Sr. Software Engineer | Backend Engineer | API Specialist | Published Author

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Languages & Frameworks: Golang/Go, PHP, Python, JavaScript/TypeScript, Swift/SwiftUI, REACT, Angular

APIs & Architecture: REST APIs, gRPC, GraphQL, Microservice Containers

DevOps & Cloud: Docker, Kubernetes, Container Orchestration, GCP & AWS, JenkinsCI/Github Actions

Specialized: Machine Learning/MLX, AI Model Tuning, macOS/iOS Development

CMS & Databases: Drupal/Wordpress, MySQL, PostgreSQL

EXPERIENCE:

AUG 2025 - Present Centene Corporation

Address: 7700 Forsyth Boulevard, St. Louis, MO 63105

Supervisor: Mark Childers

Backend and frontend development for healthcare technology platform. Python and Go programming for backend services and RESTful APIs. React and Angular frameworks for frontend web development. Cloud infrastructure and deployment on AWS. Microservices architecture for healthcare data management and processing. Development of scalable healthcare applications serving millions of users.

Keywords: Python, Go, React, Angular, AWS, Microservices, Healthcare Tech, REST APIs

DEC 2020 - MAR 2025 Pantheon Platform

Address: pantheon.io

Supervisor: Greg Anderson

Backend programming for Drupal hosting platform. GoLang, PHP, Javascript, RestAPIs, GraphQL, GCP and AWS. Wrote API for hosting platform as well as Terminus client, and Terminus API interface. Integrated Apache Solr 8 into hosting platform and maintained the apache solr-specific module at https://drupal.org/project/search_api_pantheon. Created and maintained upstreams for Pantheon Platform drupal installs. Recreated hosting Service-Optimized containers for hosting of drupal PHP code. Managed Kubernetes services for hosting containers. Maintained CI/CD for 10k+ hosted sites. Wrote multiple drupal integrations for Pantheon-hosted sites.

Keywords: GoLang, PHP, JavaScript, REST APIs, GraphQL, Kubernetes, Docker, GCP, AWS, Drupal, Apache Solr, CI/CD

NOV 2019 - NOV 2020 The Milken Institute

Address: 1250 Fourth Street, Santa Monica, CA 90401

Supervisor: Jose Ramirez

Transition milkeninstitute.org themed D8 site to headless D9 with React, JSONAPI/GraphQL/Gatsby, Webpack, Migrate, and the new Drupal layout API. Allow customizations from marketing department as per site specs. Set up continuous integration with CircleCI, Pantheon and Docker. Integrate with other JSONAPI data sources. Create turnkey docker development environment. Translate custom modules to d9 API and deprecate unnecessary custom code. Rebuilding site as hybrid Twig/React front end to allow complex user interactions with javascript/node/React and WebComponents, styled components and Typescript.

Keywords: Drupal 9, React, JSONAPI, GraphQL, Gatsby, Webpack, Docker, CircleCI, TypeScript

FEB 2019 - NOV 2019 Universal Music

Address: 21301 Burbank Boulevard, Suite 140, Los Angeles, CA 90025

Supervisor: Doris Aves

Drupal decoupled API development using RESTful exports. Created PHPUnit testing suite in Docker. Built RESTful endpoints, React frontend components, and end-to-end automated testing. D7 to D8 migration.

Keywords: Drupal, PHP, React, Docker, PHPUnit, REST APIs, D7, D8

NOV 2017 - OCT 2018 RealtyMogul.com

Address: 10780 Santa Monica Blvd, Suite 140, Los Angeles, CA 90025

Supervisor: Dustin Currie

Drupal decoupled API development using RESTful exports. Created PHPUnit testing suite in Docker. Built RESTful endpoints, React frontend components, and end-to-end automated testing. D7 to D8 migration.

Keywords: Drupal, PHP, React, Docker, PHPUnit, REST APIs, D7, D8

APR 2016 - OCT 2017 Legacy.com

Address: 820 Davis Street, Suite 210, Evanston, IL 60201

Supervisor: Mark Castrovinci

Drupal decoupled API maintenance using RESTful exports. Created PHPUnit testing suite and rollout automation for Acquia and Pantheon. Built RESTful endpoints, React frontend components, and end-to-end testing. D7 to D8 conversion.

