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EXPERIENCE

Scholastic Inc. New York, NY

Software Engineer
Jul 2021 - Present

  • Developed RESTful services and event-driven batch apps using Java, Spring Boot, Spring Integration, supporting MSSQL and MongoDB. Built full test suites with JUnit 5, Mockito, Selenium, Cucumber.
  • Refactored a long-running DB sync pipeline with multithreading, reducing ingestion time from 40 minutes to under 5, boosting Kafka downstream efficiency.
  • Designed and led development of AskClifford, an internal GenAI chatbot using LangChain/LangGraph + Python3, with PostgreSQL + multi-vector RAG; integrated with Microsoft Teams, mentored 6 teammates, presented at STS TechSummit 2024.
  • Migrated 8+ legacy apps from Kafka 0.8 to 2, doubling throughput and improving reliability.
  • Rebuilt legacy ETL framework with modular design and 93.5% test coverage, cutting delivery from weeks to hours.
  • Standardized CI/CD pipelines across 15+ microservices using Jenkins, Git, SonarQube, Snyk.
  • Co-led migration of 12+ microservices to AWS EKS, improving scalability and reducing operational overhead.
  • Built full-stack observability with DataDog and SumoLogic: tracing, KPI dashboards, alerting; hosted monthly performance reviews.
  • Served as Security Champion: enforced OWASP standards, resolved vulnerabilities across 20+ services via Snyk/SonarQube.
  • Migrated secrets for 12+ services to HashiCorp Vault with scoped access and automated rotation.
  • Ported a fragile Python 2 app to Python 3, increased test coverage to 96%, and modularized product feeds over FTP/SFTP/SMB.
  • Drove org-wide enablement: led onboarding, KT sessions, and doc writing for Vault, observability, and deployment pipelines.

SKILLS

Programming Languages: Java, Python3, JavaScript, TypeScript, Bash

Frameworks & Libraries: Spring Boot, Spring Framework, Spring Security, Spring Integration, Spring Web MVC, Springdoc OpenAPI, Hibernate, JPA, Apache Camel, Django, FastAPI, LangChain, Angular, React, Bootstrap, JUnit 4/5, Mockito, AssertJ, REST Assured, Selenium WebDriver, Cucumber, TestNG

Tools & Technologies: Swagger/OpenAPI3, Maven, poetry, pytest, node.js, XML, JSON, YAML, Postman, HTML5, CSS3, Markdown, Jira, SQLAlchemy, Kafka, JMS, Apache ActiveMQ, Eclipse, IntelliJ, VSCode, GitHub Copilot

Cloud & Infrastructure: AWS (EKS, EC2, S3, SES, SQS, Bedrock, ElastiCache, Elastic Beanstalk, CloudFront), Docker, Jenkins, GitHub Actions, HashiCorp Vault, LocalStack, DigitalOcean, NGINX, Tomcat

DevOps & Security: Git, Bitbucket, Jenkins, CI/CD, SonarQube, Snyk, Wiz, OWASP, Terraform, Ansible

Monitoring & Observability: DataDog, SumoLogic, alerting, tracing, KPI dashboards

Data & Query Technologies: SQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Redis, OpenSearch, MQL

Operating Systems: Windows, macOS, GNU/Linux (various distros)

Certifications: Oracle Certified Professional: Java SE 11 Developer

EDUCATION

Queens College (QC), City University of New York (CUNY)

Bachelor of Arts in Computer Science | GPA 3.96 / 4.00 | Dec 2020

  • Honors: Graduated Summa Cum Laude, Loren Scholarship Recipient, Dean's List (Presidential Scholar).