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About Me

Senior Software Engineer based in St. Louis, MO, focused on backend automation, cloud migrations, and AI-forward tooling.

Skills

Languages:
Java, Python, SQL, Go
Tools:
Git, Docker, Maven, Gradle, Jenkins, Claude Code
Databases:
PostgreSQL, MongoDB, SQL Server

Experience

  1. World Wide Technology — Senior Software Engineer

    Dec 2025 – Present
    • Build Python and Go automation for servers and network equipment.
    • Mentor mid-level and junior developers.
    • Drive AI-forward software development and build internal AI tools.
  2. Uncomn — Senior Software Engineer

    Feb 2023 – Dec 2025
    • Led the upgrade of a SOAP application from Java 11 to Java 17, restoring compatibility and improving performance and security.
    • Orchestrated the migration of a legacy application to cloud infrastructure, improving scalability and reliability.
    • Collaborated directly with clients to implement new features aligned with project goals.
  3. Centene — Senior Software Engineer

    Sep 2022 – Jan 2023
    • Used Kubernetes, Kafka, Vue, and Spring to build an ETL application.
    • Mentored junior developers through one-on-one sessions, code review, and weekly training.
    • Wrote unit tests that improved code quality and application reliability.
  4. NextEra Energy Resources — Senior Software Engineer

    Dec 2021 – Sep 2022
    • Built a company-wide search tool on the Elastic Stack to improve data accessibility.
    • Created GitHub Actions pipelines to deploy the application to AWS.
    • Designed Python and Shell deployment scripts to streamline releases.
  5. Enterprise — Software Engineer

    Aug 2021 – Dec 2021
    • Monitored and optimized a Kotlin API gateway built on Kong.
    • Wrote Python and Shell deployment scripts to streamline releases.
  6. Panera Bread — Application Developer / Network Analyst

    Feb 2016 – Aug 2021
    • Built Angular components and Spring Boot REST APIs for internal web applications.
    • Managed feature delivery in an agile team using JIRA and Confluence.
    • Supported a Network Operations Center overseeing 2,000+ cafe networks, including Python scripts to improve NOC productivity.