Senior Software Engineer — Backend, Product & Platform
I build the systems behind the products people actually use — APIs, data pipelines, and internal platforms for high-scale commerce. Eight years at the seam between platform engineering and product delivery.
Senior backend engineer with 8+ years shipping commerce and platform systems that real customers depend on. Most recently at Block (Square), where I was the DRI for building infrastructure for merchant POS migrations contributing to over $300M in incremental GPV for Square for Restaurants and built internal tooling used by hundreds of engineers every month.
I like the problems that show up when distributed systems meet consumer products: migrations that don't slow down users, APIs that are intuitive, and platforms that get out of the way. I care about the craft, the team, and the product being shipped.
An internal platform that generates production-like merchants in staging on demand. Used every month by hundreds of engineers across Square to build and test against realistic restaurant, retail, and marketplace data — without ever touching production.
Designed and led the rollout of the backend pipelines that moved restaurant merchants onto Square's next-generation menu platform. Zero-loss cutover across thousands of live merchants — contributing to $300M+ in incremental GPV.
Evolved the catalog APIs that power menu operations across Square for Restaurants. Focused on reliability under high-volume updates and a developer experience that scales to third parties.
Built payment reporting infrastructure on Elastigraph supporting merchant analytics, compliance workflows, and financial reporting across restaurant merchants.
A Seattle nonprofit I founded and scaled to reduce loneliness through curated social and dating events. 62 sold-out events, 3,398+ attendees, 1,062 newsletter subscribers, 6,300+ Instagram followers — now run by a 5-person board. I build the full-stack apps that keep operations running.
Mentored two junior engineers at Block through design reviews and promotion prep, and served as industry mentor for three senior capstone teams (12 students) at GWU — guiding architecture decisions, code review, and delivery planning to mirror real-world engineering.