Building resilient products with modern frontend, backend, and AI-enabled workflows.

Aug 2024 - May 2026

Senior Application Developer

Whataburger

San Antonio, TX

Helping evolve the frontend platform while contributing to broader engineering standards and rebuild efforts.

• Improved frontend application codebases across Angular 13 through 15.
• Partnered closely with UX/UI to turn Figma designs into components with custom logic.
• Used AI tools including Cursor and GitHub Copilot to accelerate implementation.
• Led offshore work in rebuilding web and mobile experiences with React, React Native, and Node.js (NestJS).
• Contributed to coding standards and GitHub-based CI/CD pipeline improvements.

Jan 2024 - August 2024

Sabbatical / Personal Projects

Self

Round Rock, TX

Used a focused sabbatical period to sharpen Golang expertise and build practical AI-driven side projects.

• Built concurrent sample applications to deepen understanding of Go patterns and performance.
• Worked with Gin, GORM, and Fiber for modern Go application development.
• Created personal projects integrating OpenAI APIs and models such as Claude, Copilot, and Gemini.
• Turned experiments into working apps that validate and demonstrate new capabilities.

Jan 2022 - Jan 2024

Senior Software Engineer

ROKET (contract for Google)

United States

Delivered frontend and backend contributions for internal Google-facing applications in a highly customized environment.

• Engineered a complex data application from wireframes using TypeScript and advanced charting libraries.
• Supported and extended a heavily customized Angular application spanning versions 13 through 17 with RxJS.
• Built custom internal interfaces and accompanying unit tests for internal teams.
• Maintained backend services in Golang and upgraded components to meet evolving requirements.

Sep 2021 - Dec 2021

Senior Full Stack Engineer

Gear Focus

United States

Modernized a legacy platform across both API and UI layers.

• Migrated critical codebase areas from a legacy API to Laravel 8 REST services.
• Improved backend stability and performance through targeted database query optimization.
• Built new features in Angular 10 and resolved bugs across frontend and backend systems.

Jul 2021 - Dec 2021

Senior Software Developer

Envision Healthcare

United States

Worked on a core radiology application within an 8-person engineering team.

• Built Angular 10 components, services, and libraries using Observables and RxJS.
• Developed backend API services with Laravel 8.
• Fixed bugs, upgraded deprecated methods, and delivered enhancements across the stack.

Jul 2020 - Jun 2021

Senior Frontend Developer

ERCOT

Taylor, TX

Built client-facing energy-market applications with a modern Angular stack.

• Developed applications using Angular 10/11, TypeScript, RxJS, and RESTful APIs.
• Implemented new frontend features for ERCOT clients in a high-visibility environment.

Mar 2019 - Jul 2020

Senior Angular Developer

Texas Department of Transportation

Austin, TX

Contributed to TxDOTCONNECT, a major web platform replacing 40 legacy systems used to manage $77B in transportation projects.

• Built and supported features in Angular 6 with Reactive Forms.
• Engineered highly customized ag-Grid components, plugins, and cell renderers.
• Created tests with Jasmine and Karma and implemented APIs to work with Java backend services.
• Mentored junior engineers and collaborated closely with product owners and BI stakeholders.

Nov 2018 - Mar 2019

Full Stack Developer

Spindle360

Georgetown, TX

Led migration work and new application development for an ecommerce-focused platform.

• Maintained legacy PHP OpenCart 1.5 code and led migration to OpenCart 3.
• Built frontend experiences with jQuery, Bootstrap, CSS, and JavaScript.
• Created a dedicated JavaScript application using the PlayCanvas API.
• Built a new CMS in Angular 7 with a Laravel Lumen REST API.

Oct 2017 - Jun 2018

Senior Consultant

Chegg, Inc.

Santa Clara, CA

Delivered internal tools and public landing pages as a full stack consultant.

• Built backend logic in Silex PHP and frontend experiences in JavaScript and jQuery.
• Engineered an internal counterfeit-book management system connected to Java-backed REST APIs.
• Built landing pages on a custom PHP framework paired with a modified Backbone.js library.