Work
I am a full-stack software engineer specializing in architecting elegant solutions to complex problems. From engineering automated data pipelines to modernizing DevOps workflows, I am skilled in building and maintaining responsive, user-focused web applications from concept to deployment.
With over ten years of experience in both freelance development and in collaborative team environments, I bring my professional clients a passion for creating clean, scalable code, and enhancing user experience.
Full-Stack Software Engineer
April 2019 - Present
USA
Key Responsibilities:
- Architected a full-stack financial modeling application with a modern data pipeline and a comprehensive test suite.
- Solved a critical DevOps roadblock by re-engineering a community Docker image, enabling the development and delivery of a comissioned extension.
- Engineered a headless CMS solution for a professional artist, creating a custom, high-performance gallery with a frictionless maintenance workflow.
- Designed and developed a vibrant and responsive marketing landing page, utilizing modern front-end technologies with advanced DOM manipulation.
JavaScript
Python
PHP
Docker
Node.js
React
Vitest
HTML
CSS
SCSS
Tailwind CSS
Laravel
Mithril.js
Git
MariaDB
MySQL
Composer
Ruby on Rails Developer (Volunteer)
May 2016 - Present
Remote
Key Responsibilities:
- Contributed production code to the Archive of Our Own, a large-scale Ruby on Rails application serving millions of users worldwide.
- Performed comprehensive quality assurance testing for a mature, complex codebase, identifying critical bugs, performance issues, and user experience problems before production deployment.
- Collaborated with a large international team of volunteer developers across multiple time zones, utilizing Jira for project management and Git workflows for coordinated code delivery.
- Resolved active production issues through systematic debugging, root cause analysis, and implementation of robust solutions with comprehensive test coverage.
- Contributed to team knowledge sharing and mentoring of new contributors through code review processes and established testing protocols.
Docker
Ruby
Rails
JavaScript
MySQL
Git
Jira
RSpec
Cucumber