Senior Backend Engineer · Cloud Architect · AI Engineer
About
I'm a senior backend engineer and cloud architect with 12+ years building distributed systems, event-driven platforms, APIs, and AI-enabled workflows. Most of my work lives at the intersection of architecture, execution, and shipping systems that need to be reliable under real production pressure.
I've led backend architecture across SaaS, blockchain, education, and industrial software, working in Go, TypeScript, Python, Rust, PHP/Laravel, and AWS. I do my best work when I can research deeply, make clear technical decisions, and then move quickly from idea to production.
Experience
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Senior Software Engineer
Led the Laravel replatform of PetroBench V2, designed enterprise well-data integrations, architected the platform for 10,000+ wells, and shipped AWS Bedrock multi-agent automation that cut a 30-minute workflow to about 1 minute.
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Senior Backend Engineer
Owned event-driven gameplay services for a Web3 metaverse platform designed for 20M+ users, including challenge and rewards systems, crafting flows, and observability across distributed serverless infrastructure.
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Senior Backend Engineer
Owned core backend systems for gas estimation, auction infrastructure, and blockchain data pipelines, scaling real-time services to roughly 3,000 requests per second with around 100 ms latency.
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Senior TypeScript Developer
Built production features for the Substrate Contracts UI, focused on deploying and interacting with WASM smart contracts on Substrate-based chains.
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Full Stack Developer – R&D
Worked across backend services and product features in Enjin’s blockchain ecosystem, including migration planning and execution from Ethereum to Substrate/Polkadot.
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Senior Technology Officer
Led curriculum strategy, hiring, budgeting, and instructional systems. Designed and launched 15-20 courses and helped scale the school to thousands of students.
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Senior Full Stack Developer
Owned SPA architecture and implementation for a logistics platform used to manage carrier rates and shipment pricing workflows.
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Senior Full Stack Developer
Led product development while working directly with the founder on business model and revenue strategy.
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Tech Lead
Architected the product, built backend services, and supported investor-facing initiatives.
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Team Lead & Senior Engineer
Led four distributed engineering teams, architected a crawling service, and built NLP translation capabilities.
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Senior Web / PHP Engineer
Built websites, APIs, publishing systems, and internal tools across media, nonprofit, and content platforms while gradually moving into architecture and team leadership.
My Company
Profile
- Go, TypeScript, Python, Rust, Zig, PHP/Laravel, AWS, Terraform, agentic development with Codex and Claude
- BS in Computer Science, American University of Science and Technology, 2007 - 2012
- Learner, Input, Intellection, Futuristic, Strategic. INTJ. I like deep research, independent thinking, clear architecture, and fast iteration once the direction is sound.
- Philosophy, chess, music, content creation, and the kind of technical rabbit holes that eventually turn into better systems and better teaching.