Senior Software Engineer at Panic Button

Led full-stack engineering for a large-scale console platform launch, designing and optimizing client-server systems using TypeScript and Node.js (NestJS/Express) on the backend and React-based UI layers on the frontend, with REST APIs, OAuth2/OIDC, JWT-based auth, and RBAC. Built backend tooling and deployment pipelines, cutting integration cycles by 30% and increasing build reliability by 50%, accelerating time-to-market for product updates. Built production GenAI workflows (prompt orchestration, tool/function calling, RAG) with strict PII handling and injection defenses; selected this design over prompt-only approaches to enable deterministic behavior, auditing, and safe retries in production. Architected scalable REST/GraphQL interfaces, ensuring seamless cross-platform multiplayer with 99.9% uptime, directly improving user engagement and retention. Integrated performance monitoring (CloudWatch, Datadog) into CI/CD workflows, reducing post-launch issues by 25% and improving bug-fix

Senior Software Engineer at Amazon

Led OpenSearch Service enhancements, improving search reliability by 25% for millions of users. Developed and maintained high-performance REST/GraphQL APIs on AWS (ECS, Lambda, RDS), processing millions of requests daily with >99.9% uptime. Engineered distributed logging and telemetry, reducing query latency by 30%. Integrated serverless microservices (AWS Lambda, API Gateway), reducing operational costs by 20%. Spearheaded internal GenAI tooling development, accelerating ML model deployment by 40%. Mentored junior engineers, reducing on-call response times by 35% and championing CI/CD adoption with Docker and Datadog. Reduced production defects by 22% through automated contract testing (Jest/Supertest). Led optimization efforts for high-traffic e-commerce services, supporting a 2× increase in peak traffic while maintaining SLAs.

Software Engineer at Retro Studios

Modernized a legacy platform using a microservices architecture, building React/Next.js frontend features and TypeScript/Node.js backend services with GraphQL/REST APIs and JWT/OAuth authentication. Optimized build and asset pipelines using Node.js and AWS Lambda, reducing build times by 30%. Automated playtest telemetry with Node.js and Apollo GraphQL, increasing defect detection by 25%. Developed debugging tools and editor extensions with React and TypeScript, enhancing productivity for designers and artists by 40%. Optimized gameplay systems, improving frame stability and reducing animation hitches by 15%.