Staff Software Engineer | Distributed Systems | Cloud Architecture | Technical Leadership

A results-driven software architect with 20+ years of experience specializing in distributed systems, cloud architecture, and technical transformations. Proven track record of modernizing monolithic applications into scalable microservices while mentoring engineering teams to deliver high-quality solutions. Expert in designing systems that balance performance, reliability, and business outcomes, recently leading a customer MDM system supporting 800M+ users and orchestrating microservices adoption across 9 engineering teams. Seeking a Staff/Principal Engineer role where I can drive technical excellence and innovation in a collaborative environment.

Experience

Wayfair, Remote

Staff Software Engineer (June 2022 - March 2025)

• Architected and implemented B2B Project Shopping features through federated GraphQL schema design, successfully integrating order management, supply chain, and internal sales workflows.

• Designed and delivered a scalable customer master data management system handling 800M+ global customers, improving B2B enrollment time by 95% and reduced data synchronization errors by over 99%.

• Established domain-driven design practices to help teams properly identify bounded contexts and negotiated those boundaries across the Wayfair organization to ensure data and processes were owned by a single team.

• Developed a RAG LLM pipeline for customer service agents that increased the number of concurrent chats an agent could handle by recommending responses to customer questions.

Target, Minneapolis MN

Lead Software Engineer (April 2017 - June 2022)

• Developed Target’s Inventory Position and Control systems migration from the legacy mainframe to a microservices architecture built on Kafka which positioned over $100 billion worth of inventory across 1900 stores.

• Architected and implemented the task management system as part of a greenfield warehousing management system.

• Mentored college new hires as a part of the Target Leadership Program.

• Interviewed college students for internship and new hire positions.

• Served as track lead for Target’s internal technology conference for two consecutive years, organizing 25+ technical sessions and personally delivering presentations on microservices architecture and distributed systems.

SmartThings, Minneapolis MN

Senior Software Engineer/Team Lead (March 2015 - April 2017)

• Led a cross-functional distributed team of 10 engineers across three global locations to successfully revamp the SmartThings App Marketplace.

• Architected and implemented critical microservices during SmartThings’ monolith decomposition, establishing best practices for API design and service boundaries.

• Executed zero-downtime database migrations from MySQL to Cassandra and Aurora for high-traffic services.

• Cooked 70 lbs of BBQ for a company picnic.

Bloom Health, Minneapolis, MN

Technical Lead (June 2012 – March 2015)

• Scaled engineering organization from 8 to 30 developers.

• Led architectural transformation from monolith to microservices architecture, establishing patterns and practices.

• Architected integration between core platform and external Benefits Administration PaaS, enabling Bloom Health to expand service offerings to enterprise clients.

• Designed and implemented SSO solution across application suite using CAS and SAML, enhancing security posture while simplifying user experience.

Senior Software Developer (June 2011 – June 2012)

• Built financial integrations for HSA/FSA/HRA management.

• Implemented Redis caching layer that reduced page load times by 70% and improved system resilience during traffic spikes.

IBM, Minneapolis, MN

IT Specialist (July 2006 – June 2011)

• Led development of healthcare data visualization platform for Georgia residents, delivering MVP in under 3 months using Ruby on Rails and Google Maps.

• Awarded US Patent #7406689 - “Jobstream Planner Considering Network Contention and Resource Availability.”

What If Sports, Cincinnati, Ohio

Software Developer (March 2005 to June 2006)

• Developed company’s highest-grossing product (HardBallDynasty), generating $20,000 in first-day sales.

• Implemented quality engineering practices including automated testing and defect tracking systems.

Skills

Languages: Kotlin, Java, Groovy, Python, Go, Ruby, JavaScript, TypeScript, HTML, CSS, SQL

Frameworks: Disruptor, Http4k, Ratpack, Grails, Dropwizard, Spring, Spring Boot, Hibernate, GraphQL, REST

Automation: Gradle, Maven, Git, Vagrant, Jenkins, Ansible, CircleCI, Gitlab

Infrastructure: Kafka, Redis, Elastic Search, RabbitMQ, MySql, Postgres, Cassandra, Heroku, AWS, Docker, Google Cloud Services, Kubernetes, Grafana, ELK

Leadership Skills: Technical Mentorship, Distributed Team Leadership, Cross-functional Collaboration, Strategic Technical Planning, System Design & Architecture Review, Microservice Decomposition Methodologies, Technical Debt Management, Legacy System Modernization

Education

The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
B.S. Computer Science & Engineering, March 2005