Jul 2023 – Jul 2025 · 2 yrs · On-site

• Enhanced user authentication: Leading the design and implementation of a modern CIAM (Customer Identity and Access Management) solution, integrating social login, MFA, and advanced security features while preserving full legacy system compatibility. Orchestrated a zero-downtime migration of 100M+ user accounts with A/B testing capabilities and enhanced observability. The unified authentication platform streamlines multiple systems, significantly improving the security posture, user experience, and developer experience.
• Microservice design/development: Led the development of a high-performance Spring Boot microservice using Java 21 and PostgreSQL to replace a legacy Elasticsearch-backed service, achieving full backward compatibility with the legacy API while enabling seamless integration with new platforms like Salesforce; optimized service to handle over 500k daily requests and improved system security, scalability, and maintainability.
• Event ingestion & processing service: Designed and implemented a data ingestion and processing service for collecting and asynchronously processing over 10 million frontend events daily, decreasing incidents caused by data loss by 7x over the year.

Jan 2023 – Mar 2023 · 2 mos · San Francisco, California, United States · Remote

• Cloud BigTable integration: Modernized a legacy codebase by modifying it to communicate to the cloud-based solution, Cloud Bigtable, resulting in improved performance, scalability, and enhanced data management capabilities.
• HBase migration: Executed a large-scale data migration project, seamlessly transferring data from a self-managed HBase cluster to Cloud Bigtable, ensuring minimal downtime and preserving data integrity throughout the process.
• Cloud monitoring: Implemented an uptime monitoring system, enhancing visibility and enabling proactive identification of software weaknesses and faults for improved reliability.

May 2022 – Aug 2022 · 3 mos · Charlottesville, Virginia, United States

• Cloud architecture: Architected cloud infrastructure using AWS CloudFormation comprising 30+ microservices for an internal DAST tool, enabling efficient dynamic application security testing capabilities.
• Serverless backend development: Implemented a serverless backend API for an internal tool using AWS SAM and Lambda functions.
• Build automation: Constructed CI/CD pipelines to automate the build and deployment of company-wide applications using GitHub Actions and TeamCity.

May 2021 – Aug 2021 · 3 mos · Cary, North Carolina, United States

• Full-stack web development: Spearhead front and back-end product demo for use at the HIMMS conference – a healthcare informatics industry event with 100k estimated visitors.
• Developer tool creation: Designed and implemented MAS Explorer – an open-source developer tool to speed up development with MAS, a low-latency ML model scoring service.
• Internal tool construction: Constructed internal team dashboard complete with a custom React.js/FastAPI no-code editor.

Aug 2020 – Dec 2021 · 1 yr 4 mos · Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States

• Reinforce concepts: Host four office hours sessions per week to teach groups of 10-20 students course material.
• Script grading process: Develop automation software to speed up grading processes for 150+ students.
• Construct assignments: Collaborate one-on-one with Dr. Jack Snoeyink to construct and grade purposeful weekly
• assignments.

May 2020 – Aug 2020 · 3 mos · Cary, North Carolina, United States

• Balanced various pool chemicals throughout the day at five local pools in accordance with CPO guidelines
• Troubleshooted and repaired issues with pool pump and equipment to prevent unexpected pool closures
• Cleaned and maintained pool deck area and club house

Jun 2017 – Aug 2019 · 2 yrs 2 mos · Cary, North Carolina, United States

• Developed innovative and educational activities for campers on a daily basis
• Built relationships with other counselors and campers while overseeing 10+ open-programming activities
• Oversaw group of ~30 children per week