work

languages

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tools

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  • Docker
  • Kubernetes/Nomad
  • Terraform
  • AWS/GCP/Azure
  • Linux

ideas

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history

  1. Aug 2025 – Present
    Staff Engineer
    baselayer.com

    Platform and infrastructure work on Kubernetes — Typesense, Go, and Python services, plus billing and auth.

  2. Dec 2024 – Ongoing
    Owner
    file.photo

    Solo-founded RAW photo archival microSaaS

  3. Feb 2024 – Mar 2024
    Cloud Consultant
    crowdcow.com

    Short term contract to decrease cloud spend. Initial consultation on migrating off AWS; after consideration we attempted to decrease costs in place. Decreased monthly bill by 60%.

  4. Dec 2022 – Dec 2023
    Senior Infrastructure Engineer
    cosmonic.com

    Built and deployed services and features in Go, Rust, Terraform, and more.

  5. Jul 2018 – Dec 2022
    DevOps Engineer → Senior Manager, Data Platform
    ns1.com

    Deployed global backend services. Troubleshot and debugged legacy and greenfield services. Filled in for feature teams. Designed new product features. Mentored teammates and created onboarding material for new engineers. Presented talks at conferences and internally.

  6. Nov 2016 – Jul 2018
    Infrastructure Engineer
    Layer, Inc. (layer.com)

    Built developer tools and infrastructural services (minikube and Go). Converted production infrastructure from CoreOS to run in Kubernetes, then reused the work to spin up another production cluster on Azure to land a large customer. Aided in operational design and audit of services.

  7. May 2015 – Nov 2016
    Software Engineer, DevOps
    Conductor, Inc. (conductor.com)

    Built AWS infrastructure with Terraform and other open-source tools. Contributed back to OSS projects. Wrote bash where we needed glue and Go where we needed tools. Taught developers how to use Docker, Terraform, and worked with them to build better tools.

  8. Sep 2014 – May 2015
    Linux/DevOps Engineer
    Reliant Solutions

    Responsible for managing multiple clients' AWS and in-store infrastructure with Puppet.

  9. Nov 2013 – Jul 2014
    IT Infrastructure Contractor
    DIRECTV via RHT

    Rewrote legacy warehouse software. Debugged an open-source C email system (dbmail) to develop a way of cleaning a legacy database. Admin for Atlassian tools. Produced requirement documents and system diagrams for the technical side of a multi-million dollar project bringing in an MDM PaaS for customer devices.

  10. Apr 2011 – Apr 2013
    Web/iOS Intern
    Rutgers PSM/RATE/Innovation Park (psm.rutgers.edu)

    Linux, Drupal, iOS.

education

  1. Sep 2009 – May 2013
    B.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering
    Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

    Computer Architecture and Assembly Language, Digital Logic Design, Programming Methodology I & II, Operating System Design, Software Engineering, Parallel and Distributed Computing, Virtual Reality, Network Centric Programming.