Software Engineer
Backend-leaning engineer. Systems that stay up.
Backend by habit, full-stack by necessity. I like my code like my coffee. Dark. Hit to look around.
About
Backend-leaning, full-stack
I build backend systems and the full-stack apps that sit on top of them. Most days that means microservices in Go and Java Spring Boot, running on Kubernetes, with a React and TypeScript frontend in front.
I've been at this professionally for about six years, the last four as a technical lead. That role is a mix of designing backend architecture, writing code, and reviewing everyone else's. I own the stack decisions too: which database, how to split the services, and when raw SQL beats reaching for an ORM.
I didn't start here. I came up closer to the frontend and drifted backward over the years, swapping frameworks and state libraries as I went, until I settled on what actually holds up in production.
Work
Selected work
Projects I led or built end to end as a technical lead at Hooli Software.
E-Commerce Platform Redesign
React · TailwindCSS · Redux Saga · Java Spring Boot
A legacy platform rebuilt from scratch. I led a frontend team of six and built the reusable component library that cut our development time by roughly 40%, and stayed hands-on with the backend services and the architecture calls behind them.
Vending Machine Platform
React · Jotai · React Query · Spring Boot · gRPC
One product across three surfaces: a marketing site, an admin panel, and a mobile PWA. I led two teams and designed the backend as microservices that scale horizontally, talking to each other over gRPC, with the integrations for order processing, loyalty and rewards, gamification, and location wired in behind them.
Mobile Dating Application
React Native · Expo · Go (Gin) · gRPC · WebSockets
A cross-platform mobile app built with a small team. Messaging and notifications run in real time over WebSockets, and the backend is Go microservices talking over gRPC. I worked the whole way down, from the mobile UI to the infrastructure under it.
Internal Enterprise Platform
Go · React · TypeScript · DynamoDB · SASS
An internal platform that ties Azure, JIRA, and Bitbucket together through their APIs, with a role-based access control module I built by hand rather than pulling off the shelf. I also moved the critical services off the Revel framework onto Go's standard library, for more control and less overhead.
Experience
Where I've worked
Mar 2026 — Present · now
Senior Software Engineer
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Nov 2021 — Mar 2026
Technical Lead Software Engineer
Hooli Software
Led technical decisions and delivery for three major client projects, managing teams of two to eight engineers. Introduced modern tooling (TailwindCSS, React Query, Jotai) to replace Redux-heavy state, and established code-review standards across teams.
Jan 2021 — Nov 2021
Software Engineer
Hooli Software
Built a comprehensive internal platform integrating enterprise systems through their APIs, with a custom RBAC module. Worked both frontend (React / TypeScript) and backend (Go, DynamoDB).
Oct 2019 — Jan 2021
Web System Administrator
Connext Global Solutions
Maintained and upgraded client e-commerce sites, and managed a downtime-free migration from Mi9 Retail to Shopify. Wrote custom JavaScript for coupon and gift-card persistence across sessions, removing the need for premium add-ons.
Aug 2018 — Oct 2019
IT Instructor
ACLC College
Mar 2017 — Aug 2017
Junior Web Developer
Web2RankInc
Built a user-management module in CodeIgniter, including photo uploads with preview-and-crop before storing to S3.
Toolchain
go.mod
What's actually in rotation, day to day.
require (
- go// daily
- typescript// daily
- postgres// daily
- python// backend
- node.js// backend
- go// backend
- grpc// backend
- java-spring-boot// backend
- react// frontend
- typescript// frontend
- tailwind// frontend
- html// frontend
- css// frontend
- sass// frontend
- postgres// database
- mysql// database
- dynamodb// database
- redis// database
- aws// infra
- terraform// infra
- circleci// ci/cd
- github-actions// ci/cd
- black// coffee
- no-sugar// coffee
)
Activity
Always building
2,036 contributions in the last 12 months.
Writing