About

Engineering dependable systems in regulated, high-stakes domains.

I'm a California-based software engineer with 10+ years of experience building backend platforms, distributed workflows, and full-stack products. My work has centered on domains where correctness matters: healthcare pharmacy systems, real estate platforms, and lending infrastructure. Most recently I built a prescription system of record handling roughly tens of millions of API requests per month, replacing a legacy monolith without interrupting a regulated pharmacy operation. I care about migration paths that are reversible, observability from day one, and systems other engineers can safely change.

Experience

  1. Senior Software Engineer · BlinkRx

    Mar 2022 – Jul 2026

    Greenfield-built a prescription system of record (Python/Django, PostgreSQL, EKS) handling 59.5M API requests per month, replacing a legacy pharmacy monolith through shadow-mode migration. Also built the pharmacy transfer pipeline, the Rx deduplication compliance system, PBM insurance integrations adding 323K claims per month, LangGraph workflows for unstructured eRx notes, and 8 disaster-recovery runbooks.

  2. Senior Software Engineer · CoStar Group

    Oct 2018 – Mar 2022

    Built backend and full-stack systems for Apartments.com and Homes.com, including Kafka-based messaging and tour scheduling services supporting 1,500+ apartment communities. Mentored associate developers and conducted technical interviews.

  3. Software Development Engineer · QuickBridge Funding

    Oct 2018 – Jul 2019

    Built a Twilio SMS solution for a loan-processing CRM with AngularJS, ASP.NET Core, and SQL Server, enabling two-way communication between loan agents and clients. Led the migration from .NET Framework to .NET Core for Linux container hosting.

  4. Software Engineer · CU Direct

    Jun 2015 – Oct 2018

    Built loan-origination features and NServiceBus microservices connecting the lending system with car-dealership platforms using WPF, ASP.NET, and SQL Server.

Research · Sorin Lab

Distributed computing for RNA structure.

From Oct 2012 to Jun 2017, I worked in the Sorin Lab at California State University, Long Beach, analyzing Folding@Home simulations and contributing to research on RNA pseudoknot folding.

Project

Oct 2012 – Jun 2017

Folding@Home Data Analysis

Associated with Sorin Lab · California State University, Long Beach

Designed and implemented Perl scripts for analyzing biomolecule simulation data, contributing to a peer-reviewed publication. Collaborated with the principal investigator on data-analysis requirements and mentored new contributors through the codebase and review process.

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Publication

Ensemble simulations: folding, unfolding and misfolding of a high-efficiency frameshifting RNA pseudoknot

Nucleic Acids Research · Jan 23, 2017

A distributed-computing molecular-dynamics study of a 26-nucleotide potato leaf roll virus RNA pseudoknot. The work used more than 40 starting structures and nearly 120 μs of cumulative sampling to characterize native, intermediate, and misfolded states and the role of conformational plasticity in frameshifting.

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Honors & awards

  • CSU Summer Research Assistantship — Awarded by Academic Affairs and the Office of Research & Sponsored Programs at CSU, Long Beach to support research activities during the summer of 2014. (2014)
  • Hypercube Computational Chemistry Award — Nominated for demonstrating excellence in computer applications in chemistry. (2014)
  • CSU Future Scholars Award — Awarded through the Office of Financial Aid at CSU Long Beach. (2013)
  • James L. Jensen Undergraduate Research Fellowship — Selected by the College of Natural Sciences & Mathematics at CSU Long Beach to support research in Luteovirus pseudoknot RNA. (2013)

Community service

Helping people find reliable health information.

Civil Rights and Social Action

Apr 2021 – Present

Volunteer Staff · VaccinateCA

Called hospitals, pharmacies, and other providers across California to verify whether they were administering vaccines, then reported the information so people could find current vaccination sites. I also contributed to maintaining VaccinateCA's JavaScript web application.

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Education

California State University, Long Beach

Bachelor of Science · Biochemistry with minor in Computer Science