Professional Career

Work Experience

A proven track record in Fintech leadership, AI integration, and global compliance standards. Driving technical excellence through strategic tooling and robust infrastructure.

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Edge Payments Technologies

Lead Engineer - Tooling & Head of Compliance

Current Role

Leading fintech merchant compliance initiatives, internal and customer-facing tooling, and infrastructure development. Overseeing compliance frameworks for global payment processing while integrating cost-optimized AI-driven tooling to optimize engineering workflows.

  • check_circle Architected AI-powered automated compliance monitoring for merchants perceived as high-risk
  • check_circle Authored cost-optimized AI usage guidelines
  • check_circle Designed and developed high-throughput resilient payment processing APIs
  • check_circle Built customer-facing and internal tooling, including APIs, CLIs, apps, 3rd party integrations, and more
Fintech PCI DSS AWS API 3DS 3RI AI Stable Coin
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GivingFire

Senior Engineering Lead

5 Years - Leadership & Engineering

Was solely responsible for the core platform and built out ancillary services used by thousands of religious institutes and non-profit organizations.

  • check_circle Scaled platform to handle peak gift processing of $1B+ annually (card, ACH, cash)
  • check_circle Built a custom subscription billing engine and tax receipt automation
  • check_circle Implemented 3rd party integrations, including Zappier, PlanningCenter, and Breeze
  • check_circle Built a SaaS website builder for churches without websites
  • check_circle Scaled platform to handle peak gift processing of $100M+ annually.
  • check_circle Built a custom subscription billing engine and tax receipt automation.
Ruby on Rails Scalability
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Textbook Valet

Senior Software Engineer

Pioneered e-commerce, logistics, inventory management, and customer support for a leading textbook and school supplies provider based in Texas.

  • check_circle E-commerce store with extensive Stripe integration
  • check_circle Unified e-mail, SMS and in-app messaging to one message thread so customers and agents could use any channel to communicate and switch between channels seamlessly
  • check_circle Inventory management and order fulfillment with real-time inventory tracking and fulfillment status updates
  • check_circle Seasonal staffing management with a custom scheduler and staff management system
  • check_circle Custom reporting and analytics with a custom dashboard and reporting system
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Orpiva (Magic Mirror)

Senior Software Engineer

Spearheaded R&D and product development for for Computer Vision and AI-focused British companyy in the fashion industy. We built Magic Mirror, a tool that allows you to use the webcam to try any fashion item available in the store along side social and co-shopping/browsing experience for buyers.

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Kuiki Studios

Software Engineer

The bedrock of my technical career, building foundational web applications and mastering full-stack engineering principles.

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