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Timeline
Director of Engineering
Shutterstock
New York, NY
Oct 2021 - Apr 2024 | 2 yrs 7 mos
Managed globally-distributed organization of 30 engineers on multiple product teams, drove career development and hiring process, provided oversight and governance to the architecture of initiatives across all of the company's systems.
Technical Stategy Organization Management Talent Acquitision Tech-Product Partnership Project Management Budget Management AWS Microservices Architecture Event-Driven Architecture
Senior Engineering Manager
Shutterstock
New York, NY
Mar 2021 - Sept 2021 | 2 yrs 7 mos
Provided technical leadership, professional guidance, and career development to multiple teams of globally distributed developers.
Technical Stategy Organization Management Talent Acquitision Tech-Product Partnership Project Management AWS Microservices Architecture Event-Driven Architecture Fullstack
Engineering Manager
Shutterstock
New York, NY
Aug 2016 - Feb 2019 | 2 yrs 7 mos
Provided technical leadership, professional guidance, and career development to a team of globally distributed developers.
Talent Acquitision Tech-Product Partnership Project Management AWS Microservices Architecture React Node.js MySQL Fullstack
Software Engineer
Shutterstock
New York, NY
Jun 2014 - Jul 2016 | 2 yrs 2 mos
Built multiple microservices using RESTful APIs to power the migration from out legacy monolith as well as new product features.
Node.js Perl Express MySQL Microservices Migration Fullstack
Software Engineer
Zerista
Denver, CO
Aug 2013 - Mar 2014 | 1 yr
Back-end content management system development and templating of a Ruby on Rails application and associated assets (web and database) that creates a social network and personal organizer for members of conferences and events - both for the attendee and the exhibitor.
Ruby on Rails
Software Engineer
Enodia Financial Technology
Denver, CO
Jun 2012 - Dec 2012 | 7 mos
Developed application extensions for capital markets trade reporting in compliance with the Dodd–Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010 on behalf of Tradition Asiel Securities and the London Stock Exchange's Turquoise Exchange Group. I also maintained and extended legacy code.
Java
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Skills & Tools
System Design & Architecture
Designing scalable, resilient services, clear boundaries, and data models; pragmatic trade‑offs documented via ADRs/RFCs.
Full‑Stack Development
End‑to‑end features with React/Next.js, Node.js, and TypeScript, with strong UX, accessibility, and performance.
APIs & Distributed Systems
Designing REST/GraphQL APIs, background jobs, queues, idempotency, retries, and observability for reliability.
Databases & Caching
Schema design, migrations, and performance tuning with Postgres; caching and rate‑limiting with Redis.
Testing & CI/CD
Unit, integration, and E2E tests (Jest, Playwright) with GitHub Actions pipelines, preview envs, and quality gates.
Cloud & DevOps
AWS, Docker, and Terraform; secure deployments, monitoring/alerts, and cost‑aware operations.
Work Experience
Director of Engineering
Shutterstock
New York, NY
Oct 2021 - Apr 2024 | 2 yrs 7 mos
Managed globally-distributed organization of 30 engineers on multiple product teams, drove career development and hiring process, provided oversight and governance to the architecture of initiatives across all of the company's systems.
Technical Stategy Organization Management Talent Acquitision Tech-Product Partnership Project Management Budget Management AWS Microservices Architecture Event-Driven Architecture
Senior Engineering Manager
Shutterstock
New York, NY
Mar 2021 - Sept 2021 | 2 yrs 7 mos
Provided technical leadership, professional guidance, and career development to multiple teams of globally distributed developers.
Technical Stategy Organization Management Talent Acquitision Tech-Product Partnership Project Management AWS Microservices Architecture Event-Driven Architecture Fullstack
Engineering Manager
Shutterstock
New York, NY
Aug 2016 - Feb 2019 | 2 yrs 7 mos
Provided technical leadership, professional guidance, and career development to a team of globally distributed developers.
Talent Acquitision Tech-Product Partnership Project Management AWS Microservices Architecture React Node.js MySQL Fullstack
Software Engineer
Shutterstock
New York, NY
Jun 2014 - Jul 2016 | 2 yrs 2 mos
Built multiple microservices using RESTful APIs to power the migration from out legacy monolith as well as new product features.
Node.js Perl Express MySQL Microservices Migration Fullstack
Software Engineer
Zerista
Denver, CO
Aug 2013 - Mar 2014 | 1 yr
Back-end content management system development and templating of a Ruby on Rails application and associated assets (web and database) that creates a social network and personal organizer for members of conferences and events - both for the attendee and the exhibitor.
Ruby on Rails
Software Engineer
Enodia Financial Technology
Denver, CO
Jun 2012 - Dec 2012 | 7 mos
Developed application extensions for capital markets trade reporting in compliance with the Dodd–Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010 on behalf of Tradition Asiel Securities and the London Stock Exchange's Turquoise Exchange Group. I also maintained and extended legacy code.
Java
Studies
B.S. in Computer Science
State University
Core CS foundations: data structures, algorithms, operating systems, networking, and databases; team capstone in web systems.
Algorithms Data Structures Operating Systems Databases Networking
M.S. in Software Engineering
Tech Institute
Focus on distributed systems, testing strategies, and cloud architecture; thesis on resilience patterns in microservices.
Distributed Systems Cloud Architecture Testing Microservices
Projects
Workflow Automation Orchestrator (n8n)
n8n • Node.js • TypeScript • PostgreSQL
Event‑driven workflows for data sync, notifications, and back‑office automation. Custom nodes, secrets management, retries, and metrics.
SaaS API Starter (Auth, Billing, RBAC)
Node.js • TypeScript • PostgreSQL • Supabase • Stripe
Production‑ready REST/GraphQL API with JWT auth, role‑based access, Stripe subscriptions, and rate‑limited endpoints.
Realtime Chat Service
Phoenix • WebSockets • Redis • Docker
Low‑latency chat with channels, presence, and backpressure handling. Includes load tests and horizontal scaling notes.
Product Analytics Pipeline
Node.js • PostHog • PostgreSQL • ClickHouse
Event ingestion, batching, and replay; user properties and cohorts; dashboards for funnels, retention, and feature adoption.
Data Ingestion & ETL
Python • Airflow • PostgreSQL • S3
Scheduled extract/transform/load with schema migrations, data quality checks, and partitioned tables for analytics.
Design System
React • TypeScript • Tailwind CSS • Storybook
Accessible UI kit with tokens, theming, and testing. Published as a versioned package with changelogs and docs.