Backend systems,built to last.

1. H-E-BSr. Software EngineerJuly 2023 – PresentNowRole detailsHelp build event-driven notifications for curbside and order communications.

   At H-E-B Digital, I help build the event-driven notification platform behind curbside and order communications. My work centers on delivering near real-time, personalized alerts across the full order journey and scaling the platform to handle millions of promotional and transactional messages each day with the reliability those experiences require.

   Technology and tools

   • Languages: Java, TypeScript, Bash
   • Frameworks & Runtimes: Spring Boot, Dropwizard
   • Cloud & IaC: AWS (SNS, SQS, EC2, ECS, Lambda, S3, IAM, RDS, SAM, CloudFormation), Terraform, Terragrunt
   • Platform & Tooling: MySQL, Docker, LocalStack, GitLab CI/CD, Postman, Datadog, Backstage
2. T-MobileSoftware EngineerJuly 2021 – July 2023Role detailsDelivered billing, payments, and invoicing capabilities for business customers.

   Delivered billing and payments capabilities for T-Mobile for Business, shipping enterprise features while improving the health of core services through dependency remediation and major Java and Spring Boot upgrades. I also helped establish cleaner API development practices and built an invoicing solution for the Department of Education that integrated with legacy workflows and enabled a new revenue stream.

   Technology and tools

   • Languages: Java, TypeScript
   • Frameworks & UI: Spring Boot, Angular
   • Cloud & Platform: AWS, Apigee, Kubernetes, Docker, Conduktor
   • Data: Cassandra, Spring Data
   • CI/CD & Tooling: GitLab CI/CD, Postman, Splunk
3. USAASoftware EngineerJuly 2019 – July 2021Role detailsBuilt real-time identity verification and tools to help prevent fraud.

   At USAA, I built identity and access management capabilities that processed customer verification signals in real time. I contributed to login, registration, and password reset flows for USAA.com, integrated identity checks with credit agencies, and created internal tools that helped call center teams investigate and prevent suspected fraud.

   Technology and tools

   • Languages: Java, Groovy
   • Frontend: React, Redux
   • Frameworks: Spring Boot, Spring Data JPA, Spring Security, Spring WebFlux, Spring Actuator
   • Platform & Data: Kafka, DB2, Couchbase, Docker, Kubernetes, OpenShift
   • Observability & Security: Splunk, Kibana, Grafana, Prometheus, Jaeger, OpenTelemetry, PromQL, OAuth, Postman
4. American AirlinesSoftware EngineerMay 2018 – July 2019Role detailsHelped move flight booking from a monolith to cloud-hosted microservices.

   Played a hands-on role in modernizing the AA.com flight booking experience, helping move a core customer journey from a monolithic architecture to cloud-hosted microservices. That shift improved scalability, resilience, and performance for a platform serving millions of travelers.

   Technology and tools

   • Languages: Kotlin, Java, TypeScript
   • Frameworks & UI: Spring Boot, Spring Data JPA, Spring Security, Spring WebFlux, Angular
   • Cloud & Delivery: IBM Bluemix, Kubernetes, Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Docker
   • Data & Testing: Redis, JUnit, Selenium, Postman, OAuth
   • Observability: Splunk, New Relic, Dynatrace, Tealeaf
5. UTx @ The University of Texas SystemSoftware Engineer InternMay 2016 – Aug 2016Role details

   Researched frontend approaches for a new product by prototyping applications with frameworks like React and evaluating what best matched the business use case. Alongside that exploration, I built internal LAMP-stack tools used to track development work across the organization.

   Technology and tools

   • Stack: React prototyping, Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP, JSON
6. TIAERSoftware EngineerFeb 2016 – May 2018Role details

   Led full-stack development of a web-based nutrient tracking platform from concept through delivery. I owned the frontend, backend services, databases, Linux infrastructure, and hosting footprint, while also bringing UX considerations into the product and mentoring junior developers on MVC-based application design.

   Technology and tools

   • Core Stack: Ruby on Rails, MySQL, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, CoffeeScript, jQuery
   • Quality & Delivery: Selenium, RSpec, Jenkins
   • Infra & Operations: Linux, CRON, Batch jobs, Mailchimp
7. TIAERAssociate Software EngineerFeb 2015 – Feb 2016Role details

   Helped improve web application quality through a mix of exploratory testing, automated test development, debugging, and frontend support work. The role combined hands-on QA with practical engineering tasks so issues were identified early, corrected efficiently, and aligned with what the client actually needed.

   Technology and tools

   • Testing & QA: Selenium, RSpec, MiniTest
   • Frontend: HTML, CSS, JavaScript
   • Application Development: Ruby on Rails

Some roles overlap. The UT System internship took place during my time at TIAER.