Experienced software engineering leader with 11+ years of experience building and scaling enterprise applications, backend systems, and mobile platforms. Proven track record leading engineering initiatives, mentoring developers, owning production-critical release processes, and driving operational excellence across distributed teams. Strong background in backend services, CI/CD automation, release engineering, mobile architecture, and cross-functional technical leadership. Experienced operating within large-scale engineering organizations supporting global HR and payroll platforms.
Skills
Leadership & Engineering Management
Engineering Leadership, Technical Team Leadership, Mentoring & Coaching, Cross-functional Collaboration, Sprint Planning, Release Management, Architecture Reviews, Agile / Scrum Methodologies, Production Incident Management, Operational Risk Management, Stakeholder Communication, Engineering Standards & Best Practices
Backend & Platform Engineering
Node.js, Scala, Akka, C#, .NET / .NET Core, REST APIs, PostgreSQL, SQL Server, MariaDB, Distributed Systems, Microservices Architecture, API Design, Query Optimization
Frontend & Mobile
React Native, React, TypeScript, JavaScript, iOS, Android
DevOps & Cloud
CI/CD Pipelines, CircleCI, Fastlane, AWS, S3, Lambda, OpenLens, Kubernetes, Mobile Deployment Automation, Expo Updates, Sentry, Git, Production Release Management
Work Experience
Deel
Senior Backend Engineer
Sep 2025 - August 2026
Lead backend engineering initiatives supporting production-critical global HR and payroll systems within a distributed engineering organization of 7,000+ employees and 1,000+ software engineers.
- Develop and maintain scalable backend services supporting global HR and payroll operations.
- Own production code deployments through a multi-stage release process requiring cross-team and engineering leadership approvals.
- Perform deep impact analysis on production changes to reduce operational and deployment risk within critical business systems.
- Contribute to root cause analysis efforts and long-term reliability improvements for production-critical platform issues.
- Drive database optimization initiatives, including indexing and query tuning efforts that reduced critical query latency by approximately 90%.
- Participate in architecture discussions, migration planning, and operational improvement initiatives across distributed engineering teams.
- Collaborate closely with engineering leadership, infrastructure, and product teams to ensure reliable and scalable software delivery.
- Technologies include Node.js, PostgreSQL, OpenLens, and distributed cloud-native tooling.
APS Payroll
Software Engineer III / Lead Mobile Developer
Jan 2019 - Sep 2025
Served as technical lead for the company’s mobile engineering platform supporting 50,000+ users across iOS and Android payroll applications.
- Led and mentored a team of 4 developers, including junior and mid-level engineers, through architecture guidance, code reviews, sprint execution, and technical coaching.
- Owned the mobile release lifecycle, managing daily production deployments and serving as the primary technical authority for mobile delivery operations.
- Architected and implemented automated CI/CD pipelines using Fastlane and CircleCI, significantly improving deployment reliability and release efficiency.
- Built and maintained deployment automation tooling from the ground up to support scalable mobile release operations.
- Served as the final technical decision-maker for mobile architecture, deployment patterns, release approvals, and production readiness.
- Partnered with product owners and cross-functional stakeholders to coordinate sprint planning, delivery timelines, and technical prioritization.
- Led migration efforts from CodePush to Expo Updates, improving long-term OTA update strategy and deployment maintainability.
- Helped lead migration from Bugsnag to Sentry, improving production observability and issue triage workflows.
- Coordinated production incident response efforts and release recovery activities during high-priority deployment events.
- Established engineering standards, deployment procedures, and operational best practices across the mobile development lifecycle.
Jurisdiction Online (Praeses / Aptean / CentralSquare Technologies)
Software Engineer
Feb 2017 - Dec 2018
- Developed and maintained enterprise .NET applications within Agile Scrum teams supporting large-scale government and compliance-focused platforms.
- Contributed to application architecture and integrations using MVC, MediatR, MSMQ, and enterprise service patterns.
- Participated in continuous integration and deployment initiatives using Git-based workflows and automated deployment tooling.
- Collaborated with cross-functional engineering teams to enhance platform reliability and delivery efficiency.
- Developed an IoT proof of concept leveraging Arduino and AWS technologies.
Mediware / Bowman Systems
Software Developer
Mar 2015 - Feb 2017
- Developed and maintained customer-facing software features using Yii Framework, MariaDB, and MongoDB.
- Led complex data import and migration projects involving MSSQL, PostgreSQL, and Microsoft Access environments.
- Supported customer implementations, technical troubleshooting, and product continuity efforts during company acquisition transitions.
- Partnered with support and implementation teams to resolve production and customer-impacting issues.
Additional Experience
QA Automation Specialist — Bowman Systems
Jan 2014 - Mar 2015
Built and maintained automated regression testing environments and expanded automated test coverage to improve software quality and reduce manual QA effort.
News Producer — Nexstar Broadcasting Group
2012 - 2014
Managed newsroom production operations, coordinated broadcast delivery, and supervised editorial workflows in a fast-paced live production environment.
Community Leadership
Red River .NET User Group — Organizer
2018 - 2020
- Organized developer meetups and technical presentations for the Shreveport-Bossier software engineering community.
- Coordinated speakers, sponsorships, and technical learning initiatives.
- Topics included Kubernetes, Rust, .NET Core, Alexa, and modern web technologies.
Education
LSU at Shreveport
2009 - 2011
Bachelor’s Degree, Electronic Media Journalism
Panola College
2007 - 2009
Associate’s Degree, General Studies