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New York · Full-Stack Software Engineer

I build dependable software people can use with confidence.

I work across product interfaces, backend services, integrations, and delivery systems. My focus is turning complex workflows into clear, durable experiences.

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Selected work

Systems from interface to infrastructure.

A selection ordered around the work I want to do more of: useful full-stack products, well-bounded services, and careful state management.

01 / RESEARCH SYSTEM

Prophet Directional Trader

A paper-only prediction-market research system with durable journals, scheduled decision cycles, risk-aware sizing, and fail-closed execution safeguards.

PythonSQLiteSystem Design
 02 / PRODUCT TOOL

Partner Coverage

A browser-based coverage explorer that parses carrier-to-state data, overlays multiple carriers, and makes operational gaps easy to inspect.

ReactData ParsingTesting
 03 / BROWSER EXTENSION

Link to Glass

A Chromium extension that adds one-click Glassdoor research links to LinkedIn job results while handling dynamic SPA navigation and DOM updates.

Manifest V3JavaScriptDOM APIs
 04 / CONTRACT INTERFACE

dCasino

A browser lottery demonstration that connects wallet state to React, Solidity contract calls, verifiable randomness, and round settlement.

ReactSolidityEthers
 05 / SERVICE DESIGN

Door ID

A Spring Boot address-verification service that turns verified location details into compact parcel profiles with clear provider and input failure states.

JavaSpring BootHTTP APIs
 06 / WORKFLOW TOOL

Attendance Manager

A local-first attendance and payment tracker with roster management, derived balances, browser storage, and CSV/JSON export.

ReactViteTesting

Experience

Product-minded engineering with operating depth.

Lead Developer

LookWear · Bay Area, CA

Own full-stack architecture, product development, and deployment for a fashion platform that connects personal stylists with clients.

  • Built a retrieval-backed catalog workflow that connects recommendations to live product data.
  • Reduced external-compute cost through tighter data flow and error-correction loops.

Software Engineer

State of California, EDD · Sacramento, CA

Build and support DB2-backed batch workflows in a regulated environment, with an emphasis on reliability, production fixes, and uptime.

Founding Engineer

Orchestro · Bay Area, CA

Led a three-person engineering team building a React and Spring Boot portal used by more than 25 client companies.

  • Secured Spring Boot REST endpoints with Okta OAuth2 for sensitive carrier data.
  • Integrated React with OIDC and JWT validation for account-level sign-in flows.

Backend Software Developer

OfferUp · Bay Area, CA

Built schemas and APIs for a direct-sold advertising model, improved search categorization, and resolved a high-CPU server failure.

Software Developer Intern

CDK Global · San Jose, CA

Migrated a backend from on-premises Apache to Docker containers on AWS ECS, instrumented CloudWatch scaling, and maintained 100% uptime through the transition.

Software Developer Intern

Kaiser Permanente · Bay Area, CA

Built a Python Flask and MySQL application for internal workflows and data access.

Technical range

Comfortable across the delivery path.

Backend

Python, Java, Spring Boot, Node.js, SQL, DB2, REST APIs, authentication, batch processing, and service design.

Frontend

React, TypeScript, responsive interfaces, form flows, browser storage, and accessible interaction patterns.

Delivery

AWS, Docker, CI workflows, automated tests, production support, observability, and practical system design.

Education

B.S. Computer Science

San José State University · San José, CA