Introduction
- Senior software engineer with a proven track record designing, developing, and delivering robust applications and API across multiple domains and industries.
- Extensive experience designing and implementing APIs and working with data ingestion, cataloging, and processing, including sensitive patient medical data.
- Experienced mentor who enjoys teaching pragmatic approaches to solving real-world issues while producing beautiful, maintainable, and easily understandable code.
Software Engineering Knowledge
- Expert in Python, REST interfaces
- Very strong understanding of LLMs, particularly agentic AI, including methods for improving accuracy and efficacy of results
- Well versed in FHIR and HL7 standards, active in industry discussions and implementation review
- Highly skilled in TypeScript, JavaScript, Vue.JS and containerization
- Experienced in ReAct, GraphQL, C, Clojure, XML, Java, and C++
- Able to ideate, design, implement, and deliver complex solutions from start to finish
- Firm understanding of architecture patterns and industry best practices
Work History
Oct 2021 - Current - Jataware Corp. - Fully Remote
Technical Lead / Senior Software Engineer
- Worked on multiple DARPA research programs
- Designed several prototypes from scratch that went on to be adopted by the program
- Worked closely with researchers and academics to produce novel and cutting-edge implementations of their research
- Contributed to and produced multiple open-source applications and libraries
- Lead development on a novel framework that allows AI agents to work along-side humans inside computational notebooks
Jan 2019 - Oct 2021 - b.well Connected Health - Austin, TX
Senior Software Engineer
- Built an extensible data crawler to collect, organize and tag files from a variety of vendors and sources
- Designed and implemented a robust data catalog in AWS S3 and Snowflake, with an extensible metadata store in DynamoDB
- Built out a performant and economical data processing environment in Apache Spark using AWS Lambda and ECS
- worked to integrate FHIR data in to legacy system
- Participated in several FHIR connectathons and contributed to drafting of several FHIR Implementation Guides
Jan 2015 - Sep 2018 - Undercover Tourist - Austin, TX
Software Engineer
- Implemented new REST highly performant interface to integrate with popular iPhone app
- Helped maintain, update, and upgrade popular Django e-commerce site
- Performed major upgrades and improvements to ensure site responsiveness and usability
- Helped maintain AWS cloud environment
Sep 2010 - Dec 2014 - Rackspace - Austin, TX
Software Developer III
- Maintained, optimized, and extended an extremely large Python system
- Lead developer on major project starting in March 2012
- Worked closely with users to ensure that best possible solution was implemented
- Ideated, designed, and implemented innovative novel company-wide API that was quickly and widely adopted
- Developed and added several new features which increased productivity and stability in system
- Integrated several external systems focusing on authentication and security concerns
Apr 2007 - Sep 2010 - Rackspace - Austin, TX
Linux Administrator III
- On top of satisfying normal duties, developed software that was adopted by the majority of peers in company
- Identified and actively worked to improve processes and tools to increase productivity and user experience across support floor
- Administrated Linux and FreeBSD servers in a wide array of installations and configurations
- Maintained excellent support relationships with customers via tickets, phone calls, and e-mail
- Provided training to other employees via one-on-one assistance and group brown-bag lectures
Education
- BA in Journalism from The University of Texas at Arlington
- Minor in Information Systems
- Final GPA: 3.15
- Graduated August 2005
Personal Qualities
- Excellent troubleshooter
- Adept at identifying and solving problems in creative ways
- Goal oriented
- Works well alone or in a group
- Fast learner who is able to quickly grasp and understand complex concepts