Building Systems That Scale
Staff Engineer focused on Go, distributed systems, and developer experience
The Journey
Staff Software Engineer
Promoted to Staff. Leading developer experience initiatives at scale. Making developers' lives better through better tooling, docs, and automation.
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AI & Automation
- Led Claude onboarding across multiple teams (500+ users)
- Piloted GitHub Marketplace integration with Claude
- Built agentic workflows for red team, security & cleanup
- Explored Claude, OpenCode, Copilot & Codex in CI and local
- Anthropic SDK regression tests against Argo deployments
- Built internal Slackbot with OpenAI Agents SDK for morale, web search & support using reasoning models
- Piloted first internal MCP server (exploratory)
- Org-level MCP presentation pre-hackathon to drive adoption
DevEx & Leadership
- Consolidated scattered docs into cohesive devex site
- Improved supply chain security tooling & guidance
- Cross-team impact with presentations & knowledge sharing
- Promoted for stellar performance & impact
- Co-led org-wide Argo Rollouts modernization: rebuilt charts, tests & Go CLI across engineering
- Built Claude skill for handling complex migration workflows
Senior Software Engineer
The Go era begins. Built Kubernetes stacks, led monorepo migration, and leveled up the entire SDLC.
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Infrastructure & Delivery
- Helm + Pulumi stack for K8s with <15min PR-to-prod
- AWS architecture redesign for ECS Fargate
- Trunk-based development & infrastructure-as-code
Developer Tooling
- Go task automation for entire dev workflow (one command bootstrap)
- Led monorepo migration for Angular + Go teams
- APM integration, structured logging, synthetic monitoring
Senior Developer / SRE
Transformation years: SQL expert → DevOps practitioner → SRE. Built the automation, observability, and GitOps practices.
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- Part of on-premise → AWS cloud transformation
- Designed serverless Lambda solutions for KPI insights
- Built comprehensive runbook library (GitLab handbook-first inspired)
- Built systems management for hundreds of instances
- AMI pipelines with Packer, matrix builds, automated tests
- Championed observability with Datadog, Grafana, InfluxDB
- Database performance tuning & architectural design
SQL Server Developer
Where it all began. Hired as Asset Analyst, taught myself SQL, got recruited to dev team. Relational database design, performance tuning, and learning to love code.
Tech Arsenal
Daily Weapons
In The Toolbox
Want More Of
Impact Highlights
AI: Agentic Workflows & Adoption
Edge adopter and internal advocate for agentic coding workflows and AI-assisted development. Led education initiatives on agent automation, shared best practices across engineering, and assisted with Copilot and Claude administration for enterprise adoption.
Automate The Boring Things
Built end-to-end developer experience improvements focusing on contributing ease and velocity. One-command bootstrap for tooling setup and first-class documentation.
Supply Chain Security
Established supply chain security practices and tooling guidance for growing engineering org. Integrated Snyk for SCA and SAST scanning, automated SBOM generation, and built security-first developer workflows with automated scanning in CI/CD pipelines.
Backend Plumber: Build & Release
Like a plumber fixing pipes you didn't know were leaking. Architected Kubernetes deployment pipelines with Helm + Pulumi achieving sub-15-minute PR-to-prod. Built robust AMI pipelines with Packer, matrix builds, and automated tests. GitHub admin work ensuring the pipes stay clear.
What Makes Me Tick
My Strengths
- Emotional intelligence & influence-based leadership
- "Cradle to grave" ownership mentality
- Documentation obsessive (handbook-first approach)
- Balance craft with shipping fast
I Thrive In
- Remote-first, async communication cultures
- Teams that value generalists with deep expertise
- Places that ship fast but care about reliability
Let's Connect
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