Oct 2023 – Oct 2025 · 2 yrs · Toronto, ON · Remote

• Architected and delivered a new canary testing and release framework using Gloo Mesh and Istio, establishing robust release validation processes that increased development confidence and platform reliability. This created a framework that is then standardized and adopted across platform teams.
• Led the architectural decoupling of Traffic Control Plane and Data Plane, authored core design docs and aligned cross-functional teams to enable independent deployments and faster feature delivery.
• Spearheaded a high-risk Vault secrets migration, crafted a comprehensive execution plan to ensure low blast radius and high reliability amid shifting priorities.
• Championed operational excellence by resolving multiple critical production incidents and delivering an AWS Health Event monitoring pipeline that was adopted as a model across engineering teams.
• Advanced team growth and engineering excellence by mentoring junior engineers and conducting 50+ technical interviews to raise the organization's hiring standards. Fostered team cohesion by initiating and hosting biweekly socials.

Mar 2023 – Sep 2023 · 6 mos · Toronto, Ontario, Canada

• Built and scaled real-time content moderation systems using Python, MongoDB, and TypeScript, boosting detection hit rate from 7.3% to 9.3% and reducing detection-to-removal time from 2 months to <1 week.
• Created a Golang microservice to host a sensitive items catalogue, improving user experience and brand reputation across multiple client-facing services.
• Led the development of a content moderation audit system to monitor and train human reviewers and machine learning agents, ensuring high detection accuracy and accountability.
• Migrated and consolidated Tableau and Superset dashboards, simplifying data pipelines and reducing data lag from 48 hours to <12 hours.
• Diagnosed and resolved data discrepancies affecting multiple teams and implemented a safe metric framework to ensure accuracy during server auto-scaling.
• Orchestrated the 2022 company-wide Hackathon as part of the Engineering Culture Committee, engaging 30+ teams in the most popular hackathon in company history.
• Mentored an intern over 4 months, facilitating the delivery of 7 impactful projects while supporting growth and integration into the team.

May 2021 – Mar 2023 · 1 yr 10 mos · Toronto, Ontario, Canada

May 2020 – Aug 2020 · 3 mos · Toronto, Ontario, Canada

• Developed merchant-facing interfaces to facilitate the sales of branded products, such as an interactive central dashboard for real-time store performance metrics
• Refactored legacy Backbone components to React and augmented internal tool functionality for marketplace policy teams

Sep 2019 – Dec 2019 · 3 mos · San Francisco Bay Area

• Developed a Bottle plugin to aggregate AWS CloudWatch metrics for internal APIs
• Refactored multiple AWS dashboards to monitor the health and performance of daemons and API endpoints
• Improved the performance and stability of an internal tool built with Retool

Jan 2019 – Apr 2019 · 3 mos · Fremont, California

• Refactored database to improve scalability and reduce the workload by 30%
• Researched, designed, and implemented 7+ proof of concept business solutions in PHP that were pitched to clients

May 2018 – Aug 2018 · 3 mos · Toronto

• Established TDD convention and developed a new generation of the internal RESTful API
• Consulted with platform owners to analyze the use cases of the API and make architectural and design decisions
• Improved search consistency on the administrative dashboard using ElasticSearch and BigQuery

Sep 2017 – Dec 2017 · 3 mos · Toronto, Ontario, Canada

• Architected and developed multiple full-stack web systems for various banking and trading departments
• Led meetings with various groups of clients for design iteration feedback, product releases, and training

Jan 2017 – Apr 2017 · 3 mos · Markham, Ontario, Canada

• Developed new software features for Windows kernel graphics drivers using C/C++
• Worked with popular display technologies, including HDMI, DisplayPort, and embedded DisplayPort
• Enhanced product quality by improving legacy components in a fast-paced production environment
• Participated in new ASIC bring up