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Introduction
Engineering leader and full-stack builder with 16+ years of experience at brand name tech companies and cutting edge startups.
Passions include data-driven product design, decentralized networks, and buttery smooth UX.
Domain expertise in social media, e-commerce, fintech, advertising, and decentralized systems.
Tools
- Ansible
- AWS
- Bun
- Docker
- Firebase
- Go
- Google Cloud
- Javascript
- Linux
- Node
- Postgres
- Python
- Rails
- React
- Ruby
- Shopify
- Solidity
- Sqlite
- Tailscale
- Typescript
- Urbit
- Vite
Experience
Remilia Corporation, Irvine, CA
Director of Engineering
April 2025 - Present
Stand up and lead a world-class engineering organization building a next-generation social media experience. Define system architecture and technical strategy from the ground up. Mentor junior and mid-level engineers, establish engineering culture and processes, and partner closely with C-suite leadership to align product vision with technical execution.
True North Digital, SA de CV, San Salvador, El Salvador
Co-founder & CEO
August 2023 - Present
R&D and digital agency specializing in decentralized network infrastructure, e-commerce, and experimental sovereign art. Architect technical solutions for clients while advancing independent research in decentralized systems.
Tlon Corporation, San Francisco, CA
Programmer
February 2022 - August 2023
Building Urbit infrastructure that is technically excellent, architecturally sound, and aesthetically beautiful, with a team of world-enders and rebuilders.
Apple, Cupertino, CA
Lead Frontend Engineer
November 2020 - February 2022
Lead a team to build and ship a complete refactor of critical Apple Pay production infrastructure, leading to 90%+ improvement of page load speed across the board.
Returnly, San Francisco, CA
Senior Software Engineer
August 2016 - June 2019
Scale from thousands to millions. Key contributor to e-commerce SaaS and Fintech products built with AWS, Docker, Rails, Angular, React, Stripe, and MySQL. Architect and implement systems and features, support production infrastructure. Present to internal stakeholders, partner with external stakeholders as sales and support engineer.
Google, Mountain View, CA
Full Stack Software Engineer
October 2013 - April 2016
Gather requirements, conduct user testing and research, manage stakeholders, pitch new ideas, demo to senior management. Design, implement, test, deploy, and maintain robust web applications with a range of tools including Google Cloud Platform, AngularJS, Bootstrap, BigQuery, AppEngine, Material Design and Python.
JPMorgan Chase, New York, NY
Software Engineer
January 2011 - September 2013
Develop custom software solutions for mortgage-backed securities business in the Investment Bank using Python and SQL.
Northrop Grumman, San Diego, CA
Embedded Software Engineer
May 2010 - December 2011
Develop, test, and maintain test suite for C3 (communications, command, and control) platform for UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle) using Java and JUnit. Author a white paper on automated software testing.