Resume
Western Governors University
Contract Software Engineer
Apr 2025 - Apr 2025
Angular
Python
Django
OpenEDX
LTI 1.3
WCAG
- Upgraded enrollment platform to WCAG 2.1 AA compliance, broadening accessibility for the 3,500+ student WGU Academy platform
- Built a custom Angular stepper component consolidating 4 distinct user journeys, reducing analytics blind spots and enabling scalable feature expansion
- Implemented LTI 1.3 integration within OpenEDX/Python/Django, connecting 2 partner entities and improving platform interoperability
Self-Employed
Independent Contractor
Dec 2024 - Apr 2025
Python
React Native
Full-Stack
- Developed an authoring platform (Python / React Native) enabling writers to manage manuscripts, releases, audiobook production, editorial sourcing, and translations — reaching 45% completion before accepting the WGU contract
OpenVault LLC
Senior Software Engineer
Feb 2023 - Dec 2024
Python
Django
React
Keycloak
Jenkins
AWS EC2
OAuth
- Led OAuth integration using Keycloak and Active Directory with Python/Django, directly enabling the onboarding of a major enterprise client
- Reduced CI/CD build times from 60-75 minutes to 12-15 minutes (73% improvement) by optimizing Jenkins pipelines on AWS EC2
- Engineered an automated geolocation data processing pipeline handling 100k+ records monthly across multiple clients
- Redesigned internal admin interface in React serving ~12 clients, improving workflow efficiency and reducing support overhead
The Muse
Senior Software Engineer
Jan 2020 - Feb 2023
React
Next.js
Python
Django
GraphQL
A/B Testing
SEO
- Replaced LaunchDarkly (~$50k/month) by building a custom in-house A/B testing system in React, eliminating the third-party cost entirely
- Built a quiz engine that boosted user conversion rates by around 32%
- Optimized page load times by 8% using Next.js for a platform serving 100-200k daily visitors
- Established Python-based SEO monitoring that revealed roughly 1 in 3 job listings were not being indexed by Google
- Mentored engineers through a GraphQL conversion and expanded the Python/Django feature system with microservice integrations
Lightning Kite (Agency) — Klyp
Backend Developer
Nov 2018 - Feb 2019
Python
Django
- Worked as a backend developer on the Klyp application for a development agency while pursuing independent ventures in parallel
Utah Airways (Fintech)
Software Developer
Apr 2018 - Oct 2018
Python
Payments
Fraud Detection
Fintech
- Built a payment processing platform with fraud detection for high-risk lending industries including payday lenders
- Designed and implemented a cash payment processing system for cross-border operations in Mexico
Rent Dynamics
Software Developer
May 2016 - Dec 2017
Python
Django
MongoDB
C#
CI/CD
- Implemented an automated PII encryption system for 100k+ customer records after identifying dangerous data storage practices
- Converted a manual credit reporting process to a scalable batch-processing system using MongoDB
- Migrated 30+ legacy C# API endpoints to Python/Django, improving system stability and reducing downtime
- Developed an enhanced email targeting system that increased resident-to-lease conversion with a 16% lift
USU Research Foundation
Assistant Web Developer
Jan 2013 - May 2016
PostgreSQL
Apache Cordova
iOS
Android
UI/UX
- Maintained and optimized a 9TB PostgreSQL database storing climate data updated every 25 minutes, improving query performance for agricultural reporting
- Built and deployed a mobile application (Apache Cordova, iOS and Android) delivering real-time pest and weather alerts to orchard owners across Utah
- Redesigned the agricultural alert system's database architecture and UI, improving usability for stakeholders in a $300M+ fruit industry sector
