Professional Summary

Senior software engineer with 20+ years of experience building, evolving, and maintaining complex backend and distributed systems. Deeply hands-on coder with a strong background in API design, data processing, and event-driven architectures. Experienced leading large codebases, mentoring engineers, and driving technical direction while delivering reliable, scalable software in production environments.

Core Technical Skills

Programming Languages
Python, Go, Kotlin, C/C++, C#, JavaScript/TypeScript, Java

Backend & Distributed Systems
REST APIs, Microservices, Event-driven systems, Data pipelines, System design, Scalability, Reliability

Frameworks & Libraries
FastAPI, Django, Flask, Node.js, .NET, Angular

Data & Messaging
PostgreSQL, Snowflake, Redshift, ClickHouse, MongoDB, SNS, SQS, EventBridge

Testing & Quality
Unit testing, integration testing, TDD, code reviews, performance tuning

Platforms
Kubernetes, Docker, AWS, GCP, Terraform, Ansible, CloudFormation, CI/CD (GitHub Actions, Jenkins, Airflow)

Professional Experience

Intel Corporation — Hillsboro, OR
Cloud Software Engineer (Contractor) | 06/2024 – 12/2025

  • Led and executed a migration of a telemetry data collection system, focusing on service logic, APIs, and data processing workflows from Cloud Foundry to Kubernetes.
  • Wrote and maintained backend services in Python, Go, and Clojure, supporting high-volume telemetry ingestion.
  • Refactored legacy components to improve maintainability, testability, and performance.
  • Collaborated closely with product and platform teams to define service contracts and data models.
  • Built and maintained automated test suites and CI pipelines to support rapid, reliable delivery.
  • Provided technical guidance and code reviews across multiple teams.

Torqata — Huntersville, NC
Senior Software Engineer | 12/2022 – 10/2023

  • Designed and implemented backend microservices integrating Auth0 with internal systems using Python, FastAPI, and PostgreSQL.
  • Owned service codebases end-to-end, from design through production support.
  • Improved API performance, error handling, and observability.
  • Reduced system complexity by consolidating services and improving data access patterns.
  • Actively participated in design reviews, mentoring, and architectural discussions.

Amazon Web Services (AWS) — Portland, OR
Software Engineer | 04/2022 – 09/2022

  • Developed highly available REST APIs for Route 53 Application Recovery Controller using Kotlin and Python.
  • Focused on correctness, resilience, and backward compatibility in a large, long-lived codebase.
  • Wrote unit and integration tests to meet AWS quality and operational standards.
  • Participated in on-call rotations, debugging and resolving production issues.

Comfy (A Siemens Company) — Oakland, CA
Staff Software Engineer | 01/2021 – 04/2022

  • Designed and built backend APIs in Python and Django to synchronize events with external calendar systems (O365, Google).
  • Implemented event-driven service logic using queues and asynchronous processing.
  • Improved system reliability by introducing retries, idempotency, and better failure handling.
  • Mentored engineers and set coding standards across backend teams.

Comscore / Rentrak — Portland, OR
Senior Software Engineer / Technical Lead | 10/2014 – 01/2021

  • Built and maintained large-scale data processing and verification pipelines using Python, FastAPI, Flask, and SQL.
  • Developed extensions to a web-based data warehouse supporting analytics and reporting.
  • Optimized data ingestion and query performance across PostgreSQL, Redshift, and Snowflake.
  • Led code reviews, design discussions, and mentored junior engineers.

Earlier Career

Senior Software Engineer / Technical Lead — Palm, PalmSource, ACCESS Systems, Wind River, Iterasi, WeSync

  • Extensive experience building embedded, desktop, and server-side software in C/C++, Java, and .NET.
  • Developed synchronization engines, middleware, and client/server systems deployed at scale.
  • Led teams, reviewed code, and delivered complex systems across multiple platforms.

Education

Portland State University Portland, Oregon

Bachelor of Science in Mathematics

  • Studied theoretical mathematics and problem solving.
  • Applied mathematical principals in computer science.

Licenses & certifications

  • AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner