About Me
I'm a software developer and systems-oriented engineer with 5+ years of experience diagnosing performance, security, and scalability issues and delivering durable solutions. I've worked across backend systems, real-time communication, infrastructure, and frontend applications, often solo or on small teams where clear thinking, strong judgment, and delivering working code fast were essential.
I'm fluent in JavaScript, TypeScript, Python, Go, C, and C++, and I've built everything from real-time chat systems with WebRTC to infrastructure automation with Terraform to GUI tools and audio processing pipelines. I value clean architecture, performance, and simplicity—balancing user experience, system constraints, and long-term maintainability.
Check out some of my side projects to see what I build in my spare time, or download my resume for a complete overview.
Experience Highlights
Far Reach Co. 2023-2025
Web Developer, Co-Founder
Built a real-time collaborative virtual tabletop platform from scratch. Implemented WebSocket services with Socket.io and a Redis adapter for multi-server scaling, with role-based access control (owner/editor/member) and CSRF protection. Built an image processing pipeline with Sharp.js and CloudFront signed URL caching via Redis. Integrated Stripe payment processing, a Discord bot with slash commands, and AI-powered rules search using Mistral with TF-IDF scoring. Managed 63 versioned PostgreSQL migrations, tiered rate limiting, structured logging with Pino, and automated S3 database backups.
Scaling Startups 2023-2024
Web Developer, Project Manager, Consultant
Led performance optimizations that reduced response times by up to 3x on high-traffic pages. Improved database efficiency, addressed server stability issues including memory leaks and a brute-force attack, and evaluated infrastructure migration from Heroku to AWS using Terraform and Docker.
Private Client 2024-2025
Software Developer, Consultant
Developed GUI and CLI applications in Python and C++ to automate OCR and image processing tasks. Built functionality to process image directories, extract text, and generate detailed CSV reports. Packaged applications as standalone executables for cross-platform distribution.
PolkaDot Sky Software 2021-2022
Web and Mobile Developer
Automated iOS/Android deployment systems and developed React Native components with offline-mode capabilities. Processed sensitive PHI data for COVID testing in an Elixir web service and integrated geolocation functionality for NFC-enabled asset management.
Audiopile 2020-2024
Mobile and Web Developer, Infrastructure
Developed UI elements and API calls for React and React Native. Modified Google Cloud infrastructure using Terraform, migrating the entire stack from HTTP to HTTPS with Cloudflare DNS automation and full SSL encryption, significantly improving performance, security, and scalability.
I'm ready to jump in, own problems, and help build something that matters. To get in touch, send an email to [email protected].