deploy via Railway with GitHub Actions CI/CD, using path aliases with conditional resolution for dev/prod environments and containerized PostgreSQL for local development.

• Lead Software Engineer · BlueMark

  2021-06 – 2022-04 · Remote

  • Lead Backend Architect for a high-traffic e-commerce portal, owning RESTful API design and automated quality assurance pipelines.
  • Designed and deployed a scalable RESTful API using Python/Flask and AWS, directly supporting new revenue streams.
  • Reduced regression defects by 70% by architecting a comprehensive testing suite (Unit, Integration, E2E) with pytest and Jest.
  • Streamlined cross-team integration by defining strict API contracts with OpenAPI/Swagger, eliminating frontend-backend bottlenecks.

• Director of Technology · Optricity Corp.

  2019-01 – 2021-06 · Durham, NC

  • Promoted to establish and scale the company’s first engineering department, defining technical roadmap, hiring strategy, and Agile SDLC standards.
  • Founded and scaled the engineering department from 1 to 4 engineers, establishing hiring pipelines, onboarding documentation, and career ladders.
  • Modernized SDLC by migrating from open source ticket tracker to GitLab, implementing Agile methodologies that made sense for the team, and building the company’s first automated CI/CD workflows.
  • Engineered a serverless client portal on GCP (App Engine/Firebase) in under 7 days, ensuring business continuity during COVID-19.
  • Reduced core application load times by 70% through complete re-architecture of the legacy XML-based loading engine.
  • Automated QA by integrating a custom Python scripting engine into the core Java application, cutting customer-reported defects by 60%.

• Software Engineer → Senior Software Engineer · Optricity Corp.

  2016-01 – 2019-01 · Durham, NC

  • Progressed from founding engineer to senior role, building internal tooling, client-facing APIs, and driving the company’s first modernization initiatives.
  • Built a direct-integration Web Services API enabling seamless data exchange between client WMS and Optricity, eliminating 10+ hours of manual data entry per client weekly.
  • Developed an internal quality control scanner using Python/Flask, automating data validation for customers and reducing support tickets by 20%.
  • Led the migration of the flagship codebase from SVN to Git, enabling modern branching strategies and issue tracking integration.
  • Architected the company’s secondary support application using C#/.NET, implementing proprietary algorithms for client warehouse system integration.
  • Created the company’s first CI/CD pipeline with Jenkins and refactored the flagship product’s script API to support third-party Python libraries.

EDUCATION

• M.S. Materials Science & Engineering · University of Tennessee, Knoxville

  2012-08 – 2014-08

• B.S. Physics / B.A. Computer Science / B.A. Mathematics · Duquesne University, Pittsburgh

  2008-08 – 2012-05

SKILLS