27 years of shipping software

Experience

1. 2024 — Present

   Senior Developer

   TestFit · Real estate feasibility platform · Remote

   Core engineer on the Rails API behind TestFit's web platform, from the deal pipeline to reporting and integrations.

   • Designed the API's request architecture (policy-based authorization, typed-result handlers, and an async event system), now the required pattern for new endpoints
   • Moved the API to contract-first development, migrating the spec to TypeSpec with strict validation and publishing a generated TypeScript SDK the React frontend adopted
   • Introduced AI-assisted development to the team (Claude Code conventions and automation) and built a read-only diagnostics tool that lets support investigate issues on their own
   • Fixed performance bottlenecks across the API, including a 10x cut in queries that halved a core endpoint's response time, and isolated native processing so crashes no longer kill workers
2. Jan 2023 — Oct 2023

   Staff Software Engineer

   Ideon · Insurance benefits platform

   Expanded the enrollments platform connecting benefit administration providers with a diverse set of insurance carriers.

   • Led integration and onboarding of new carriers, expanding benefit offerings and bringing in new revenue in Q4
   • Improved reliability with a behavioral testing approach that exposed bugs and prevented regressions
   • Organized and led a bi-weekly cross-functional engineering meeting to showcase team wins and share technology trends
   • Mentored engineers through focused pair-programming sessions and code reviews
3. Feb 2021 — Dec 2022

   Principal Engineer

   KindHealth · Insurance brokerage

   Built technology to help scale a growing brokerage business.

   • Reworked critical pieces of the PostgreSQL schema, improving data integrity and capturing more commission revenue
   • Replaced an SQS / serverless setup with a proven Redis-backed queue that was more resilient at their scale
   • Added an integration test layer that let the team ship features faster and squash bugs
   • Built a shared data-access library that charted a migration from an untested Express / JavaScript backend to Nest.js / TypeScript
   • Raised the team’s standards through code reviews, tech talks, and remote pairing
4. Nov 2019 — Jan 2021

   Staff Engineer, Platform

   Gloo · Platform microservices

   Architected and built HTTP-based microservices supporting in-market applications.

   • Improved the quality of TypeScript microservices through API design, testing, and code reviews
   • Scaled an existing Rails API by directing reads to a read-only Aurora replica to absorb traffic spikes
   • Led bi-weekly sessions on best practices, platform observability, and relevant technologies
   • Directed contractor teams on feature planning and bug fixes for critical products
5. Nov 2000 — Nov 2019

   Viget

   19 years · 2 roles

   Digital agency. Grew from writing code and running servers to leading engineering, hiring, and an entire office.

   Development Director

   Jun 2005 — Nov 2019

   • Grew the Boulder presence from a one-person co-working outpost into a full-fledged office
   • Created and refined the engineering hiring process for consistent, rigorous evaluation
   • Established and led the engineering team’s twice-yearly offsites
   • Introduced agile practices: iteration planning, acceptance test-driven development, and retrospectives
   • Developed applications for clients including Shedd Aquarium, Bethesda Softworks, US News, and Shure

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   Applications Technologist

   Nov 2000 — Jun 2005

   • Built custom database-backed web applications across many languages and deployment setups
   • Led on payment systems integration and application performance; administered internal and client servers
   • Advocated version control, API documentation, and automated unit and integration testing
   • Built a reusable PHP MVC framework that streamlined application development
6. 1999 — 2000
   Earlier experience Show 2 roles +Hide −

   Senior Web Developer · Millennium Health Communications

   Apr 2000 — Oct 2000

   Extended a medical auction site (ASP / SQL Server) with a ground-up online RFP service, built an XML health-news syndication engine, and ran the internal Linux server.

   Software Engineer · DynCorp Information Systems

   Jun 1999 — Apr 2000

   Built the interface for a web-based stock trading system and enhanced the OpenView network monitoring deployed to the NYSE.