Education
Drexel University
Expected Graduation 2026College of Computing and Informatics
M.S. Computer Science
New York University
Summer 2024 – Fall 2024Tandon School of Engineering
M.S. Computer Science
Completed Bridge Program with Distinction
Temple University
2011–2015School of Media & Communications
B.A. Strategic Communications
Minor: Management Information Systems
Professional Experience
Software Development Lead Engineer – Inventoryy.com
May 2023 – July 2023- •Advise software development team on removal of technical debt, restructuring of database, and performance improvements
- •Build performance tests to test the scalability, durability, and speed of infrastructure as code changes are made
- •Create Python unit tests and Github Workflows to ensure sufficient code coverage for testing
- •Oversee implementation of performance improvements and rearchitecture of codebase and software design
- •Create new features by integrating APIs for various warehouse fulfillment services
Infrastructure Engineer – Writ.so
March 2023 – May 2023- •Consult with software developers and CFO to advise AWS infrastructure architecture based on application and business needs
- •Develop and secure AWS infrastructure using Terraform and Github Workflows
- •Ensure best practices for Terraform code architecture, cloud security, and deployments using CI/CD methodologies
Infrastructure Engineer – Foresight Technologies
September 2022 – March 2023- •Built, deployed, and tested application infrastructure for a Fortune 500 company on AWS using Terraform and Docker
- •Built and tested workflows for deploying infrastructure and releasing code using Github Actions with Maven and Gradle
- •Implemented Datadog APM and observability features for Java services hosted on AWS Fargate
- •Configured Java services and Github workflow runners to use appropriate networks and permissions for building images, sharing credentials, copying artifacts, and deploying to high availability environments
Software and DevOps Engineer – NewsBlur (via Upwork)
December 2019 – September 2022- •Upgraded codebase from Python 2.7 to 3.7, Django 1.6 to 3.2, optimized Celery async tasks
- •Automated microservice infra with Terraform, Ansible, Docker
- •Enhanced observability with Prometheus, Grafana, and Python Redis/MongoDB scrapers
- •Automated network config and service discovery with Consul, HAProxy, and Ansible
Application Developer – Greenphire
May 2019 – December 2019- •Built new frontend and backend features and maintained code for an enterprise hybrid-architecture Django/Falcon application
- •Helped convert codebase from Python2 to Python3.7
- •Refactored and rearchitected payment processor software to use encryption in accordance with PCI compliance
- •Contributed to DevOps efforts in Kubernetes, Jenkins pipelines, Docker, and Docker-Compose
- •Coordinated with red teams and infrastructure teams to patch security issues, and redesign architecture and data-transport systems to bring the company’s flagship payment system platform to PCI compliance
Performance Engineer – Elsevier
October 2018 – April 2019- •Created Slack chatbot features to run performance tests on microservices, orchestrate containers across environments, and notify statuses and alerts from performance test results
- •Wrote, executed, and analyzed performance tests for enterprise applications using the Python framework LocustIO
- •Created a Django application for dynamically reporting and analyzing performance test results
- •Wrote Python automations to collect performance test report data via web scraping from New Relic dashboards, OpenShift API implementation, and openpyxl Excel library integration for data manipulation
Volunteer Experience
Computer Programming Teacher – Cherry Hill Public Library
January 2025 – Present- •Create lesson plans to teach Python programming foundations in object oriented programming and API use
- •Teach classes and review student's code
Technology Coach – Dorot USA
November 2023 – December 2024- •Coach elderly people in using the technology that could give them a more accessible life.
Skills and Languages
Backend
Python Linux Ruby C++ RabbitMQFrontend
HTML CSS JavaScript React NextJSDatabases
PostgreSQL MySQL MongoDB Redis ElasticSearchDevOps Tools
Docker Terraform Ansible Kubernetes JenkinsCI/CD & Monitoring
GitHub Actions DataDog Prometheus Grafana KibanaCertifications
The Linux Foundation
Certified Kubernetes Application Developer
HashiCorp Certified
Terraform Associate
AWS Certified
Developer Associate & Solutions Architect Associate