About

Technically sophisticated and data-driven professional with a proven track record in software design, architecture, and full-stack development. Experienced in leading technical migrations, cloud infrastructure, and infrastructure as code. Strong focus on CI/CD, and the design and refinement of AI harnesses and agent workflows that elevate team-wide engineering practices.

Now

Software Engineer at Blu Digital Group(part of TransPerfect), based in Seattle, WA.

Skills

Languages
TypeScript, JavaScript, PHP
Front-end
React, React Native, Vue, Nuxt, Next.js, Redux, HTML, CSS
Back-end
Laravel, Node.js, Express, MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB
Infrastructure
AWS, SST, Docker
AI tooling
Cursor Agents, Claude Code, Codex, Skills.sh, Model Context Protocol (MCP), GitHub Copilot

Experience

Blu Digital Group(acquired by TransPerfect)

Software Engineer

2023 – Present

Delivered features across a complex end-to-end media pipeline — spanning ingest, transcoding, workflow orchestration, and content delivery — within a high-throughput video infrastructure platform. Modernized legacy applications across PHP, TypeScript, Vue.js, MySQL, AWS, and Docker to improve performance and maintainability. Architected a TypeScript-based serverless microservice leveraging AWS and Docker for secure large-format file transfers between cloud storage systems. Designed and refined a custom AI harness and agentic workflows to reduce tooling inaccuracies and accelerate team-wide development processes. Acquired by TransPerfect Translations in 2025.

  • Reduced storage costs by 80% via lower-cost egress routing and on-premise server integration
  • Increased transfer speeds 10× through autoscaling architecture
  • Upgraded Vue.js 2 → 3 and Laravel 8 → 12, improving page load times by 75%
  • Built a Slack notification bot using AWS SNS and Lambda for S3 bucket upload events
  • Implemented an atomic design system to standardize and accelerate frontend development
  • Created agentic workflows for PR reviews, bug triage, automated testing, and Jira assignment

Lessen

Software Engineer

2021 – 2022

Designed and launched scalable web and mobile applications using TypeScript, React, React Native, Redux, Hasura, GraphQL, PostgreSQL, Kubernetes, and AWS on both iOS and Android platforms.

  • Transitioned vendor experiences from monolithic architecture to microservices, incorporating Okta authentication
  • Developed automated CI/CD pipelines leveraging GitHub Actions, Appcenter, and Fastlane to streamline deployments
  • Optimized application performance using FullStory and Sentry for event tracking and debugging
  • Integrated push notifications and automated workflows to enhance user engagement and reduce task completion times by 65%
  • Implemented reusable, responsive components with Storybook, maintaining high standards for UI/UX design
  • Built a mobile invoicing system enabling service professionals to submit invoices on the go, reducing end-to-end job completion time by 50%

Education

Hack Reactor — Advanced Software Engineering Program (2021)

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