Summary
Full-stack software engineer with 12+ years of experience shipping products and features. Proficient in TypeScript, Node.js, Python, SQL, React, Svelte, and architectural efforts. Adept at utilizing proven and new technologies to solve business problems.
Skills
– TypeScript, JavaScript, React / React Native (Expo), Next.js, Svelte and SvelteKit
– Node.js, Python (FastAPI, Flask, Django), Go, SQL, AWS, Cloudflare Workers
– LLM assisted rapid prototype development, i.e. Claude Code, Cursor
Professional Experience
SmartNews, Palo Alto, CA July 2024 - November 2025
Senior Software Engineer
- Designed and implemented LLM based news ranking platform
- Solved performance bottlenecks to get news pipeline live
- Prototyped and delivered key features, such as commenting
- Iterated daily, making key product and UX decisions in order to ship new flagship app
Realiterate, San Francisco, CA January 2023 - present
Founder and Creator
- React Native based LLM assisted creative writing app and social network
- Architected, designed, built, and deployed mobile app and Go backend
- Launched in App Store and Play Store
- Realiterate received a $2500 token grant from OpenAI and $5000 from AWS
Rivian Automotive, Palo Alto, CA October 2021 - October 2022
Staff Software Engineer
- Implemented Webpack-based solution to improve resilience and build time of large SPA
- Architected new product features, working closely with product and design teams
- Added Cypress end-to-end regression testing to GitLab-based CI workflow
- Led i18n internationalization for department’s front-end projects
Project Ronin, San Mateo, CA March 2020 - June 2021
Senior Software Engineer
- Assessed viability of the codebase for main consumer-facing product
- Led design and build of user interface for a new provider symptom triage platform
- Modernized front-end architecture, introduced TypeScript, and eliminated extraneous libraries
- Implemented a maintainable end-to-end testing solution for the main dashboard product
Freelance Software Engineer, San Francisco, CA October 2019 - March 2020
- Consulted on projects in legal and transit spaces
Syapse, San Francisco, CA May 2018 - September 2019
Senior Software Engineer
- Designed and built, and shipped an internal tool used to enhance the accuracy of a machine learning model
- Contributed heavily to transition of main product from monolithic web app to a microservices architecture
- Developed proof-of-concept examples for engineering initiatives, including continuous front end deployment as well as Elasticsearch adoption
Practice Fusion, San Francisco, CA July 2015 - March 2018
Software Engineer, User Interface
- Designed and built product features for a large single page electronic health record app
- Served as lead for Ember framework upgrade and performance improvement working groups
- Served as Scrum Master for agile team
Work Examples
RMail for Gmail:
- RMail for Gmail
- Lead developer of this Chrome extension that adds security features to Gmail
Realiterate