Portfolio & Experience

Building a human-in-the-loop automation platform that combines locally-running and cloud AI.

• Built the web application from the ground up as a Ruby on Rails service
• Integrated local and cloud AI services to power a human-in-the-loop automation workflow
• Built the admin panel supporting distinct admin, reviewer, and moderator roles

Built a complete financial service web application from the ground up.

• Developed the full-stack application end to end: React frontend and Ruby on Rails backend
• Implemented a custom Stripe Elements payment integration (the more advanced workflow)
• Built a separate admin app to harden security, rather than exposing admin features in the user-facing app
• Co-designed the application architecture and user interface

Worked in a self-organizing Teal organization, contributing to product strategy and architecture.

• Co-created features for CandorApp in a fully autonomous team environment
• Participated in architecture discussions and influenced technical direction
• Contributed to strategic product evolution decisions

Persuaide

AI service helping improve communication quality.

• Built microservice architecture with React frontend, Rails backend (PostgreSQL), and Python AI service
• Maintained, orchestrated, and deployed the AI microservices
• Led the technical team as CTO while staying hands-on across the stack

Pursuance

Internal service for team alignment and AI pre-training progress tracking.

• Identified team need and conceptualized solution
• Fully built product in Rails using available UI design

Resonaid

LinkedIn outreach automation tool.

• Built React frontend, Chrome extension, and Rails backend

Worked on solar panel company software with complex tax calculations and savings algorithms.

• Maintained and enhanced software for solar panel agents with usage calculations and tax incentives
• Built testing framework improving developer-QA collaboration
• Led internal talks on programming patterns and software quality
• Introduced test automation tools company-wide

Worked on Germany's leading professional social network serving over 50 million users.

Company Profiles

• Developed messaging system and external API integrations
• Re-implemented admin panel improving usability and reducing complexity
• Refactored external API integration mechanisms, saving development time
• Maintained REST API and AMQP communication between services

XING Talent Manager

• Built Rails backend and Pinocchio frontend (BackboneJS framework)
• Worked on search-heavy features using ElasticSearch

Selected highlights from freelance work:

• Led REST API implementation on Node.js/Vercel for US crypto-backed loans platform
• Built mobile-first scientific social website
• Developed employee benefits management app with Bank API integration and AWS storage
• Reorganized and prepared complete USDA nutrition database for web application
• Created comprehensive Intranet solution (projects, groups, news, calendar, wiki, forum) in Rails with MongoDB
• Conducted security audits for Ruby on Rails applications

• Implemented Foursquare-like application for rating everything
• Developed feature-rich travel website
• Created open source library increasing development productivity (Aggregator and Aggregatable behaviors for CakePHP)