Senior Backend Engineer | AI Systems Architect

Building intelligent
systems that
scale.

14+ years architecting production APIs and AI/ML systems across healthcare, civic tech, and financial sectors.

Healthcare
Production Systems
Civic Tech
Production Systems
Financial Services
Production Systems
01 / Featured Work

Selected Projects

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WeVote AI Platform

Comprehensive civic engagement platform integrating OpenStates API with AI-powered bill summarization. Implemented vector search using ParadeDB for semantic querying across 500,000+ legislative documents. Built OAuth2 API serving 100+ third-party integrations with rate limiting and monitoring.

  • ▸Built comprehensive civic engagement platform integrating OpenStates API with AI-powered bill summarization
  • ▸Implemented vector search using ParadeDB for semantic querying across 500,000+ legislative documents
  • ▸Developed OAuth2 API serving 100+ third-party integrations with rate limiting and monitoring
Ruby on RailsParadeDBClaude APIOAuth2Vector Search
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Healthcare Report Automation

AI-powered medical report generation system reducing creation time by 75%. Processed 10,000+ reports with 95% physician acceptance rate.

Azure OpenAIRAGGPT-4Healthcare
📊

HonestPolicy Insurance Platform

Architected serverless risk assessment system processing 10K+ applications daily. Engineered Infrastructure as Code managing 50+ AWS resources. Built automated data processing pipelines improving accuracy to 99.8%.

AWS LambdaPythonCloudFormationEventBridgeServerless
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CI/CD Automation Framework

Created an enterprise-grade CI/CD automation framework that enabled seamless deployment across multiple AWS accounts and environments. The solution reduced deployment time by 75% and improved reliability.

  • ▸Created enterprise-grade CI/CD automation framework for seamless deployment across multiple AWS accounts
  • ▸Reduced deployment time from hours to minutes (75% reduction)
  • ▸Established comprehensive CI/CD workflows with GitHub Actions
AWS CodePipelineDockerTerraformJenkinsGitHub ActionsCloudFormation
02 / Experience

Professional Journey

2023

Data Analyst

UTHealth Houston
Houston, TX • February 2023 to Present

Architecting AI-powered medical systems. Built RAG system with pgvector across 100K+ documents. Reduced report generation time by 75% using Azure OpenAI. Migrated PostgreSQL to ParadeDB achieving 10x search improvement. Orchestrated Kubernetes deployment on Linode LKE, reducing infrastructure costs by 40%.

Azure OpenAIRAG SystemspgvectorParadeDB
2020

Software Engineer

Pie Insurance (HonestPolicy)
Denver, CO • November 2020 to November 2022

Architected serverless risk assessment system using AWS Lambda and Python, processing 10,000+ applications daily. Engineered Infrastructure as Code using CloudFormation, managing 50+ AWS resources across multiple environments. Implemented event-driven architecture with AWS EventBridge and SQS, handling millions of events monthly.

AWS LambdaPythonCloudFormationEventBridge
2019

Senior Software Engineer

SSL.com
Houston, TX • December 2019 to June 2020

Developed AI-powered certificate validation system detecting fraudulent requests with 98% accuracy. Implemented automated testing infrastructure achieving 95% code coverage. Mentored team of 5 junior developers on TDD practices and code quality standards.

Ruby on RailsMachine LearningRSpecTDD
2018

Software Engineer

Modern Message
Dallas, TX • April 2018 to November 2019

Built full-stack messaging platform with Ruby on Rails 5 and React.js serving 50,000+ users. Implemented real-time features using ActionCable and WebSockets. Designed PostgreSQL schema with complex relationships and optimized queries.

Ruby on Rails 5React.jsActionCableWebSockets
2014

Backend Engineer

ChaiOne
Houston, TX • December 2014 to August 2016

Developed enterprise mobile backend services and APIs serving Fortune 500 clients. Implemented Docker containerization strategy reducing deployment issues by 90%. Built RESTful APIs handling millions of requests daily with sub-100ms response times.

Ruby on RailsDockerREST APIsMobile Backend
2011-2014

Associate Business Applications Developer

Insperity
Kingwood, TX • June 2011 - December 2014

Worked as a Full Stack Developer in the Microsoft .NET environment, developing and maintaining enterprise software solutions using C#.NET and SQL Server.

C#.NETSQL Server.NET FrameworkFull Stack Development
03 / Expertise

Skills & Technologies

🤖
AI & Machine Learning
OpenAI, Claude/Anthropic, LangChain, RAG Systems, Vector Databases (pgvector, ParadeDB), Embeddings
💎
Backend Development
Ruby on Rails, Python, Crystal, C#/.NET Core, RESTful APIs, GraphQL, WebSockets, Microservices
🗄️
Databases & Search
PostgreSQL, pgvector, ParadeDB, OpenSearch/Elasticsearch, Redis, DragonflyDB, Full-text Search
☁️
Cloud & DevOps
AWS (Lambda, ECS, CloudFormation), Kubernetes (K8s), Docker, Kamal, GitHub Actions, CI/CD
🧪
Testing & Quality
RSpec, Cucumber, Cypress.io, Test-Driven Development, Automated Testing Pipelines
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Monitoring & Observability
Sentry, CloudWatch, Datadog, Application Performance Monitoring, Real-time Analytics

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