Overview
Technical skills
Timeline
Roles

Overview

Senior Software Engineer with 11+ years of fintech experience building AI-powered applications, payment systems, and scalable backend platforms. Hands-on with REST/GraphQL APIs, distributed systems, and data pipelines, including LLM integration and document extraction workflows. Experienced delivering real-time dashboards and reliable payment processing with strong engineering practices across major fintech companies.

Technical skills

JavaScript
Node JS• Senior • 11y+
Java• Junior • 11y+
Python• Senior • 7y+
Go• 7y+
Ruby• 7y+
SQL• Junior • 5y+
TypeScript• Middle • 3y+
Java
Spring Framework• 9y+
Python
Django
Flask• 5y+
Celery• 3y+
FastAPI• 3y+
Ruby
Ruby on Rails
Sorbet• 7y+
Databases
DynamoDB
MySQL
Pinecone
Supabase
Apache Kafka• 11y+
Amazon Aurora• 9y+
Cassandra• 9y+
Oracle• 9y+
PostgreSQL• 7y+
Redis• 3y+
AI/ML
Fine-tuning
LLM
Multimodal AI
RAG
Claude• 3y+
LangChain• 3y+
Model Context Protocol
Frontend
Angular
Bootstrap
JQuery
Material UI
Redux
Sass
Tailwind CSS
Vue.js
Webpack
PostCSS
GraphQL• 9y+
React.js• 5y+
Next.js• 3y+
DevOps
AWS
Azure
GCP
Netlify
Terraform
Rest API• 11y+
CI/CD• 9y+
Docker• 9y+
Jenkins• 9y+
WebSockets• 3y+

Timeline

Senior Software Engineer Senior
Zocks Full-Time
Jul 2023 to Present 3 Years 1 Month Partially remote
Designed and built a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server to let external AI models query structured client data via secure JSON-RPC. Developed a Python-based document processing pipeline using FastAPI and LangChain to extract information from complex financial PDFs and tax forms. Built Next.js dashboards with real-time updates using WebSockets and added Redis/Celery background workers for heavy workloads. Implemented REST APIs and automated syncing into enterprise CRM systems such as Salesforce.
Model Context Protocol
TypeScript
Node JS
Python
FastAPI
LangChain
Claude
Next.js
WebSockets
Redis
Celery
Rest API
Salesforce
Senior Software Engineer Senior
Ramp Full-Time
Nov 2021 to Jul 2023 1 Year 8 Months Partially remote
Led architecture and feature development for the core Bill Pay product, building high-volume B2B payment capabilities with Python (Flask) and PostgreSQL. Created real-time dashboard interfaces for managing vendor invoices and file viewing using React. Built and maintained two-way sync pipelines with major accounting systems to keep ledgers and tracking categories consistent. Implemented state-machine controls and asynchronous task queues to reduce payment errors and race conditions while improving API-driven feature delivery.
Python
Flask
PostgreSQL
React.js
Rest API
SQL
Software Engineer Middle
Stripe Full-Time
Jun 2019 to Nov 2021 2 Years 5 Months Partially remote
Architected credit evaluation components to automate real-time risk assessment and loan eligibility for merchants within Stripe’s backend. Built low-latency banking API integrations and Go-based payout rails with strict PostgreSQL transactional ledgers. Improved data ingestion by using Apache Kafka streaming to support Python-based ML credit-limit modeling. Participated in a remote engineering setup and contributed to safer API defaults and alerting practices.
Ruby
Sorbet
Go
Apache Kafka
Pythonsince 2019
PostgreSQLsince 2019
Software Engineer II Middle
PayPal Full-Time
Aug 2017 to May 2019 1 Year 9 Months San Jose In office
Developed high-throughput microservices to move core financial systems away from a legacy monolith. Implemented unified API access patterns across REST and GraphQL, optimizing interactions with relational Oracle databases and Cassandra clusters. Containerized and orchestrated services using Docker on Apache Mesos/Aurora to support low-latency private cloud performance. Improved delivery by centralizing CI/CD automation in Jenkins.
Java
Spring Framework
Rest API
GraphQL
Oracle
Cassandra
Docker
Amazon Aurora
Jenkins
CI/CD
Software Engineer I Middle
PayPal Full-Time
Sep 2015 to Jul 2017 1 Year 10 Months San Jose In office
Modernized legacy Java web applications and migrated parts of the stack toward a decoupled frontend using Node.js. Converted legacy XML/SOAP services into RESTful APIs to improve response time and simplify downstream integrations. Delivered features in an Agile/Scrum environment and supported real-time event logging using Apache Kafka during a corporate reorganization.
Javasince 2015
Node JSsince 2015
Rest APIsince 2015
Apache Kafkasince 2015
San José State University
Bachelor's Degree Computer Science
2011–2015 San Jose, California