Sep 2024 – Present · 1 yr 8 mos · Remote

• Engineers the high-throughput data ingestion layer responsible for processing security telemetry from millions of global sensors.
• Optimizes distributed pipelines using Go and cloud-native patterns to ensure low-latency event processing and high availability.
• Collaborates with sensor teams to define protocol specifications and ensure efficient data transmission at massive scale.

Jul 2022 – Sep 2024 · 2 yrs 2 mos

• Architected the control plane for a PostgreSQL-based data warehouse, designing a custom API in Go to orchestrate instances on Kubernetes.
• Led the complete AWS infrastructure implementation using Terraform, establishing the foundation for the company's cloud offering.
• Designed and maintained the official Docker images and open-source tooling for the Hydra data warehouse.

Oct 2020 – Jun 2022 · 1 yr 8 mos

• Built the Runtime for a real-time data platform, designing a custom Kubernetes controller in Go to manage the data plane lifecycle.
• Designed the platform-wide REST API and secure Docker image build process to harden the data plane for enterprise use.
• Automated control plane deployments to AWS EKS using Terraform, significantly reducing infrastructure provisioning time.

Jul 2015 – Oct 2020 · 5 yrs 3 mos

• Principal Lead for the Salesforce Functions runtime, re-architecting the platform on top of Kubernetes to support serverless workloads.
• Engineered Heroku Private Spaces, a network-isolated runtime environment delivering HIPAA and PCI compliance for enterprise clients.
• Developed the Global API Router in Go, a critical infrastructure component routing millions of requests to upstream microservices.
• Mentored senior engineers and evangelized pair programming practices across the Runtime team.

Aug 2014 – Jul 2015 · 11 mos · Greater Seattle Area

• - Designed and implemented the external-facing Advertising API, serving millions of ads on Amazon.com with high availability requirements.

Dec 2013 – Present · 12 yrs 5 mos · Greater Vancouver Metropolitan Area

• Founded Vancouver’s first dedicated Go programming community, establishing the hub for Gophers in the region.
• Grew the community to over 1,000 members, creating a vibrant ecosystem for knowledge sharing and networking.
• Organized and hosted 20+ technical events, securing speakers from major tech companies and mentoring new speakers.
• Facilitated the adoption of Go in the local industry by connecting developers with hiring companies and open-source projects.

Dec 2012 – Aug 2014 · 1 yr 8 mos · Greater Vancouver Metropolitan Area

• Architected the platform's centralized authentication system, implementing SSO and OAuth standards for enterprise clients.
• Designed and developed the GRC (Governance, Risk, and Compliance) suite, serving as an early adopter of Go for high-performance backend services.
• Engineered critical backend components using Ruby on Rails to support complex enterprise workflows.

Aug 2011 – Dec 2012 · 1 yr 4 mos · Greater Vancouver Metropolitan Area

• Work as part of the core development team to develop Enterprise AppZone with Rails.
• Practice Scrum and XP on a daily basis in a highly collaborative environment and short development cycles.
• Lead the development of the iOS Mobile Device Management server with JRuby.
• Lead the development of re-writing the Android application.

May 2011 – Aug 2011 · 3 mos · Greater Vancouver Metropolitan Area

• - Lead the development of converting existing accounting web application to Service Oriented Architecture.

Nov 2010 – Sep 2011 · 10 mos

• - Build an innovated Rails application that provides a social media marketing platform.

Jun 2009 – May 2011 · 1 yr 11 mos

• Work as part of the core product development team to create core features of the enterprise e-commerce system.
• Practice agile methodologies (Scrum and XP) on a daily basis in a highly collaborative environment and short development cycles.
• Work on the Professional Services team to upgrade the customized core product.
• Prepare the Agile Vancouver 2009 official site.
• Lead the OSGi/Eclipse study group.

Jan 2009 – Feb 2009 · 1 mo

• - Conducted a user study to verify the effectiveness of the knowledge indicator over a code base.

May 2008 – May 2009 · 1 yr

• Designed, implemented and tested an indicator for what code a programmer knows based on which programmers have authored the code and which code the programmers have navigated.
• ACM publication of the research result: A degree-of-knowledge model to capture source code familiarity, Fritz, Ou, Murphy and Murphy-Hill, International Conference on Software Engineering, Proceedings of the 32nd ACM/IEEE International Conference on Software Engineering, available at http://portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=1806799.1806856.

Sep 2007 – Apr 2008 · 7 mos

• CPSC 410 Advanced Software Engineering.
• CPSC 319 Software Engineering Project.

May 2008 – Aug 2008 · 3 mos

• - Worked as part of the Eclipse Mylyn open source development team to integrate the WikiText component as the markup languages support for Mylyn’s task editor.

Jul 2005 – Sep 2006 · 1 yr 2 mos

• Developed a web-based three-layered Customer Relationship Management system on a team.
• Conducted system analysis; worked with colleagues to understand customer needs.
• Involved in the optimization process, including API optimization and performance optimization.