Experience
Dec 2025 - Present
Founding Engineer
- Founding software engineer for a local accounting firm focused on tax returns for individuals and bookkeeping for small businesses
- Built and deployed a landing page and lightweight client portal using React, TypeScript, Supabase, and Vercel
- Implemented secure client messaging and file upload workflows to support business communication, reduce spam, and provide a fallback from SaaS solutions
Oct 2025 - Feb 2026
Software Engineer Contractor
- Contracted to improve testing for an internal portal used to manage groups, users, and school-issued devices for a SaaS platform serving 17,000+ students
- Increased backend coverage with 1,500+ pytest-django tests with CI/CD checks and automated validation
- Built automated testing infrastructure using pytest, Playwright, and Faker, including BFS-based route discovery that achieved 90%+ frontend coverage with video-recorded test runs
- Contributed Django REST framework backend work for internal portal features and service integrations including Google Workspace and Stripe
- Implemented CI/CD pipelines with GitHub Actions and Docker for automated test execution, coverage reporting, and deployment validation
Jun 2023 - Aug 2023
Software Engineer (Internship)
- Contributed full-stack features to an internal securities analysis platform using C#/.NET, React/TypeScript, and SQL Server for wealth management analysts and client advisors
- Presented an AI Tech Talk to 100+ employees on LLM integrations for Bessemer's core business needs and daily operations
Dec 2022 - Jun 2023
Curriculum Developer & Instructor
The Coding Place
- Provided private tutoring in supplementary coding education for kids, teens, and adults — including continuing education
- Designed and taught lessons in programming basics with Python, web development with JavaScript, and OOP plus data structures
- Created Jupyter notebook learning materials supporting fundamentals instruction and preparation for PCEP and PCAP certifications, with a high student pass rate
Dec 2019 - Oct 2021
Curriculum Developer, Instructor, and Software Engineer
Project Innovate Newark
- Contributed to a nonprofit focused on teaching high school students the fundamentals of programming and finance
- Progressed from learning the stack to teaching introductory Python classes and projects, then to developing curriculum and coding instructional materials
- Built an internal scheduling portal using React, Node.js, PostgreSQL, Django, JWT authentication, and Docker
Sep 2021 - Sep 2022
Research Intern
- Participated in the STEM Student Scholars (3SP) research program under Dr. Joseph Sivo
- Built early embedded systems and Python-based research prototypes as part of hands-on technical research experience
- Contributed to computer vision experimentation with a CNN-based recycling-bin detection prototype built with TensorFlow
