About Me
I'm a Lead Software Engineer with 10+ years of experience focused on backend architecture and scalable system design. Over the past decade, I've led teams, delivered high-impact platforms, and built resilient services that improve performance, reduce cloud costs, and accelerate releases. I'm driven by thoughtful engineering, strong collaboration, and continuous improvement.
Skills
Experience
Lead Software Engineer
Responsible for leading the development of an AI-driven recruitment product designed to automate and enhance the hiring process for tech roles.
- Led the development of an AI-powered live interview and recruitment platform, improving hiring efficiency for B2B clients via Generative AI integration.
- Applied Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) and prompt engineering best practices, resulting in a 50% reduction in LLM usage costs.
- Reduced infrastructure costs by 10% and improved deployment speed by 30% using containerization and CI/CD pipelines with Docker and Azure Container Service.
- Developed a scalable job-candidate matching service, reducing processing time by 60% for a pool of 200,000+ candidates.
- Started as a Senior Software Engineer and was promoted to Lead Software Engineer in 2024 after leading core initiatives and delivering measurable product impact.
Software Engineer
Responsible for leading backend API development, testing, and contributing to platform modernization efforts for AT&T's Developer Portal, coordinating with cross-functional teams and guiding offshore contributors through major architectural transitions.
- Owned the development and maintenance of multiple RESTful web services supporting AT&T's Developer Hub, utilizing Node.js and Kubernetes to enhance platform scalability and maintainability.
- Made significant contributions to the migration effort of legacy monolithic APIs from Google's Apigee to a microservices architecture hosted on an in-house Kubernetes platform, resulting in a 10% boost in performance and a 30% reduction in operational overhead.
- Collaborated closely with cross-functional engineering, QA, and DevOps teams in an Agile environment, helping align priorities and drive consistent delivery across functions.
- Mentored and guided an offshore development team under the guidance of onsite leads, ensuring timely and coordinated delivery across sprints.
- Contributed to API design and documentation improvements, boosting the external developer experience by 10%.
- Designed and maintained test automation pipelines using Jenkins, VuGen, and IBM RQM, reducing manual QA efforts by 40% and streamlining reporting.
- Started as a SDET and was promoted to Software Developer in 2019 after making significant contributions to automation, test coverage, and backend development processes.