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• Principal Platform Engineer, ATB Financial / ATB Ventures

  Apr, 2021 - Feb, 20253 years 10 months

  Led the Oliu.id digital identity team in developing and delivering a multi-service platform. Played a key role in transforming an AI-driven insight engine from a proof of concept into a scalable financial analytics solution.

  • Modernized legacy UIs into React/TypeScript progressive web applications seamlessly integrated with backend microservices.

  • Leveraged AI-assisted development (Cursor, GitHub Copilot) to accelerate coding, debugging, testing, and documentation while maintaining code quality.

  • Directed a full refactor of the Oliu identity platform backend, transitioning from monolithic services to scalable, cloud-native microservices.

  • Redesigned and optimized the Insight Engine, improving AI-driven financial analytics with a 30% performance gain in processing speed.

  • Implemented an API Gateway to standardize third-party identity verification integrations, reducing partner onboarding time by 40%.

  • Engineered Kubernetes-native solutions ensuring system resilience, high availability, and elastic scalability across environments.

  • Contributed to Encore.dev, an open-source Go framework for cloud-native backend development, enhancing developer workflows and observability features used in Encore’s TypeScript SDK.

  • Developed and debugged Go services integrating Encore’s runtime with custom API gateways and containerized microservices, gaining hands-on experience with Go’s concurrency model and REST/GraphQL backends.

  • Automated local development and production system bootstrapping with on-chain initialization workflows, reducing setup time and errors.

  • Mentored junior engineers and led architecture/code reviews, establishing technical best practices and elevating overall code quality.

• Senior Software Engineer, Magnify Digital

  Apr, 2020 - Apr, 20211 year

  Led full-stack development for Magnify Digital’s platform before it was branded as ScreenMiner.

  • Rebuilt legacy components into a modern React-based architecture with seamless AWS cloud deployment.

  • Owned full-stack delivery across frontend, backend, and DevOps, leveraging React with Redux-Saga, Node.js, and MariaDB.

  • Architected and implemented scalable system design, optimizing database performance and ensuring reliable AWS-based deployments.

  • Shaped the platform’s core technical foundation, strengthening system reliability and positioning it for long-term growth.

• Front End Developer, Redman Technologies Inc

  Oct, 2019 - May, 20207 months

  Developed a React-based multi-tenant front-end application for automated real estate postcard mailouts, integrating Redux-Saga workflows with a Couchbase Server backend.

  • Developed a React-based multi-tenant front-end application for automated real estate postcard mailouts, integrating Redux-Saga workflows with a Couchbase Server backend.

  • Implemented a Redux-Saga polling service for resilient image re-fetching and state synchronization.

  • Integrated Couchbase Server as the data layer to support high-volume, multi-tenant operations.

  • Optimized data access patterns between frontend and backend, improving reliability and performance.

• Senior Software Engineer, Blockchain Foundry Inc

  May, 2018 - May, 20191 year

  Engineered blockchain-based solutions and infrastructure-as-code (IaC) automation, combining full-stack development with DevOps practices to deliver secure, scalable platforms. Hands-on experience with Syscoin, Bitcoin, and Ethereum integrations for real-world blockchain applications.

  • Co-developed a React-Redux browser extension enabling blockchain-based document signing on Syscoin, with compatibility for Bitcoin and Ethereum networks.

  • Integrated blockchain APIs and smart contract interactions, ensuring secure and seamless connectivity across multiple chains.

  • Implemented Jenkins CI/CD pipelines with Terraform on AWS, streamlining deployments and improving infrastructure reliability.

  • Automated local blockchain environment setup and developer onboarding using Bash and Node.js scripting, reducing setup time and errors.

• Senior Software Engineer, Beanworks Solutions Inc

  May, 2017 - May, 20181 year

  Delivered full-stack features and data automation workflows, combining React, React Native, and PostgreSQL pipelines to enhance product capabilities and user experience.

  • Contributed to major product enhancements in a React–Backbone.js platform, improving usability and functionality.

  • Developed a React Native mobile application for accounting expense capture, enabling streamlined data entry on the go.

  • Engineered automated PostgreSQL data ingestion from third-party partners using cron, Bash scripting, and PSQL, reducing manual effort and errors.

• Lead Developer, Support Services Unlimited

  Feb, 2017 - May, 20173 months

  Led a short-term engagement to modernize a legacy Webform application, providing architectural guidance and code reviews that improved maintainability and elevated junior developer practices.

• JavaScript Developer, Semios Technologies Inc

  Nov, 2016 - Feb, 20173 months

  Delivered a redesigned overview dashboard in an Ember application, expanding automated unit, integration, and acceptance tests to strengthen reliability and system coverage.

• JavaScript Developer, Strutta Media Inc

  Aug, 2016 - Nov, 20163 months

  Developed comprehensive end-to-end test suites for an Ember & Rails platform, improving regression detection and ensuring consistent product quality during rapid iterations.

• JavaScript Developer, Assembly Co

  Feb, 2016 - Aug, 20166 months

  Implemented a customer rewards feature in a Node.js/Angular/Ionic mobile app and automated Gulp-based workflows, reducing build times and improving frontend developer efficiency.

• Control Systems Technician, Modern Systems Management Ltd

  Apr, 2012 - May, 20153 years 1 month

  Developed custom UI dashboards for HVAC control systems by integrating web technologies with Schneider Electric’s EcoStruxure Java-based backend platform.

  • Designed and implemented HVAC monitoring dashboards by integrating web frontends with the EcoStruxure Java backend platform.

  • Developed Java-based extensions to support real-time control and data visualization across multiple building systems.

  • Optimized system communication between custom UIs and backend services, improving responsiveness and reliability.

  • Collaborated with cross-functional teams to deploy and maintain Java-centric control solutions in commercial building environments.

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