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Education

Northwestern University

Sep. 2023 – Dec. 2024
Master of Science in Computer ScienceGPA: 3.95

Ohio State University

Aug. 2019 – May 2023
Bachelor of Science in Computer Science & EngineeringGPA: 3.827

Experience

The Aspen Group

Aug. 2024 – Current
Software EngineerChicago, IL
Built 3 microservices from scratch and maintained 10+ existing services using C# and .NET 9 to decompose legacy monolith
Developed company-wide Feature Flag NuGet package with LaunchDarkly integration, enabling instant pilot rollouts across 1400+ facilities
Architected enterprise-level Notifications microservice with Pub/Sub event processing for real-time database updates
Automated large-scale database migration from SQL Server to AlloyDB using Terraform-orchestrated GCP DMS
Contributed to 8-month database cleanup initiative that reduced 79% of database tables from 3500 to 725

HireTeamMate, Inc. (hireEZ)

Jun. 2024 -- Aug. 2024
Software Engineer InternMountain View, CA
Implemented enterprise knowledge retrieval system using AWS Q Business and RAG architecture to index and search across Jira, Slack, and Confluence
Extended Chrome extension with candidate matching features, integrating LinkedIn and Greenhouse APIs to enable native in-platform recruiting workflows
Established automated CI/CD pipeline using GitHub Actions, implementing dependency validation and version control to maintain code consistency

HireTeamMate, Inc. (hireEZ)

May 2022 – Aug. 2022
Software Engineer InternMountain View, CA
Created serverless automation tool using AWS Lambda and Jira REST APIs, eliminating manual ticket creation and reducing BI team administrative overhead
Deployed Google Analytics 4 tracking across product features, capturing user behavior metrics that directly informed product roadmap decisions
Designed comprehensive UI test suite using Playwright to validate tracking data accuracy, ensuring reliable analytics data collection across web applications

Technical Skills

Languages

C#JavaScriptTypeScriptPythonSQLHTML/CSS

Technologies

.NETReactNext.jsFastAPIGraphQLDockerKubernetesTerraformGitGitHubLiquibaseGrafanaLaunchDarklySpinnakerPlaywrightReduxFlaskTailwind CSS

Cloud & Databases

AWSGCPPostgreSQLSQL ServerAlloyDBFirestoreRedisPub/SubBigQuery

Certifications

Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Amazon Web Services (AWS)