Seattle, Washington, United States
Seasoned Software Engineering Leader with 11+ years delivering high-impact technology solutions and 4+ years leading high-performing teams. Specializes in building and scaling customer-facing applications from the ground up, with deep expertise in full-stack development, system design, and cloud architecture. Thrives at the intersection of technology, product, and people—delivering solutions that are both technically sound and strategically impactful. * Proven track record of leading end-to-end development of web-based, external customer–focused applications in fast-paced, high-growth environments, including forming teams from scratch and driving them to success. Beyond modeling real-world challenges in software, I focus on building scalable infrastructure and ensuring adherence to security best practices. * Skilled at partnering with product, operations, and executive leaders—including Directors and VPs—while owning organization-wide metrics, reviewing them monthly, and designing secure, scalable, and user-focused solutions. * Building best-in-class software products using Generative AI to innovate and improve an organization’s core metrics, with expertise in Logistics, Payments, transactional/ordering systems —designing and delivering scalable freight forwarding, customs brokerage, and financial platforms that power global trade. * Extensive hands-on experience architecting and delivering large-scale, high-availability systems using AWS services, Java, TypeScript, Node.js, GraphQL, and React—along with applying Generative AI to solve complex, high-impact problems. Proven ability to optimize performance, ensure scalability, and maintain reliability at a scale expected by large organizations. * Adept at balancing technical leadership with people leadership—managing a 25-member engineering team (two two-pizza model), fostering career growth, and driving performance excellence, including managing performance exits, mentoring and promotions.