Problem solver, leader, and software developer ready to tackle any challenge while delivering clean, elegant, well-tested code.

EDUCATION

• University of Virginia - Bachelors of Arts in Computer Science

  2011-2015

• A for Video Game Development. Reference: sherriff@virginia.edu

• Founding member of the Game Design Research group

EMPLOYMENT

• Favor - Sr. Software Engineer

  2019-2021

  As a backend engineer tasked with architecting, designing and executing complex feature delivery including a beta subscriptions service, a new ratings system, menu hydration, and real time customer segment placement. References: Kevin Tholen [Staff Software Engineer] tholen.kevin@ gmail.com, Mitch Stephan [Sr. Software Engineer], mitch.stephan@gmail.com

• Allowed for huge menu docs to be hydrated asynchronously using event-driven architecture employing Kafka, Debezium, & Redis events to intelligently bust cache on stale menus.

• Lead a group to plot out a real time system to classify customers based on their value in order to enable targeted marketing while ensuring load is distributed and as asynchronous as possible.

• Architected a backend API and database to enable new ratings system allowing for weighted tags affecting different scores while allowing for backwards compatibility.

• Mentored interns and Jr. Engineers on best practices, system architecture and design patterns.

• On a day to day basis worked with the AWS toolset to deploy and support Favor’s network of microservices. From deploying on ElasticBeanstalk and EC2, to migrating systems to kubernetes, monitoring via Cloudwatch, resource setup via Terraform, and much more.

• Coshx - Applications Engineer

  2014-2019

  Worked closely with clients and led engagments from ideation and design sprints through technical planning and delivery, mentored and trained junior members, worked on ten plus projects from start to finish, ensuring on-time and on-budget deliveries of complex code. References: Michael Wytock, michael.wytock@gmail.com [CEO of Coshx], 913-620-2585 Ben Taitelbaum [Technical Solutions Consultant at Google], btaitelb@gmail.com

• Roots Natural Kitchen - Team lead

  Reference: Alberto Namnum, alberto@rootsnk.com

• ENSO, University of Virginia Hospital - Team lead

  Reference: Dallas Ducar, dallas.ducar@gmail.com

PERSONAL PROJECTS

• Utlititron 9000

  Working on a utility AI plugin for game engines such as Unity and Unreal.

• Head Like a Hole

  Game created over a hack-a-thon weekend in Unity with a team of two.

• Antares

  Building a self-explaining decision tree qualifier using Python.

SKILLS