Sites: legacy.com

Keywords: Drupal, PHP, React, Docker, PHPUnit, REST APIs, PostgreSQL, MS SQL Server, D7, D8

NOV 2014 - MAR 2016 Anki, Inc.

Address: 55 Second Street, San Francisco, CA

Supervisor: Tom Eliaz

Maintain Drupal marketing and commerce site using standard LAMP stack and Acquia's drupal hosting product. Develop, host and maintain a MEAN (MySQL / Express.js / Angular.js / Node.js) web-based account system for all Anki games. Hosted it with CI using TeamCity-Grunt-Yeoman automated builds and Karma/Jasmine based testing. Integrate account system with iOS App using Objective C and Swift. Moving toward a "headless Drupal" model where front end is ReactJS/Flux and backend is Drupal 7/8 served by PHP 5.6/7.0x. Integrate Magento Ecommerce website with Drupal 7/8 using Magento's REST API.

Sites: anki.com

Keywords: Drupal, PHP, MySQL, MEAN Stack, Angular, Node.js, React, Swift, Objective-C, iOS, D7, D8

NOV 2011 - APR 2014 Apigee, Inc. (now part of Google)

Address: 10 South Almaden Avenue, San Jose, CA 95113

Supervisor: Mike Gardner

As a developer with 15 years of experience I inherited a PHP-based Drupal 6 product poorly architected and minimally maintained. I Architected a PHP-based Drupal 7 migration and Created, Managed, Maintained and Upgraded 100+ Drupal-based developer portal websites eventually leading a team of 10 developers. We originally launched on AWS-based servers and managed them via Puppet scripts and a Jenkins instance. We then migrated to Pantheon's Drupal cloud hosting solution. Created open-source PHP-SDK to access API Management Product to Create, Manage and Monetize REST APIs with node.js integration. We also explored Jekyll-based solutions to developer portal and integration with compiled HTML as well as a couple of Node.js CMS options.

Sites: apigee.com, dev.target.com, developer.sears.com, developer.associatedpress.com, developer.vodafone.com, developer.take.io, developer.staples.com, and more

Keywords: Drupal, PHP, MySQL, AWS, Pantheon, Puppet, Jenkins, Node.js, REST APIs, D6, D7

APR 2010 - OCT 2011 REI Systems, Inc

Address: 45335 Vintage Park Plaza, Sterling, VA 20166

Supervisor: Amit Yedev

Architected, Developed, managed and maintained Drupal-based websites for federal government contractor.

Sites: performance.gov, paymentaccuracy.gov, data.gov

Keywords: Drupal, PHP, MySQL, Linux, D6, D7

PROJECTS:

SwiftBruja

On-device AI inference library for Apple Silicon. Enables local LLM queries with no cloud APIs or API keys required. Fast, private, local AI processing for macOS and iOS applications.

GitHub: intrusive-memory/SwiftBruja

SwiftCompartido

Screenplay parsing and AI content storage library. Supports Fountain, Final Draft, and PDF screenplay formats with unified storage system and SwiftUI display components for content management.

GitHub: intrusive-memory/SwiftCompartido

SwiftFFmpeg

Swift wrapper for the FFmpeg multimedia framework. Type-safe Swift API for audio and video processing including decode, encode, resample, and filter operations.

GitHub: intrusive-memory/SwiftFFMpeg

SwiftHablare

Voice generation library supporting Apple's native TTS and ElevenLabs API. Thread-safe audio generation with SwiftUI components for voice synthesis applications.

GitHub: intrusive-memory/SwiftHablare

SwiftSecuencia

FCPXML timeline generation and audio export library. Type-safe Swift APIs for programmatic Final Cut Pro X timeline creation and M4A audio export with background processing.

GitHub: intrusive-memory/SwiftSecuencia

SwiftEspeak

Swift wrapper for eSpeak-NG open-source text-to-speech engine. Provides Swift-friendly API for speech synthesis with voice selection and WAV file export capabilities.

GitHub: intrusive-memory/SwiftEspeak

CERTIFICATIONS:
  • Acquia Certified Drupal 8 Site Builder
  • Acquia Certified Drupal 8 Developer
PUBLISHED WORKS:

Drupal 7 Mobile Web Development Beginner's Guide

by Packt press (ISBN-13: 978-1849515627)
EDUCATION:

1991 Bachelor Of Computer Science

Trevecca University, Nashville, TN

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