Designed and developed full-stack components for secure, high-performance federal applications using React, TypeScript, Node.js, and AWS services. Improved system scalability and backend reliability by 30% through optimized API architecture, caching, and CI/CD automation. Collaborated with cross-functional teams to deliver mission-critical features, reducing release cycles by 20% through better planning and documentation. Built internal tools and dashboards to streamline workflows for engineering and operations teams.

Senior Software Engineer – Trading at Jock MKT

December 1, 2022 - April 1, 2024

Contributed full-stack development to the proprietary exchange and match engine, improving order execution speed by up to 40%. Built and refactored backend services using Node.js, TypeScript, PostgreSQL, improving API response times by 20% and reducing production incidents. Developed internal React-based dashboards for monitoring automated market-making, liquidity, and portfolio risk. Enhanced infrastructure across AWS, PostgreSQL, and Redis, increasing platform stability by 35%. Implemented real-time risk calculations handling 100K+ user actions during peak events. Mentored new engineers, reducing onboarding time by 25%.

Software Engineer at Jock MKT

January 1, 2022 - December 1, 2022

Developed new backend and frontend features in Node.js, TypeScript, React, supporting multiple new sports and game modes and increasing engagement by 18%. Improved real-time data pipelines and WebSocket flows, reducing database load by 30%. Integrated Datadog alerting and monitoring to improve infrastructure observability by 50%. Refactored complex API endpoints and frontend data layers, boosting performance and reliability.

Software Engineer at Viasat

February 1, 2018 - January 1, 2022

Built the backend webhook engine for Viasat’s chatbot using Node.js & TypeScript, processing millions of customer interactions. Created an admin dashboard using React to manage bot features, toggles, and live experiments. Built an automated flowchart-to-logic translation system, reducing bot feature development time by 35%. Implemented full unit & integration test suites achieving 85%+ coverage, improving reliability across deployments.

Software Engineer Intern (Full-Stack) at Viasat

May 1, 2017 - August 1, 2017

Refactored the Viasat Browser into a reusable ML platform, improving modularity and deployment efficiency by 20%. Updated Docker + AWS CI/CD workflows to support ML workloads. Developed a spam-detection ML demo using the new platform (achieved >90% accuracy).