About Me

I'm a Senior Software Engineer with over 9 years of experience building scalable, high-performance systems at leading technology companies. Currently at Block, I lead engineering teams and drive architectural decisions that shape critical organizational initiatives. My expertise spans distributed systems, cloud infrastructure, and technical leadership, with a proven track record of mentoring engineers and improving team efficiency. I'm passionate about solving complex technical challenges, fostering collaborative engineering cultures, and building systems that make a meaningful impact.

Experience

Block

Senior Software Engineer

  • Lead groups of software engineers and collaborate with cross-functional partners to design, scope, deliver, and maintain scalable systems supporting high-priority team and organizational initiatives
  • Identify and solve team and organizational problems to improve engineering efficiency, software testing and deployment processes, and product reliability and performance
  • Drive architectural designs from creation through approval by leading design reviews and building consensus both within and outside my team
  • Serve as a technical representative for my team and its systems across the organization to manage service integrations and cross-team collaboration
  • Upskill the organization through presentations, deep dives, and documentation tailored to the audience
  • Mentor other engineers to help them improve their skills, grow their careers, and solve problems facing their teams

Google

Software Engineer II/III

  • Developed features end-to-end from engineering design through execution, delivery, and release
  • Participated in design reviews and collaborated across teams to implement improvements in my team's systems
  • Identified and proposed solutions for pain points in my team's systems and processes to increase service reliability and performance
  • Coached over a dozen new hire teams in onboarding training projects and mentored SWEs to upskill others and integrate them into company culture

Amazon

Software Development Engineer

  • Designed, implemented, and launched new features for Simple Email Service (SES)
  • Mentored interns and new full-time hires to assist them in learning the product and service

Technical Skills

Languages

Java, Kotlin

Infrastructure

Kubernetes, Terraform

Architecture

System Design, Distributed Systems

DevOps & Cloud

CI/CD, AWS

Education

North Carolina State University

BS Computer Science, 2016