Resume

• Software engineer with x+ years experience
• Proven track record of delivering robust, scalable solutions at Amazon/AWS
• Since 2023: co-founder and chief architect at Jelly Psych
• Spend my free time on drv.run
• I have a Siberian Husky named Hugo

Core Skills

• Infrastructure: AWS, containers, microVMs, PostgreSQL, Terraform
• Languages: C++, Lua, Nix, TypeScript, and (casually) Go, Rust and Zig
• Systems: Linux, NixOS, real-time streaming protocols, consensus
• I’m a really good skier

Open Source

• Things (and communities) I love: Neovim, Nix, and NixOS
• I co-maintain the popular neovim-nightly-overlay, though it isn’t exactly a full-time job :)
• Occasionally I have time to do random (but cool?) side projects like lt and pg_jsonpatch

Past Experience

Software Engineer, Amazon/AWS

2016 - 2023

• Scaled notification service to handle Amazon’s order-volume scale notifications requirements
  • Designed and deployed new Java-based service replacing legacy Perl system
  • Achieved 70% infrastructure cost reduction through architectural improvements and resource optimization
  • Discovered and fixed critical bug causing 20% message loss in legacy system, recovering significant revenue
• Led iOS rich-content push notification integration for Amazon mobile app
  • First engineer to identify and implement Apple’s new notification APIs
• Core developer in a small team building a real-time streaming protocol for AWS WorkSpaces
  • Implemented high-performance C++17 library optimized for high-latency, low-throughput interactive applications
  • Co-designed the core protocol and owned the build system
  • Implemented robust simulation testing with a heavy (almost absurd) dose of C++ meta-template programming

Software Engineer, Tendrel

2023 – 2025

• Full-stack engineering across both product and internal tooling (React, TypeScript, GraphQL, Postgres)
• Developed a state-machine-driven runtime framework for dynamic workflows
• Managed developer environment automation and CI/CD using Nix

Education

B.S. Architecture, University of Virginia

2012 – 2016

• Learned how to code from a Dummies Guide
• Achieved a minor in C.S. in my final three semesters
• Learned how to mix cement and make rubber moldings :)