About Me

I'm a business-minded software engineer with over 15 years of full stack experience. I feel most at home when I'm in over my head.

I've written my own open source web framework and ORM, built a computer into the dash of my car, won first prize at a hackathon judged by GM executives, and crewed a company from startup through two acquisitions.

Technical Profile

Languages
TypeScriptJavaScriptGoJavaScalaGroovyBashPHPRubyLuaCC++SQLHTMLCSSTerraform
Platforms
Node.jsLAMPJava EERails
Notalble Tools/Technologies
Amazon DynamoDBAmazon EC2Amazon KinesisAmazon LambdaAmazon RDSAmazon SNSAmazon SQSServerlessAWSGCPGitGitHubGitHub ActionsVagrantPuppetDockerJenkinsTravis CISplunkDatadogMavenSentrySegmentAntOSGiJUnitSmali / BaksmaliNest.jsGruntBackbone.jsMarionette.jsMocha.jsSinon.jsjQueryHandlebarsMustacheBootstrapBehat/GherkinSolar PHPPHPUnitAndroid SDKiOS SDKMemcacheCassandraRedisRESTGraphQLJSON-RPCMQTTSOAPWebSocketsOAuthTypeORM

Education & Credentials

Bachelor of Science, August 2006
Dual focus in Computer Science & Business
University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, WA
Certified ScrumMaster, April 19, 2013
Scrum Alliance, Cert ID 0002509111

Professional Experience

Senior Staff Software Engineer
Augmedix, Inc.
November 2020 - Present
- Architected one of our core backend services through 3 iterations, starting as a serverless cloud-native application and then through two major releases as a monolithic containerized application as needs for the service shifted over time.
  Amazon DynamoDBAmazon LambdaAWSGCPNest.jsNode.jsServerless
- Re-engineered some of our legacy systems to increase the velocity of our engineering teams by up to 5x.
  Amazon EC2GraphQLNest.jsNode.jsRESTTypescript
- Planned and implemented an overhaul of our CI/CD system for backend services with a focus on improving code stability, test coverage, and eliminating manual steps prone to human error.
  BashGitHub ActionsGroovyJenkins
- Coordinated across multiple teams to build a distributed system for managing the state of scribe notes remotely and in real time. This system improved scribe efficiency by automating nearly 75% of the note creation process.
  Amazon DynamoDBAmazon KinesisAmazon LambdaServerlessTerraformTypescriptWebSockets
Senior Software Engineer
Proxy Inc.
July 2019 - April 2020
- Served as the primary maintainer for Proxy's Core API services which supported embedded devices, customer-facing web applications, and more recently other API services.
  Amazon EC2Node.jsRESTRethinkDB
- Worked with our engineering team in Sweden to build out a set of serverless API services designed to support our new modernized dashboard.
  Amazon LambdaAmazon RDSAmazon SNSAmazon SQSMySQLNode.jsRESTTypeScriptTypeORM
- Project lead for the buildout of an Integrations API, supporting all of Proxy's onsite customer deployments.
  Amazon LambdaAmazon RDSMySQLNode.jsRESTTypeScriptTypeORM
Software Engineer
Smartcar Inc.
February 2018 - January 2019
- Streamlined the engineering team's software development process to favor transparency and efficiency for small teams.
  SCRUM
- A primary contributor to the company's core product, a unified OEM-agnostic REST API for connected vehicles.
  Node.jsPostgreSQLRedisLua
- Analyzed, decompiled, and inspected third-party mobile applications in order to understand/document their backend API communications.
  JavaSmali / BaksmaliAndroid SDKiOS SDKRESTJSON-RPCWebSocketsMQTT
- Designed and implemented internal libraries to communicate with vehicle OEM APIs. These were derived from formal documentation provided directly, and/or from information obtained through mobile app inspection.
  Node.jsPostgreSQLRedisRESTJSON-RPCWebSocketsMQTT
Software Engineer
TIBCO Software Inc. (Mashery)
July 2012 - December 2017
- Managed local and remote teams (domestic and in Pune, India) for specific projects and efforts. Spearheaded efforts to pursue agile methodologies (primarily scrum), serving as scrum master and providing guidance to other scrum teams.
  SCRUM
- Shepherded our products and assets through two major acquisitions. Assisted in transitioning our codebases to exist and operate in new infrastructure and changing priorities and security requirements.
- A primary contributor in multiple key facets of the product and supporting services including:
  - Public Developer Portal & Legacy Administration Dashboard
    PHPMySQLMemcacheCassandraJavaScriptHTMLCSS
  - Second-Generation Administration Dashboard (Control-Center)
    JavaScriptBackbone.jsMarionette.jsHTMLCSS
  - Internally-Consumed APIs
    Java EEPHPMySQLMemcacheCassandraJSON RPCREST
  - Unit Testing
    PHPUnitJUnitMocha.jsSinon.js
  - Functional Testing
    PHPBehatGherkin
  - API Testing
    Python
  - Local Development Environment
    BashRubyVagrantPuppetDocker
- Assisted in manual after-hours production code deployments, providing real time support and monitoring of relevant logs and test results.
  SplunkPHPJavaLinuxBash
Software Engineer
Monitise Americas (Clairmail)
January 2012 - July 2012
Java EEJavaScriptHTML 5CSS 3RESTSOAP
Web Application Developer
SiteCrafting, Inc.
September 2007 - January 2012
LinuxApacheMySQLPHPJavaScriptHTMLCSS
Software Developer
Customer Feedback, LLC
August 2006 - September 2007
Java EEOracleCrystal ReportsFlashActionScript