Contractor for RVO Health
- Delivered NestJS REST integrations and data models for Optum Perks, enabling pharmacy home delivery and online care (MongoDB, PostgreSQL, Azure)
- Built NestJS microservices and Terraform IaC for repeatable Azure deploys across environments
- Drove features from requirements through production on a multi-team health platform; coordinated with service owners on API contracts and rollout
- Accelerated development velocity and delivered smarter solutions by orchestrating multi-agent workflows, transforming complex requirements into actionable plans using Claude Code
Full service digital dental lab
- Built full-stack MES (React, NestJS, GraphQL, PostgreSQL on GCP) for a digital dental lab; improved technician workflows to speed fulfillment and lab throughput
- Owned production on-call; restored outages quickly and drove durable fixes for recurring issues
- Shipped production MES features from design through deploy on a fast-moving startup team (GCP, GraphQL)
- Adopted AI-assisted development using Cursor IDE to accelerate tasks and improve code quality
The World's First, and Only, Fully-Personalized 3D Printed Orthodontics Bracket System
- Shipped MES features and workflows for manufacturing technicians (Wilmington factory), improving order visibility and throughput
- Led migration of legacy Express.js service to NestJS/TypeScript; reduced tech debt and enabled modern patterns
- Designed PostgreSQL schemas and optimized queries; deployed via Serverless + Terraform IaC on AWS
- On-call rotation; triaged and resolved production issues
Warehouse Fulfillment Automation startup with novel AMR solution. Acquired by Shopify October 2019.
- Tech lead for squad of 7 engineers, 2 PMs, 3 QA, 1 UX; shipped TypeScript services (Node, Kubernetes, CQRS/event-driven) powering warehouse automation
- Built Behavior Tree workflows deployed to thousands of AMRs, stations, and handhelds across 109+ sites
- Designed and migrated dozens of PostgreSQL data models with performant views/indexes (GCP Cloud SQL)
- Drove API-first development (OpenAPI, generated types); established org-wide design review for large technical projects
- On-call (168hr shifts); mentored engineers on technical and career growth
E-commerce company that produces physical and digital marketing products for small businesses.
- Drove adoption of serverless (AWS) across Manufacturing Software; designed and implemented CI/CD for serverless deploys
- Built RESTful microservices in C# (.NET) and Node.js; wrote Ruby developer/build tooling (Rake, RubyGems)
American railroad rolling stock manufacturer.