About Me

Technical Leadership & System Architecture

A seasoned software architect with over 12 years of experience building scalable systems, leading engineering teams, and driving technical innovation in enterprise environments.

San Francisco Bay Area
Available for Leadership Roles
Principal/Staff Level

I specialize in architecting large-scale distributed systems and building high-performing engineering teams. My experience spans from early-stage startups to Fortune 500 companies, where I’ve led technical initiatives that serve millions of users and generate significant business value.

My approach combines deep technical expertise with strong leadership skills, focusing on sustainable architecture decisions that balance technical debt, performance, and business requirements. I believe in empowering teams through clear technical vision, mentorship, and fostering a culture of innovation.

Key Achievements

20+
Teams Led

Engineering teams across multiple time zones

50+
Systems Built

Enterprise-scale systems and architectures

10M+
Users Served

End users across various platforms

12+
Experience

Years of technical leadership

Technical Expertise

Programming Languages

Go
C++
Java
Python
C#
Node.js
TypeScript
JavaScript

Architecture & Design

Microservices
Event-Driven Architecture
Domain-Driven Design
System Design
API Design

Cloud & Infrastructure

AWS
Google Cloud
Azure
Kubernetes
Docker
Terraform
CI/CD

Databases

PostgreSQL
MongoDB
Redis
MySQL
Cassandra
Elasticsearch

Leadership

Team Leadership
Technical Mentoring
Cross-functional Collaboration
Agile/Scrum
Technical Strategy

Professional Journey

Principal Software Architect

2020 - Present

TechCorp (Fortune 500)

San Francisco, CA

Lead architectural decisions for platforms serving 10M+ users. Designed microservices architecture that improved system reliability from 95% to 99.9%.

Key Achievements:

  • Architected cloud-native platform processing $500M+ transactions
  • Led engineering teams of 20+ across multiple time zones
  • Reduced infrastructure costs by 40% through architectural optimization
  • Established company-wide engineering standards and practices
Go
Kubernetes
AWS
PostgreSQL
Redis
Kafka

Senior Software Engineer → Engineering Manager

2016 - 2020

InnovateTech

Austin, TX

Progressed from individual contributor to leading a team of 12 engineers. Built real-time analytics platform processing 1B+ events daily.

Key Achievements:

  • Promoted from Senior Engineer to Engineering Manager in 18 months
  • Built analytics platform that became company's primary revenue driver
  • Mentored 15+ engineers, with 80% promotion rate
  • Implemented CI/CD practices that reduced deployment time by 90%
C++
Python
Apache Spark
Docker
Jenkins
MySQL

Full Stack Developer → Lead Developer

2012 - 2016

StartupXYZ

Remote

Early employee at fast-growing startup. Built core product features and scaled team from 3 to 25 engineers.

Key Achievements:

  • Developed core product features used by 1M+ customers
  • Architected backend systems that scaled from 1K to 1M+ users
  • Established coding standards and review processes
  • Led technical interviews and hired 20+ engineers
Java
Spring Boot
Angular
PostgreSQL
AWS
Docker

Leadership Philosophy

“Great architecture isn’t just about technology—it’s about understanding business needs, empowering teams, and creating systems that can evolve with changing requirements. The best technical solutions emerge from collaborative environments where every team member feels empowered to contribute their expertise.”

Expertise

Technical Skills & Proficiency

12+ years of hands-on experience across the full technology stack

Programming Languages
6 skills

Go

9/10
8 years15 projects

Microservices, high-performance systems

C++

9/10
12 years20 projects

Low-latency systems, performance optimization

Java

8/10
10 years18 projects

Enterprise applications, Spring ecosystem

Node.js

8/10
7 years12 projects

APIs, real-time applications

Python

7/10
6 years10 projects

Data processing, ML infrastructure

C#

7/10
5 years8 projects

.NET ecosystem, enterprise solutions

System Architecture
5 skills

Microservices

10/10
8 years15 projects

Design patterns, service mesh, API gateway

Distributed Systems

9/10
10 years20 projects

Consensus algorithms, consistency models

Event-Driven Architecture

9/10
7 years12 projects

CQRS, event sourcing, message queues

Database Design

8/10
12 years25 projects

SQL/NoSQL, sharding, replication

API Design

9/10
10 years30 projects

REST, GraphQL, gRPC, versioning

Cloud & DevOps
6 skills

Kubernetes

9/10
6 years15 projects

Orchestration, scaling, service mesh

Docker

9/10
8 years20 projects

Containerization, multi-stage builds

AWS

8/10
7 years12 projects

EC2, EKS, RDS, Lambda, CloudFormation

GCP

8/10
5 years10 projects

GKE, Cloud Run, BigQuery, Pub/Sub

Terraform

7/10
4 years8 projects

Infrastructure as Code, multi-cloud

CI/CD

8/10
10 years25 projects

Jenkins, GitLab CI, GitHub Actions

Tools & Frameworks
5 skills

Apache Kafka

8/10
6 years10 projects

Stream processing, event streaming

Redis

8/10
8 years15 projects

Caching, session storage, pub/sub

Elasticsearch

7/10
5 years8 projects

Search, logging, analytics

Prometheus

8/10
5 years12 projects

Monitoring, alerting, metrics

Apache Spark

7/10
4 years6 projects

Big data processing, analytics

Leadership & Soft Skills
5 skills

Technical Leadership

10/10
8 years25 projects

Team guidance, technical decisions

System Design

10/10
10 years30 projects

Architecture reviews, design docs

Mentoring

9/10
8 years20 projects

Junior/senior engineer development

Project Management

8/10
10 years25 projects

Agile, delivery planning, stakeholder management

Code Reviews

9/10
12 years100 projects

Quality assurance, knowledge sharing