Below is my complete professional background across software engineering, product work, and production roles. Each section shows the scope, impact, and decisions from roles I have held.
Summary
Full-stack software engineer with a production background, working at the overlap of systems and storytelling. Builds scalable web applications across frontend, backend, and cloud infrastructure while bringing narrative clarity, usability judgment, and cross-disciplinary execution to product work.
Experience
Reverse-chronological roles focused on product delivery, reliability, and full-stack system ownership.
Senior Software Engineer
SERP Solutions
Jul 2024 - Present
Salt Lake City, UT · On-site, Freelance
- Design and deliver cloud-native solutions for small businesses, improving reliability and scalability across multiple client platforms.
- Architect full-stack systems with WordPress backends and React frontends on AWS, improving deployment efficiency and maintainability.
- Write unit tests and QA automation with Mocha.js and Chai.js to catch regressions early and reduce maintenance risk.
- Build automation around Amazon EC2 lifecycle operations to speed environment setup and future development workflows.
Senior Software Engineer
Ancestry
Apr 2023 - Oct 2025
Lehi, UT · Full-time
- Built and optimized high-traffic React and Redux experiences serving 20,000+ daily visitors, with emphasis on performance and accessibility.
- Led the end-to-end redesign of the DNA Test Activation flow with a mobile-first React UX that reduced friction and improved completion.
- Helped architect a high-performance Java service layer that streamlined critical workflows and removed costly operational inefficiencies.
- Reduced infrastructure overhead and processing time, supported traffic above 100,000 concurrent users, and contributed to millions in annual savings.
- Partnered with executive stakeholders and cross-functional teams to align technical decisions with business objectives.
Lead Software Engineer
NBCUniversal (GolfNow)
Jan 2021 - Sep 2022
Orlando, FL · Full-time
- Developed and maintained Node.js microservices supporting booking and content workflows for 1,000,000+ daily visitors.
- Built automation and unit tests with Mocha.js and Chai.js to strengthen QA coverage and release confidence.
- Created a JavaScript content-transformation pipeline for AMP-compliant pages, improving mobile load speeds and delivery consistency.
- Developed Node.js and RabbitMQ ingestion tooling to normalize disparate sources and reduce processing overhead.
- Helped transition services toward a Docker-first microservice architecture for more consistent deployments and scale.
Developer
Concepta Tech
Mar 2020 - Jan 2021
Orlando, FL · Full-time
- Built a LAMP-based platform with Apache Solr integration to deliver natural-language search capabilities for the flagship client.
- Developed and deployed a WordPress platform powered by Elasticsearch, improving search relevance, indexing quality, and performance.