Software Engineer at Independent Contractor, Remote

Independent contractor delivering backend and frontend features across multiple projects: developed an online video platform with quizzes (Go/TypeScript, SQLite); improved user experience with lazy-loading to reduce time to first paint; created a YAML-to-Docx resume generator (OpenXML SDK); built a crawler feeding an LLM pipeline for content screening; developed a browser automation/extension toolkit for data extraction; contributed to a text-to-speech system and end-to-end web app tests.

Full Stack Developer at Toptal Network (Several Clients)

Developed a vector-based search engine with AI chat integration; designed an AWS-based text extraction pipeline moving data between S3 buckets; built admin panel and API services; implemented real-time log streaming; created web crawlers via Chrome extension; integrated OpenAI API; converted web app to mobile apps with Expo/React Native.

Software Developer at Synthesis AI (synthesis.ai)

Accountable for feature development, maintenance, and release of a web app; developed and maintained a Go API with PostgreSQL and Stripe integration; refactored React codebase, reduced boilerplate with SQLBoiler, and improved data layer reliability.

Software Developer at Speechmorphing (speechmorphinc.com)

Saved over 90% of compute costs for ML inference by implementing on/off idle controls for GPU instances; developed microservices and a web app enabling users to try a text-to-speech system.

Senior Developer / Technical Team Lead at ThoughtDesign

Led a team of 3; optimized build/bundling for three Angular apps (~30% faster); participated in hiring; developed new features for an enterprise project; recognized as top-performing team by a major client.