Overview
Technical skills
Timeline
Roles

Overview

Staff AI Engineer with 10 years of software engineering and machine learning infrastructure experience, focusing on production AI systems. Experienced in LLM inference systems, model evaluation and optimization pipelines, and performance tuning for high-throughput environments. Previously built scalable backend and ML-driven personalization services for a large global platform.

Technical skills

Python• Senior • 10y+
JavaScript• Junior • 10y+
Node JS• Junior • 10y+
SQL• Middle • 5y+
TypeScript• Middle • 5y+
Databases
Apache Kafka• 10y+
ElasticSearch• 10y+
PostgreSQL• 10y+
Redis• 10y+
AI/ML
LLM
RAG
CUDA Toolkit• 5y+
PyTorch• 5y+
vLLM• 3y+
Frontend
React.js• 10y+
DevOps
GitHub Actions
AWS• 10y+
Docker• 10y+
Kubernetes• 5y+

Timeline

Senior Software Engineer Senior
Improving Full-Time
Sep 2021 to Present 4 Years 11 Months Denver Partially remote
Architected production LLM inference systems to serve millions of requests by improving distributed serving and model caching for latency and throughput. Built model evaluation and optimization pipelines to support iterative improvements across client AI systems in production. Established engineering standards for AI development, code review, and deployment, and mentored engineers on production ML system design and infrastructure optimization.
Python
PyTorch
Kubernetes
CUDA Toolkit
vLLM
AWS
Docker
SQL
TypeScript
Software Engineer Middle
Udemy Full-Time
Nov 2016 to Aug 2021 4 Years 9 Months Denver In office
Built and optimized backend services for a global learner platform, using distributed caching and database query optimization to reduce response latency. Developed machine learning models for recommendation and personalization features, improving course discovery with data-driven ranking. Designed event-driven microservices for async processing and analytics pipelines, scaling infrastructure for seasonal peak traffic while reducing costs.
Pythonsince 2016
JavaScript
Node JS
React.js
PostgreSQL
Redis
AWSsince 2016
Dockersince 2016
Apache Kafka
ElasticSearch
University of Denver
Bachelor's Degree Computer Science
2016 Denver, Colorado