Multi-cloud AuthZ
Secure, resilient, and performant service-to-service AuthZ solution architected for a mid-sized tech company.
Simple isn't the enemy of beautiful.
Good solutions are powerful and elegant. My ability to define the crux of the problem, solve aggresively, and iterate quickly enable me to deliver real value. I explain complex things simply, evaluate myself critically, and relentlessly pursue excellence.
Recent Work
Langput
Progressive language learning web app focused on rapid acquisition and founded on linguist Stephen Krashen's 'Input Method'
Cryptographic signing tool.
Developed a security-critical tool in Java to sign all of NortonLifeLock's packages for 50M+ users worldwide.
Real time airbrakes software for Spaceport America Cup.
Lead software developer of a high-powered rocket airbrakes system. Embedded system developed with C++. Data analysis performed with Python. Improved performance 600% this year.
Cooling hot plate automation system.
Hacked existing equipment with bit-banging to automate troubleshooting, developing the system in C++. Source code is proprietary and cannot be shared.
Numerical methods open source library.
Developed and published the only open-source numerical methods library in TI-BASIC, with a focus on memory management and intuitive usability.
Work Experience
Senior Software Engineer - Shared Services Org - Gen
Architecting and building distributed systems to fight cybercrime.
- Architected a multi-cloud Service-to-Service AuthZ solution for uniformity and resiliency
- Architected globally distributed transaction replication with CDC and Stream Processing
- Built an opinionated framework for an event driven system processing 100K/min
- Scaled an SSO app to support 500M+ users via SAML, OpenId, OpenID Connect, and OAuth 2.0
- Leading an agile transformation, promoting TDD, psychological safety, and setting quality standards for the entire company
Founder and Architect – Langput
Bootstrapped a language learning EdTech startup and used the MVP to become fluent in Dutch.
Software Engineer Intern – JPMorgan Chase & Co.
Sliced a reactive trading system to collect granular Trading API metrics with visualization in Splunk.
Software Engineer Intern – RevolutionParts
Scaled and built full-stack eCommerce solutions at a fast-paced startup to enable our customers to achieve nearly $1 billion in revenue.
Software Engineer Intern - NortonLifeLock (now Gen)
Developed a backend crytography tool that signs every software package sent out by the company. Additionally worked on company's top priority project to quickly develop a full-stack system to publish content to 500M+ users. Rebuilt the frontend from scratch and redesigned several key backend components to add features and increase usability.
Software Engineer Intern - WaferTech (TSMC)
Designed two autonomous, real-time platforms to test photolithography equipment. In addition to clean software design in C++, the projects required hacking into already existing systems, reverse-engineering their communication protocols, and designing a software/hardware interface that would work seamlessly with the equipment.
Wildland Firefighter - U.S. Forest Service
Fought fires across the western U.S. working on an initial-attack handcrew. Worked 16 hour days for weeks at a time under high-pressure.
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