Resume

• System Reliability at Scale: Design and deliver resilient platforms in regulated, mission-critical environments
• Quality as a Strategic Advantage: Embed quality automation, accelerating velocity, without sacrificing trust
• Translation Across Disciplines: Bridge engineering, product, design, compliance, and business stakeholders with clarity and credibility

Ownership Mentality | Cross-Functional Team Building | Execution Discipline | Product-Driven Decision Making | Engineering Leadership & Mentorship | Stakeholder Translation | Risk-Aware Delivery | Scalable Process Design | Accountability for Outcomes | Long-Term Systems Thinking

AI, MACHINE LEARNING & MODERN TOOLING (2023 – Present)

Since 2023, focused on structured upskilling and applied learning in:

• Modern tooling to increase developer productivity and test coverage across 3 experimental projects
• Completed advanced coursework in cloud, data engineering, machine learning, and AI, including the AWS Fundamentals Specialization (cloud architecture, migration, and solution design), IBM Data Science & Data Engineering programs (Python, SQL, Linux, ETL pipelines, Airflow, and Kafka), and Statistics coursework from the University of Amsterdam. Strengthened mathematical foundations through the Math for Machine Learning Specialization from Imperial College London and completed the Machine Learning Specialization from Stanford Online / DeepLearning.AI, covering supervised learning and advanced algorithms. Also completed AI Agents Fundamentals via HuggingFace, with hands-on work in agent-based AI systems and modern model tooling.
• Learned Portuguese and moved into conversational Spanish

LightPoint Financial Technology

Software Quality Assurance Manager | Jun 2021 – Sept 2023

Owned quality engineering strategy for a high-reliability financial technology platform where accuracy, performance, and uptime were non-negotiable.

• Built QA infrastructure from the ground up, including test plans, automation strategy, documentation standards, and release processes supporting 3 concurrent product streams and 4+ annual releases
• Led manual and automated testing teams in parallel, accelerating release cycles by 50% while reducing regression risk and production defects by 70%
• Designed and implemented end-to-end automation frameworks using PowerShell and SQL Server, increasing test coverage by 200% across complex data workflows
• Partnered with product and business stakeholders to translate 20+ requirements into clear, testable use cases and system behaviors
• Triaged testing across releases and hotfixes based on business priority, technical risk, and downstream impact, supporting 15 high-priority production events
• Facilitated cross-team demos, knowledge-transfer sessions, and troubleshooting workshops, reducing cross-functional friction and issue resolution time by 80%
• Mentored and trained 11 new staff, establishing repeatable onboarding processes and quality standards

Software Engineer | Nov 2019 – Jun 2021

Contributed as a full-stack engineer on mobile and platform initiatives supporting real-time financial data and client-facing applications.

• Built and maintained a cross-platform mobile application using React Native, GraphQL, Xcode, and Android Studio, supporting 5+ active users
• Designed and optimized React Native components, improving load times by 300% while rendering complex, real-time market data
• Implemented version-control logic enforcing mobile app upgrades based on user data and platform requirements, increasing upgrade adoption by 50%
• Created automated build and deployment pipelines for iOS and Android using Bamboo, Xcode CLI, Gradle, and Microsoft App Center, reducing manual release effort by 70%
• Authored Bash scripts to streamline deployment workflows and eliminate 4+ hours of manual overhead per release

Eikos Partners

Software Developer | Oct 2015 – Nov 2019

Delivered front-end and platform solutions for major financial services clients in complex, data-intensive environments.

• Led UI development efforts across 5 client projects, collaborating closely with UX, backend, and business teams
• Implemented responsive, data-driven interfaces using JavaScript, Sass, and HTML5
• Designed and implemented real-time application interfaces using Node.js WebSockets and Solace, supporting 10+ concurrent data streams
• Worked with backend teams to define and consume SOA and REST APIs, ensuring reliable data contracts in 5 integrated systems
• Modernized internal web component libraries by migrating from AngularJS/Polymer to LitElement, reducing technical debt 40%
• Built Python automation tools integrating with JIRA API to auto-create and assign 6+ tickets
• Developed SQL migration scripts supporting 7 production deployments using Oracle SQL Developer

Junior Software Developer | Jul 2015 – Oct 2015

• Gained hands-on experience with Agile/Scrum methodologies, CI pipelines, and enterprise development workflows
• Developed reusable components and features using JavaScript, jQuery, Sass, and HTML
• Authored Bash scripts supporting TeamCity CI build steps, improving build reliability by 40%

Flatiron School — Full Stack Web Development
Eugene Lang College, The New School — B.A., Interdisciplinary Science