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Software Architect & Leader

Summary

Software architect with 10+ years building and scaling production systems from 0→1 and beyond. Specializes in full-stack TypeScript, desktop + web architectures, and local-first systems. Proven track record leading migrations that eliminate systemic instability, accelerating developer velocity, and growing engineering teams from solo contributor to 15+ while staying hands-on.

Experience

Moment

Staff Software Engineer Aug 2024 - Present

  • Led Electron → Tauri (Rust) migration, eliminating persistent Node.js/Git integration issues that caused frequent regressions; new architecture has remained stable since deployment across macOS, Windows, Linux, and iOS
  • Drove product evolution to a local-first, git-backed document system with SQLite caching, enabling offline-first workflows and sub-100ms document loads
  • Overhauled state management from fragmented Redux + Apollo to Jotai, reducing state-related bugs by ~80% and enabling cleaner dependency injection patterns
  • Designed secure sandboxed execution for user-authored JavaScript in published documents, preventing session theft while preserving rich functionality
  • Restructured monorepo to extract shared packages across 3 deployments, improving CI/CD performance and cutting build times from 15min to under 5min
  • Delivered real-time collaborative editing with ProseMirror, document templates, merge request workflows, and WYSIWYG features without compromising performance or security

Guidelines

Contract Apr - Aug 2024

Took a proof-of-concept frontend and integrated authentication, database, and realtime features with Supabase while reorganizing the component structure to improve developer onboarding.

Button (formerly Outset)

Contract Apr - May 2024

Built a pixel-perfect React frontend from Figma designs with custom authentication flows on an existing Django backend, enabling the founder to start onboarding users.

RUN!

Lead Software Engineer Jan 2023 - Mar 2024

  • Modernized full-stack WYSIWYG website builder using tRPC, Supabase, and Next.js, serving political campaigns and nonprofits during high-traffic election cycles
  • Built advanced form builder integrating with NGP VAN, HubSpot, Mailchimp, Airtable, and ActionKit for voter outreach and fundraising
  • Implemented image editor with AI upscaling, enabling non-technical users to optimize media without external tools
  • Maintained security posture for high-profile, threat-prone political sites through regular audits and hardening

Mythical Games

Enterprise Architect Jul 2020 - Jan 2023

  • Designed enterprise-scale multi-tenant platform architecture: gRPC and GraphQL APIs in C# and TypeScript, backed by CockroachDB and MongoDB
  • Managed hosting infrastructure for 12+ projects across Vercel, Cloudflare Workers, and Google Cloud Platform
  • Established CI/CD pipelines and release workflows with GitHub Actions, reducing deployment friction

Engineering Manager

  • Grew and led frontend team from 3 to 15 engineers while maintaining hands-on technical contribution
  • Coached engineers on career growth, code quality, and modern patterns; drove adoption of React Query and component libraries
  • Aligned cross-functional teams on architecture decisions and product direction for multi-tenant platform

Senior Software Engineer

  • Built NFT marketplace with crypto and fiat checkout, implementing fraud detection that blocked thousands in fraudulent transactions
  • Worked closely with designers to create world-class, accessible user experiences across web storefronts

Service Management Group

Software Engineer Feb 2019 - Jul 2020

  • Led the development of a shared Angular component, service, and tooling library
  • Spearheaded the migration of multiple large AngularJS applications to Angular 8
  • Created dynamic visual data aggregation reports in Scala on Apache Spark/Hadoop using SQL Server, Hive, and Elasticsearch
  • Created APIs in C# to asynchronously serve reports for client dashboards
  • Planned and participated in technology training and engagement plans, including a hackathon

Xander e-Solutions

Full-Stack Software Engineer Jan 2016 - Feb 2019

  • Developed and maintained outward facing and internal applications for a Fortune 500 company using C#, Node.js, Angular 1.x, jQuery, and Bootstrap
  • Built a high-performance Web API for processing large volumes of data from IoT devices using ASP.NET Web API with C#, SQL Server, and Hangfire
  • Developed automated data import, cleanse, transform, export, and transfer processes using Bulk Copy Utility, 7zip, and SFTP
  • Audited and modified front-end systems to meet WCAG accessibility guidelines