Professional Journey

Built in large enterprises, sharpened in high-stakes delivery

The career progression reflects increasing ownership across system design, platform delivery, stakeholder alignment, and engineering leadership.

March 2021 - Present

New York, NY

Principal Associate (Principal Engineer) · Capital One

Owns architecture and delivery for customer-facing banking capabilities spanning account opening, funding, and recurring transaction migration in a high-scale regulated environment.

  • Architected the Initial Funding API supporting secure, scalable funding workflows that enabled deposit flows in the billions.
  • Led the Switcher microservice delivery and technical governance, helping reduce inactive account closures by 50 percent.
  • Directed phased production rollouts, capacity planning, and stakeholder alignment with zero critical rollout incidents called out in the resume.
  • Delivered full-stack account-opening capabilities, including Angular-based UI work and integrations with downstream banking systems.
  • Improved team development velocity by 30 percent through AI-assisted engineering workflows and stronger review practices.

October 2020 - March 2021

Seattle, WA

Senior Software Engineer (Contract) · Amazon

Built secure and scalable internal platforms on AWS with a focus on data accuracy, operational efficiency, and collaboration with large business stakeholders.

  • Engineered an HR Management Portal using Java and AWS cloud services.
  • Implemented Athena-based batch data processing pipelines that reduced manual overhead by 40 percent.
  • Delivered security-conscious, data-driven workflows for a large organization.

April 2016 - October 2020

Seattle, WA / New Jersey

Senior Software Engineer · JP Morgan Chase

Developed and supported resilient financial applications and APIs for commercial banking workflows, with strong emphasis on throughput, observability, and mentoring.

  • Built Java and Spring Boot applications using Kafka, Snowflake, and AWS in enterprise banking environments.
  • Delivered REST and SOAP services that supported mission-critical business workflows.
  • Used Splunk and Dynatrace to monitor performance, troubleshoot production issues, and reduce latency.
  • Served as a mentor and technical SME for junior and mid-level engineers.

October 2014 - April 2016

Philadelphia, PA

Web Developer · Wells Fargo

Started in full-stack web development, building Java-based applications and customer-facing features in Agile delivery teams.

  • Developed Java web applications using Spring, Hibernate, AngularJS, HTML, and JavaScript.
  • Contributed REST and SOAP services and batch processing capabilities.
  • Worked in fast-moving Agile teams with a delivery mindset focused on quality and collaboration.