Austin, TX
I'm a software engineer with experience on startup teams and at Fortune 50 companies. I build backend platforms and customer-facing systems that need to stay reliable under heavy use. I enjoy turning complex product problems into software people can depend on. My work includes real-time notifications, billing workflows, identity services, and the internal tools that support them.
Backend-focused engineer building scalable platforms, secure customer flows, and high-volume integrations
⚡ Build high-throughput backend APIs and microservices for scalable, distributed systems
⚡ Ship cloud-native systems across AWS and containerized platforms with an emphasis on reliability, observability, and maintainable delivery pipelines
⚡ Contribute across the stack when needed, building frontend experiences and internal tools that improve both customer and operator workflows
August 2014 - May 2018 | Cum Laude
Maintained academic honors while working nearly 40 hours per week throughout undergrad.
July 2023 – Present
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.
July 2021 – June 2023
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.
July 2019 – July 2021
Within USAA's Platform Infrastructure organization, 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.
June 2018 – July 2019
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.
May 2016 – Aug 2016
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.
Feb 2016 – May 2018
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.
Feb 2015 – Feb 2016
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.
Achievements, Certifications, Awards
Built an Alexa skill that answers tax questions by scraping and ranking Intuit support content in real time. Implemented content parsing (BeautifulSoup), lightweight relevance scoring, and a Flask API deployed on AWS. Awarded Intuit’s event challenge winner.
Prototyped a web app that estimates a borrower ‘trust’ score from public social signals. Built Vue.js front end and Python NLP pipeline to extract linguistic features and classify risk bands. Presented live to judges and placed 3rd overall.
Developed an Android app to reduce emissions by coordinating shared rides to common destinations. Integrated Google Maps routing, live ETA, and cost-split UX. Selected as a finalist by judges.
Smaller builds, experiments, and utilities worth a look.
Built a searchable game directory with Rails + AJAX for quick discovery and smooth client-side navigation.
Created a travel planner that streamlined trip organization, showcasing Laravel for backend reliability.
Engineered a scraper to extract recipe ingredients into structured shopping lists using React + Node.js.
Prototyped a mapping tool with Express + Leaflet, enabling fast geographic data visualization.
Developed a responsive site to modernize a university org’s online presence
Built a React app during Earth Hack 2020 that let communities share pantry goods and reduce shortages.
Let's connect. I'm always open to new opportunities, collaborations, or just talking shop.
