Professional Experience

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Building impactful solutions and leading development teams

Software Engineer | Vantage Labs LLC

April 2022 – Present

Full-time team member developing educational technology solutions, operating through my company, Blueblood.

Key Projects & Responsibilities

Integrated member of the development team, delivering critical features and applications.

WriteAhead Project

  • Architected and developed key AI-driven feedback features
  • Integrated AWS Bedrock for sophisticated analysis of student essays against predefined rubrics
  • Developed browser extension components

ZebraPay Extension Project

  • Designed and built a complex workflow automation tool as a browser extension
  • Developed Node.js backend
  • Integrated OCR technology for data scraping
  • Utilized AI (AWS Bedrock) for enhanced processing
  • Significantly improved client data import efficiency

CorrectEnglish Project

  • Contributed across the full stack (React/TS frontend, Spring Boot backend)
  • Developed and maintained core platform features

Impact & Process

  • Delivered 100% of assigned projects on time through effective prioritization and clear communication
  • Developed scalable, maintainable code that reduced technical debt by 10%
  • Refactored legacy codebases, improving maintainability and reducing update time by 15%
  • Collaborated extensively with management, stakeholders, and QA, enhancing project delivery time (~10%) and stakeholder satisfaction (15%)
  • Proficiently applied Agile methodologies in a fully remote setting

Technologies Utilized

React TypeScript Tailwind CSS Spring Boot Java Node.js AWS Bedrock Browser Extension APIs OCR Keycloak PostgreSQL

Lead Full-stack Developer/Engineer | Almaviva S.p.A

September 2019 – March 2022

Led enterprise software development initiatives, translating complex user requirements into functional technical solutions.

Key Achievements

  • Accelerated overall project delivery speed by 15%
  • Engineered, tested, documented, and delivered 4+ major web applications
  • Achieved a 98% on-time project completion rate
  • Successfully deployed and managed applications on cloud services (AWS) and self-hosted VPS
  • Ensured high availability (99.7% uptime) and scalability for high traffic loads
  • Resolved 90% of support tickets within defined SLAs
  • Mentored and provided technical guidance to a team of 3 junior engineers
  • Improved team performance by 15%
  • Facilitated regular stakeholder meetings and managed client relationships effectively
  • Contributed to a 20% increase in customer satisfaction
  • Achieved 90% on-time delivery for team projects through rigorous application of Agile methodologies

Technologies & Tools

Angular Ionic Spring Boot Java MySQL MongoDB AWS Agile Scrum