Career Timeline
A journey through the roles, industries, and projects that shaped my engineering path.
Senior Software Engineer
Shorelight Education
Shorelight partners with top-ranked, nonprofit U.S. universities to attract and support international students. The company delivers high-touch, technology-driven enrollment and student success services. Enables global diversity on U.S. campuses by managing recruitment, admissions support, language preparation, and persistence services. Works on a shared-revenue model with universities. A leader in the international student marketplace, aiming to “Educate the World” by enhancing access, integration, and outcomes for non-U.S. students.
Duration: 11/20/2023 – Present
Industry: education
- Led architectural design for the company’s new Marketplace platform, promoting reusability and scalability across micro-frontends.
- Spearheaded MFA integration with AWS and Okta, enhancing security for the admissions portal.
- Established frontend unit testing standards, creating documentation and improving code quality across teams.
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Software Engineer II
The Drone Racing League
DRL is the premier global league for professional first-person-view (FPV) drone racing . Pilots fly custom, identical drones at speeds up to 90 mph (with RacerX model reaching record 163.5 mph) through intricate indoor and outdoor 3D courses. A hybrid of sports, media, and tech, DRL airs globally across NBC, Sky Sports, Fox Sports Asia, and streaming platforms like Twitter. They also operate DRL SIM, a virtual training simulator, and launched the autonomous racing series AIRR. DRL boasts ~75 million fans, reaching 250 million households in 140+ countries . It emphasizes innovation via partnerships (e.g., 5G streaming drones) and educational outreach through DRL Academy and the “Science of Drone Racing” curriculum
Duration: 08/08/2022 – 09/18/2023
Industry: sports
- Automated scoring logic in the Timing & Scoring platform, reducing race downtime by 6.67% and streamlining pilot ranking calculations.
- Refactored the Fleet Management System, improving stability and decoupling components to accelerate future feature development.
- Championed agile practices and introduced unit testing, boosting delivery velocity and increasing overall code reliability.
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Software Engineer
ComplySci
Part of the COMPLY portfolio, ComplySci provides cloud-based regulatory and compliance management software for financial institutions and asset managers. Features monitoring of employee trading, conflicts of interest, gift and entertainment logging, political contributions, and cryptocurrency compliance; supports workflows, case management, and REST API integrations. Supports over 7,000 clients including hedge funds, private equity, and large financial firms.
Duration: 10/19/2020 – 08/05/2022
Industry: finance
- Owned U.S. frontend development, building and maintaining Vue.js components to enhance user experience and performance.
- Quickly ramped up on unfamiliar tech, becoming productive in Vue.js and contributing to .NET backend features.
- Strengthened team delivery through effective communication with offshore developers, ensuring high-quality releases in a fast-paced Agile environment.
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Software Engineering Coach
Trilogy Education
Trilogy operates coding bootcamps in partnership with universities—later acquired by education company 2U (now part of edX) in 2019 for $750 million. Offers non-credit, on-campus bootcamps in subjects like full-stack web development, data analytics, UX/UI design, and fintech—across ~50 university partners, serving ~20,000 students. Operates under 2U/edX's umbrella as a workforce accelerator, connecting education with employer needs.
Duration: 04/15/2019 – 09/28/2019
Industry: education
- Taught core web technologies including HTML, CSS, JavaScript, React, Node.js, and databases through lectures, code reviews, and live debugging sessions.
- Mentored students one-on-one and in groups, helping them overcome coding challenges and develop problem-solving strategies.
- Fostered a collaborative learning environment, promoting pair programming, code walkthroughs, and agile practices to simulate real-world workflows.
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Web Developer
Southwest Myofascial Release
A holistic physical therapy clinic founded in Brooklyn, NY, that specializes in hands-on myofascial release and related healing modalities. Licensed therapists use deep tissue manipulation, dry needling, and complementary techniques like crystal light therapy to address chronic pain and movement issues.
Duration: 07/13/2018 – 11/05/2018
Industry: health
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Application Development Specialist
Metropolitan Transportation Authority
The MTA is North America's largest public transit agency, covering New York City and surrounding regions (Long Island, Hudson Valley, Connecticut). Manages NYC subways, buses, commuter rail (LIRR, Metro-North), bridges and tunnels. In 2023, it handled ~1.15 billion annual rides, ~3.6 million daily weekday ridership.
Duration: 10/05/2017 – 10/16/2020
Industry: transportation
- Developed and maintained high-impact apps, including train arrival displays, transit dashboards, and public info systems across web and mobile platforms.
- Engineered full-stack solutions using React, Node.js, .NET, SQL Server, and AWS, contributing to performance-critical systems like the MTA Performance Dashboard and Metro North Trip Planner.
- Built internal tools and automation workflows, including Visual Basic and Python scripts for metro card generation and S3-based data processing, improving operational efficiency across teams.
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