Led platform and infrastructure architecture for application, integration, and AI-assisted engineering workflows across production systems.
Improved AWS reliability and operational maturity by automating infrastructure workflows, hardening services, and optimizing performance and cloud cost.
Built secure AWS-native platform capabilities using Lambda, IAM, Secrets Manager, S3, and Route53, with emphasis on least-privilege access and auditability.
Improved deployment safety and developer velocity by building reusable GitHub Actions CI/CD workflows, standardized release processes, and automated validation.
Improved observability by defining service health indicators, logs, and operational metrics to detect issues early and guide engineering priorities.
Strengthen security, compliance, and auditability by enforcing infrastructure standards, access controls, and repeatable operational processes across repositories and environments.
Lead full-stack and integration development across Ruby on Rails, Go, APIs, and platform automation codebases, modernizing application architecture to align with infrastructure and operational requirements.
Write RFCs, architecture proposals, and technical experiments to evaluate new approaches for scalability, maintainability, and platform evolution.
Review and approve pull requests across repositories, enforcing reliability, maintainability, and secure engineering practices.
Use AI and LLM tooling to streamline development workflows, and design multi-agent workflows that enable parallel execution across multiple codebases and engineering tasks.
Mentor engineers on cloud architecture, infrastructure best practices, operational excellence, and developer tooling.
Improved Kubernetes platform reliability by identifying infrastructure risks, driving long-term mitigations, and standardizing operational practices.
Served as infrastructure stakeholder, influenced story breakdown, estimation, and delivery standards across engineering teams.
Modernized legacy applications and integration paths through containerization and standardized Helm-based deployments.
Streamlined delivery workflows using GitHub Actions, ArgoCD, and custom Go tooling to reduce manual release overhead.
Maintained AWS infrastructure using Terraform and Infrastructure as Code practices.
Expanded production observability by integrating Datadog and CloudWatch dashboards, alerts, and service health indicators.
Acted as GitHub administrator, improving repository governance and enforcing security guardrails.
Led development of a new MVP initiative under NDA by designing scalable Scala components under tight delivery timelines.
Created system design diagrams, technical flowcharts, and implementation plans to align engineers and stakeholders on complex feature behavior.
Modernized legacy systems by refactoring core logic and bridging integrations with current platforms.
Supported production readiness through regular code reviews, on-call participation, and timely hotfix delivery.
Maintained high code quality by enforcing documentation, automated tests, and peer-reviewed contributions.
Built secure Scala microservices supporting regulated healthcare workflows with compliance, reliability, and maintainability requirements.
Developed REST APIs and PostgreSQL-backed integration points to improve data consistency across internal and external systems.
Used Splunk and Datadog to diagnose issues, optimize services, and ensure operational transparency.
Worked on a 24/7 live production system supporting state government clients, ensuring high availability and compliance through monitoring, on-call support, and incident response.
Improved software maintainability by writing robust unit tests and documenting legacy behavior for continuity.
Developed interactive game prototypes using Unity and C# to explore real-time user feedback and game mechanics.
Built experimental HCI projects using Arduino, P5.js, and Processing to combine physical interfaces with digital interaction.
Explored creative coding and media art by integrating MAX/MSP with sound, visuals, and user input.
Provided desktop support and A/V troubleshooting in educational settings, including setup, diagnostics, and user support.
Launched and managed 10+ business initiatives by conducting research, hiring staff, and scaling user growth across global markets.
Brought 10+ years of customer service experience across industries, with strong problem-solving skills.
Education & Certifications
B.Tech. in Emerging Media Technology, CUNY New York City College of Technology, 2021.
A.A.S. in Music Production, CUNY Queensborough Community College, 2018.
Azure Fundamentals and Azure AI Fundamentals, Microsoft Learn, 2020.
A+ and CCNA coursework and certification track exposure, 2016.
Speaking & Community
Speaker, Intuit Open Source Meetup | Platform Engineering & AI (San Diego, April 2026):
Presented "What is Devbox and why you need it?" on reproducible developer environments, onboarding speed,
and CI consistency.
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Active in open source and engineering meetups across San Diego, Irvine, and Los Angeles.
Skills & Tools
Technical Skills
Kubernetes, kubectl, Docker, Helm, Terraform
Git, gh, GitHub, GitHub Actions, CI/CD Automation
Scala, Golang, Bash, Scala.js, Python, Ruby on Rails
System design, full-stack development, integration engineering