Background and engineering practice
The professional context behind the public work: enterprise interfaces, AI-assisted delivery, and experience running a business.
About
Operator first, engineer second, in that order
I am a senior software engineer at Deluxe Corporation, where I own frontend architecture on R360+, a cash-application and receivables platform serving millions of payment records. I have spent eight-plus years building software for the web, including React and TypeScript systems across fintech, retail at Walmart Global Tech, and consulting.
I pay attention to work a team has learned to repeat: slow builds, fragile local setup, or the same behavior maintained in several applications. At Deluxe, I independently investigated our delivery pipeline and brought build times from approximately 30–45 minutes to 5–10 minutes. I also owned the frontend of a demonstration with a deliberate path to real backend services; our team subsequently developed the product and onboarded three trial customers.
I work at the edge where AI meets production software. I lead adoption of AI-assisted engineering, author agent skills and MCP tooling, and publish open-source projects including Skillcheck, a static skill reviewer with injection-pattern checks; PixelParity, a Chrome Web Store extension; and Agent Engineering Rules (AER), a project-local CLI for Claude Code and OpenAI Codex.
My first career was commercial: CEO, general manager, business analyst, and international sales, backed by a BBA in International Business. I build software the way operators run businesses: completely, simply, and accountable to results.
Experience
Enterprise fintech scale, with a founder's instincts
Eight-plus years of production software, preceded by years of running products, sales, and operations. The business years weren't a detour; they're why the engineering lands.
Oct 2022 – Present · Remote / Atlanta, GA
Deluxe Corporation
Senior Software Engineer (SWE 5)
- Own frontend architecture on R360+, Deluxe's cash-application and receivables platform built with React, TypeScript, .NET, and AWS, serving millions of payment records for enterprise clients.
- Owned the frontend and mock/live service boundary for a Deluxe Exchange demonstration, working with a backend counterpart. The team developed the cash-application microfrontend into a customer-usable product and subsequently onboarded three trial customers.
- Independently investigated and modernized Harness pipelines, reducing build times from approximately 30–45 minutes to 5–10 minutes. Other projects subsequently adopted the same approaches.
- Created and maintain a shared development-only Docker setup, automated startup, and onboarding documentation for an environment spanning approximately 14 microfrontends. Review and pairing help engineers strengthen React, TypeScript, state management, and testing practices.
- Scaled AI-assisted engineering workflows across five teams and 20+ engineers: reusable agent skills, MCP-based tooling, and modular engineering rules that standardize context, verification, and production-readiness checks for LLM-generated code.
Jun 2022 – Oct 2022 · Remote
Walmart Global Tech
Senior Software Engineer (Contract)
- Built high-traffic customer-facing surfaces with Next.js, TypeScript, Redux, and Node.js, contributing to a measured 20% lift in user engagement on delivered features.
- Turned complex Figma designs into accessible production components ~25% faster than baseline via accessibility-first patterns and stricter typing.
Mar 2020 – Jun 2022 · Atlanta, GA
SUR Consulting
Software Engineer
- Delivered web applications across concurrent client engagements in React, JavaScript, Java, SQL, AWS, and Python; standardized performance budgets that cut load times ~15% across projects.
- Owned client relationships end to end (scope, delivery planning, risk) while coordinating teams of five or more engineers.
2015 – 2019 · Atlanta, GA
Remedi Medical Solutions & earlier
Web Developer / Business Operator
- Ran product, operations, sales, and client relationships as a web developer and business operator at Remedi Medical Solutions; UX and SEO work drove ~20% conversion uplift.
- Analyzed international trade data in Python as a business analyst and grew qualified sales leads ~25%. P&L instincts before pull requests.
AI, in production
Build with it. Govern it. Prove it.
An operating practice, not a research résumé. I use LLMs to build faster, and I build the guardrails that keep the output trustworthy.
01
Build with it
- Anthropic Claude API, Amazon Bedrock, Google Vertex AI
- Model Context Protocol servers and tooling
- Agentic workflows, subagents, and agent skills
- Prompt and context engineering
02
Govern it
- Tested project-local AER delivery for Claude Code and Codex
- AI code review and human-in-the-loop workflows
- Adoption across five teams and 20+ engineers: conventions, onboarding, typed CI gates
- Verification and skeptic passes before anything merges
03
Prove it
- Deterministic quality scoring for LLM skill files
- Prompt-injection analysis across ten attack categories
- Dynatrace and Splunk observability on enterprise surfaces
- Performance budgets and feature-flagged rollouts
Capabilities
What I actually work in
Listed only where there is production work or a public artifact behind the name. Linked capabilities open the case that shows them.
- AI & intelligent applications
- Anthropic Claude APIAmazon BedrockGoogle Vertex AIModel Context ProtocolAgentic workflows — shown in AI DemystifiedSubagents & agent skills — shown in SkillcheckPrompt & context engineering — shown in agent-engineering-rulesAI code reviewLLM output evaluation — shown in SkillcheckPrompt-injection analysis — shown in SkillcheckHuman-in-the-loop workflows — shown in agent-engineering-rules
- Software engineering
- TypeScript (strict) — shown in SkillcheckReact 18/19 — shown in SkillcheckNode.js — shown in agent-engineering-rulesNext.js / SSR — shown in AI DemystifiedPython.NET integration — shown in Engineering at DeluxeRESTGraphQLVitestJestPlaywrightCypress
- Frontend architecture
- Micro-frontends — shown in Engineering at DeluxeDesign systemsComponent libraries — shown in Engineering at DeluxeModern state patternsAccessibility (WCAG, axe) — shown in AI DemystifiedCore Web VitalsVite — shown in SkillcheckWebpackDomain-based API organization — shown in Engineering at Deluxe
- Cloud & delivery
- AWS — shown in Engineering at DeluxeDocker — shown in Engineering at DeluxeServerless patternsGitHub Actions CI/CDHarness CI/CD — shown in Engineering at DeluxeBun package tooling — shown in Engineering at Deluxeuv environment tooling — shown in Engineering at DeluxeDynatraceSplunkFeature flagsPerformance budgetsReproducible builds — shown in PixelParity
- Leadership & product
- Technical planning & RFCsMentorship & onboarding — shown in Engineering at DeluxeCross-functional deliveryClient leadershipProduct strategy — shown in QuemistBusiness operations — shown in QuemistHiring & P&L ownership