Work Experience
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Senior Consultant / Oteemo - present
- Senior Engineer on the US Air Force Platform One Vulnerability Assessment Tracker, enhancing security posture and reducing critical vulnerabilities by 15% in a hardened Docker registry.
- Architected migration of monolithic infrastructure to microservices, improving scalability and maintainability.
- Mentored and led junior developers; conducted interviews and code reviews.
- Developed AI‑driven container hardening integration for DefectDojo to automate vulnerability remediation.
go, microservices, node, MySql, React, Docker
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Principal Software Engineer / LenderHomePage -
- Developed and maintained critical backend services for mortgage lending platform, ensuring high availability and data integrity.
- Collaborated with cross-functional teams to integrate new features and optimize existing workflows.
Laravel, PHP, microservices, MySql
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Principal Software Engineer/Back-end Architect / GRIN -
Principal Engineer and Architect at social media SaaS company
- Designed and led implementation of distributed microservices architecture in Go, enabling horizontal scalability and improved platform stability.
- Implemented unit testing framework and CI automation, reducing defect rates and deployment time by 30%.
- Recommended architectural strategies and supervised architectural changes using domain-driven design, leading to a 20% improvement in system performance and scalability.
- Conducted architectural reviews, supervised refactoring of core services, and introduced event‑driven integrations.
- Mentored engineering staff and led training on modern development methodologies.
- Interviewed prospective new hires
- Expanded platform with multiple Vue components
Laravel, PHP, go, microservices, PHPUnit, MySql, mongodb, Vue
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Senior Web Developer / BubbleUp -
Senior Developer for marketing firm with clients in multiple industries. Sites range from low traffic, to extremely high.
Yii, WordPress, PHP, MySQL, AWS, Drupal, custom sites
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Project Manager/Tech Lead / Raven -
Lead for API project. Developed Laravel-based API for document management service.
- Partner with CEO to develop technical vision
- Articulate vision to stakeholders
- Supervised team of five developers
- Mentored and encouraged junior developers
- Ran weekly Scrum meetings
Laravel/Lumen, PHP, PHPUnit, MySQL, Google Cloud Platform, Google App Engine, Google Cloud SQL, mongodb, redis, Google Datastore, Google Cloud Storage
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Senior Full-Stack Developer / Analyte Health -
Full-stack development for multiple websites in the health industry, including STDCheck, HealthLabs, UTI Treatment.
- Spearheaded significant code refactor, leading to a 30% reduction in technical debt and improved maintainability.
- Developed secure applications, compliant with HIPAA regulations
- Built frontend components in AngularJS and React
PHP, PHPUnit, MySQL, Laravel, Eloquent, Javascript, jQuery, AngularJS, React
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Bootcamp Instructor / Trilogy Education in association with the University of Texas -
Taught Full-stack coding bootcamp. Six month program to introduce students to basics of full-stack MERN development and computer science principles.
Eucation, HTML, CSS, Javascript, jQuery, APIs, AJAX, Node, Express, MySQL, sequelize, MongoDB, mongoose, PHP, Laravel, Python, React, React Native
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Back-end web developer / Server Monkey -
Develop Magento-based eCommerce site
PHP, MySQL, Magento, XML, Javascript, jQuery
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Back-end web developer / Hubbard Radio -
Web developer (primarily focused on back-end) for two major news organizations: WTOP and Federal News Radio
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- Wordpress plugin to display school, business, and government closings during inclement weather.
- Includes login system for schools to close schools without newsroom involvement
- Permission system to give users specific rights to modify individual closings, all closings, or administer the system
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- Designed MySQL database to store data about social ranking of stories on website.
- Wrote application to fetch data from various social media sites (Facebook, Twitter, Digg, etc.) in order to rank stories according to popularity.
- Created front-end resources to display data.
PHP, WordPress, HTML, CSS, Javascript, jQuery, MySQL, Memcache
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Programmer / University of Texas – Mechanical Engineering Department -
Maintained website, wrote news stories, and oversaw a number of projects to improve the website
Senior Design Projects Database
- Designed MySQL database to hold information about past Senior Design Projects Built from scratch front-end to search database and display information.
“Intranet” site
- Built Wordpress site to host department updates, and information specifically for faculty and staff.
- Created custom Wordpress theme to match theme of the main site.
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- Created entire section of website for recruiting purposes.
- Did extensive research.
PHP, XHTML, HTML Forms, Wordpress, CSS, Writing