Work Experience

Engineering roles framed by operational impact.

A focused view of backend, infrastructure, data, and technical leadership work across cloud products, healthcare data systems, and defense simulation software.

May 2023 - Current

Pensacola, FL / Remote

Stable Kernel

Principal Software Engineer

Embedded with a client team on a yearly-renewed consulting basis, owning backend services, AWS infrastructure, and high-value reliability work.

  • Architected and deployed a migration of roughly 100 million DynamoDB records into Aurora PostgreSQL with zero downtime and no data loss.
  • Maintained a mission-critical Java microservice responsible for more than $2 billion in revenue to date.
  • Architecting a rewrite of that service in Go while supporting legacy and new hardware and order flows.
  • Built Go programs on AWS Lambda for data availability, order reconciliation, service redundancy, and resiliency.
  • Prevented roughly $30 million in lost revenue during a service outage.
  • Led three other principal-level engineers and supported their skills development and consultancy outcomes.

Aug. 2021 - Jan. 2023

Pensacola, FL / Remote

JumpCloud

Backend Engineer

Worked on device management and security features for a directory-as-a-service cloud product.

  • Built a new MDM solution for Windows devices.
  • Contributed across Go, Docker, MongoDB, and cross-platform device agent development.
  • Helped enable TOTP login for Windows devices to improve security and login speed.
  • Updated device policy binding and unbinding flows, contributing to a 90%+ decrease in customer incidents.

Feb. 2020 - Aug. 2021

Pensacola, FL

ActiGraph

Fullstack Engineer

Built healthcare and pharmaceutical data systems with an emphasis on validation, privacy, and cloud delivery.

  • Created boutique C# data exports for pharmaceutical clients.
  • Automated data validation to reduce cost and improve customer data quality checks.
  • Performed large-scale SQL data ingestion, custom algorithmic transformations, and human-readable exports.
  • Built C# cloud services deployed to Azure instances.
  • Wrote the proposal and implemented the team transition from waterfall to AGILE processes.

Aug. 2017 - Oct. 2018, Feb. 2019 - 2020

Fort Walton Beach, FL

Beast Code

Fullstack Engineer

Built simulation, learning management, and patch management software for defense training environments.

  • Led a 3+ person team building custom learning management and patch management software.
  • Built a C++ client and server with PostgreSQL-backed patch distribution for simulation builds.
  • Wrote Lua scripts to inject training courses and track simulation metrics.
  • Built C++ 3D simulation software used to train US Navy sailors.
  • Held a secret-level security clearance.

Oct. 2018 - Feb. 2019

Fort Walton Beach, FL

BAE Systems

Backend Engineer

Worked on embedded and console software for radar and remote weather-station systems.

  • Updated embedded C code on a black box weather station used at remote radar locations.
  • Configured device network communications from radar dish to console.
  • Upgraded C++ code across multiple radar console applications.
  • Led a rapid redesign effort for a radar console system during integration.

Education

B.S. Network Systems and Operations

University of West Florida, Pensacola, FL - Dec. 2017