Experience

University of California

Software Engineer

Mar 2025 - Present · 3 mos

At the University of California's Education Abroad Program (UCEAP), I'm part of the engineering team that develops, maintains, and improves software systems that support global study opportunities for UC students.

Unleashed Technologies

Lead Developer

Feb 2021 - Oct 2024 · 3 yrs 9 mos

Led remote development teams and managed complex web projects using modern technologies and cloud platforms.

  • Managed a remote team of three developers from diverse Spanish-speaking countries
  • Built high-performance decoupled website with GatsbyJS front-end and Drupal 10 back-end
  • Implemented SSO integrations using SAML, OpenID, OIDC, and CAS
  • Migrated existing Drupal AMS integration of 90K users from Netforum to Salesforce
  • Developed and maintained CI/CD pipelines using GitlabCI

Project Leadership

Technical Co-Founder

Jan 2021 - Jan 2023 · 2 yrs

Built and scaled a group collaboration tool for academic institutions, starting with Princeton University.

  • Built a group collaboration tool for a Molecular Biology course at Princeton University
  • Integrated multiple technologies (Drupal, GatsbyJS, Pusher) for realtime user experience
  • Implemented SSO with Princeton's CAS
  • Successfully onboarded three additional institutions to the platform

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Technical Co-Founder

Jan 2020 - Mar 2022 · 3 yrs 3 mos

Developed a comprehensive membership management system for Toastmasters International clubs.

  • Built a decoupled Drupal 8 membership management system
  • Developed a responsive GatsbyJS front-end for membership applications
  • Created PDF processing and email handling pipelines for application reviews

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Senior Drupal Developer

Dec 2016 - Jan 2021 · 4 yrs 3 mos

Led development of various Drupal projects across different industries.

  • Built Drupal 8 projects for e-commerce, higher ed, and non-profit organizations
  • Wrote Behat integration tests for CI/CD pipeline
  • Built decoupled frontend components using ReactJS
  • Provided post-launch website support

Bolt Data

Contract Software Developer

Jul 2016 - Dec 2016 · 6 mos

Contributed to the development of a SaaS startup's core product features.

  • Designed JSON schema for complex SQL queries with dynamic filtering
  • Built point-and-click ReactJS interface for query execution
  • Implemented user interface supporting 20+ filters across 3 tables

Pennsylvania State University

Graduate Research Assistant

Jan 2015 - May 2016 · 1 yr 5 mos

Conducted research and developed tools for political sentiment analysis.

  • Built an opinion aggregator for 2016 presidential election candidates
  • Developed data collection pipeline from Twitter API
  • Created web-based dashboard with interactive map for real-time analysis

Technical Skills

Programming Languages

PHPJavascriptPythonRuby

Frameworks

DrupalSymfonyWordpressReactJSExpress.jsRuby on RailsBehatCypress

Tools

PHPStormVS CodeGitDockerAnsibleVagrantComposerDeployerXdebugMySQLSolrRedisNginxApache

Education

Pennsylvania State University

M.S. in Software Engineering

Aug 2014 - Aug 2016

University of Sao Paulo

B.A. in Economics

Mar 2004 - Feb 2010

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