Experience

Emerge Haus

Boston, Massachusetts

Mid-Level AI Engineer

December 2024 - Present

  • Led complete architectural redesign of video processing server, driving system design decisions and implementing 90% of the refactored codebase
  • Developed and maintained AI-powered content processing pipeline for sermon-to-social media transformation, serving 4000+ weekly active users
  • Drove full-stack development with focus on backend infrastructure, consistently delivering new features and optimizations using TypeScript, Python, and Go
  • Engineered and optimized LLM pipelines for transcript and video processing, achieving 4x throughput improvement while reducing processing time by 30%
  • Architected scalable CI/CD pipelines using Kubernetes, Terraform, and AWS SQS, streamlining deployment processes and improving system reliability

CultureX at MIT

Cambridge, Massachusetts

Software Engineer

February 2024 - September 2024

  • Architected and optimized high-performance ML pipelines on AWS using EMR and PySpark, processing 10M+ rows daily with 99.9% uptime
  • Developed scalable RESTful APIs using AWS API Gateway and Lambda functions, handling 100+ requests per minute
  • Implemented efficient data storage solutions using MySQL and MongoDB, reducing query times by 40%
  • Optimized AWS infrastructure (EMR, S3, EC2, SageMaker, Lambda) for cost-efficiency, reducing monthly expenses by 25%

Boston College IT Department

Boston, Massachusetts

Graduate Technology Consultant

May 2023 - April 2024

  • Provided technical consultation to 600+ staff and faculty, improving productivity through technology solutions
  • Maintained and optimized performance of 200+ computers, ensuring security compliance and system reliability
  • Integrated systems with JAMF device management software across multiple academic departments

Technical Skills

Programming Languages:

Python, Go, TypeScript/JavaScript, SQL

Cloud & Infrastructure:

AWS (EMR, Lambda, API Gateway, S3, EC2, SageMaker, SQS, ECR), Kubernetes, Docker, Terraform

AI/ML & Data:

LLM Pipelines, PySpark, TensorFlow, Machine Learning, A/B Testing, Data Processing

Databases:

PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, Firebase

Development:

RESTful APIs, Microservices, CI/CD, System Design, Git, Full-Stack Development, DDD patterns

Leadership & Initiatives

Technical Paper Discussion Series

Emerge Haus

Organizer & Presenter

December 2024 - Present

  • Founded monthly technical paper discussion series to foster team collaboration and knowledge sharing among remote developers
  • Led presentations on cutting-edge AI research including DeepSeek R1, driving technical discourse and professional development
  • Scaled initiative from monthly to biweekly meetings due to positive team engagement and participation

Recent Blog Post

It's data all the way down

5/5/2025

I recently had a tweet I’m quite fond of. Wanted to expand on it: > “Btw webdev is all about data. > Frontend → data presentation. Frontend devs’ go...

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Projects

BinToDec Website

A website I made for gamifying learning binary conversion.

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Certifications

Google TensorFlow Developer Professional Certificate

DeepLearning.AI

CS50P: Introduction to Programming with Python

Harvard University

Education

Boston College

Boston, Massachusetts

Master of Arts in Political Science

August 2022 - May 2024

Hillsdale College

Hillsdale, Michigan

Bachelor of Arts in Political Science

August 2018 - May 2022