Professional Experience
Senior Software Engineer
July 2026 – Present
Luma Financial Technologies — Cincinnati, OH (Hybrid)
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Built an asset-management microservice from scratch (Java/Spring
Boot, AWS) with REST APIs and async event streaming across
relational and NoSQL stores; delivered design to production in 10
weeks with sub-200ms p99 latency and 90%+ test coverage
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Championed AI-assisted development across engineering, codifying
best practices for code review, test generation, and service
scaffolding into shared Claude Code and AWS Kiro workflows;
adopted by 5 teams, cutting PR review turnaround 40%
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Automated test backfills and legacy refactors with AI coding tools,
lifting coverage on core services from 55% to 85% and accelerating
feature delivery ~30%
Senior Software Engineer
August 2025 – July 2026
Constellation Energy (Contract) — Remote
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Shipped a lead-prioritization platform (Python/FastAPI,
React/TypeScript) federating Databricks, SQL Server, and
Salesforce data for 150 sellers; replaced manual spreadsheet
workflows, drove 75% lift in qualified leads, and saved ~10
hrs/seller/week
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Built a contract-validation workflow spanning SQL schema, FastAPI
models, and TypeScript types; column-level checks caught schema
and API drift pre-merge, cutting release regressions by 50%
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Instrumented the platform end-to-end with OpenTelemetry and Azure
Application Insights, correlating UI/API/SQL traces and adding
automatic fault alerting that cut multi-hour debugging sessions to
single-trace investigations
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Owned frontend architecture for the public-facing account review
tool with a modern server-driven UX, persisted state, and role-aware
data fetching; E2E test suite cut post-launch defects 75% in the
first 3 months
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Onboarded 3 engineers to the platform within their first 2 weeks
each; built onboarding tooling, checklists, and architecture docs
since adopted as team standards
Senior Software Engineer
April 2022 – June 2025
Renewable Energy Systems — Remote
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Led development of a time-series ingestion platform processing
50M+ IoT events daily using Azure Functions and Event Hubs
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Architected and executed migration of 1TB from Cosmos DB to Azure
Blob Storage with tiered storage strategy, reducing costs by $150K
annually
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Designed and implemented CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions +
Terraform), tripling deployment frequency and improving release
reliability
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Built a high-performance React dashboard for large-scale asset data
visualization with dynamic filtering and multi-source integration
Software Instructor
January 2020 – January 2023
Tech Elevator — Cincinnati, OH
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Delivered full-stack curriculum covering backend technologies
(Java, C#), databases (MSSQL, Postgres), and frontend
(JavaScript, Vue.js, HTML, CSS), along with REST APIs
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Applied Agile SDLC and testing best practices in student capstone
projects simulating startup and enterprise environments
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Mentored 150+ students to job readiness by strengthening their
coding, technical troubleshooting, and communication skills,
resulting in a 94% job placement rate
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Collaborated with industry partners to ensure curriculum relevance
and maintain strong employer relationships, resulting in direct
hiring partnerships with local tech companies
Customer Success Engineer
July 2019 – January 2020
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Reduced checkout times by 50% for a national retailer by
integrating LISNR's ultrasonic SDK into mobile payment workflows
using Java and iOS/Android
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Partnered with a FinTech innovation lab to create an MVP for
secure, touchless payments using custom hardware with Python and
PostgreSQL
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Developed scripts for automated testing and validation of
ultrasonic payment protocols, reducing QA testing time by 60%
Senior Software Engineer
February 2018 – July 2019
Health Carousel — Cincinnati, OH
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Redesigned healthcare staffing workflows in Microsoft Dynamics 365
with C# plugins and JavaScript, reducing processing time by 30%
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Automated builds and releases via Azure DevOps pipelines,
eliminating manual deployment issues and enabling weekly feature
releases
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Collaborated with cross-functional teams to update legacy .NET
applications
Senior Web Application Developer
February 2016 – February 2018
Cincinnati Public Library — Cincinnati, OH
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Modernized public-facing ASP.NET website by refactoring legacy
systems and deploying on high-availability infrastructure,
increasing uptime from 95% to 99.8%
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Introduced Scrum practices and CI tooling to a 4-person team,
accelerating delivery speed for new feature requests and issue
resolutions
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Implemented Git version control and established code review
processes
Senior Software Developer
March 2012 – January 2016
KnowledgeWorks — Cincinnati, OH
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Built a learning management platform using Laravel (PHP) and
MySQL, serving 200+ schools and 50,000+ students
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Partnered with education stakeholders to gather requirements and
ensure ongoing product innovation and adoption
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Built REST APIs for third-party integrations and mobile
applications