Resume

Experience

Scholastic Inc., New York, NY

Software Engineer
Jul 2021 - Present

• Built AutoPatch, an internal agentic OSS patching tool using Anthropic’s Claude Code with Context7 and Snyk MCPs to apply vulnerability fixes, saving ~5 hours per patching cycle.
• Designed and led AskClifford, an internal GenAI RAG chatbot built with Python and LangChain/LangGraph, backed by a PostgreSQL (PGVector) based multi-vector retrieval architecture; mentored 6 engineers on extending and operating the system, and presented the design and lessons learned at the 2024 Scholastic Tech Summit.
• Delivered an internal tech talk on Java-based GenAI frameworks (Spring AI) to 15+ engineers at the 2025 Scholastic Tech Summit, establishing shared patterns for AI integration and accelerating informed adoption across teams.
• Developed robust RESTful services and event-driven batch processing applications using Java, Spring Boot, and Spring Integration, supporting both relational (MSSQL) and NoSQL (MongoDB) databases; followed TDD practices and built comprehensive test suites with JUnit 5, Mockito, Selenium, and Cucumber to ensure reliability across microservices and integration workflows.
• Maintained 99.99% uptime for core Product MDM systems over 12 months by strengthening observability, alerting, and operational readiness, exceeding the 99.9% SLA.
• Reduced build artifact sizes by ~60% (1.5GB → 600MB) across ~7 microservices by fixing transitive dependency bloat in shared libraries, cutting deployment times by 50%.
• Refactored a long-running database sync pipeline by applying Java multithreading techniques, reducing ingestion time from 40 minutes to under 5 and significantly accelerating Kafka-based downstream processing.
• Rebuilt a legacy ETL framework with modular design and 93.5% test coverage, cutting delivery time from weeks to under an hour and dramatically improving maintainability
• Migrated 15+ microservices to AWS EKS and standardized CI/CD pipelines with Jenkins, Git, SonarQube, and Snyk, improving build stability and reducing operational overhead.
• Served as Security Champion; led remediation across 20+ applications using SonarQube and Snyk, enforced OWASP standards, and drove secure coding practices through tooling and review processes.
• Migrated secrets for 15+ production services to HashiCorp Vault, eliminating hardcoded credentials and enabling scoped access and automated rotation to strengthen security and operational safety.
• Configured end-to-end observability using DataDog and SumoLogic, including tracing, environment-aware parameterized dashboards, alerting, and monthly KPI reviews. Improved detection and resolution of production issues, reduced downtime, and strengthened accountability for system performance.
• Migrated a brittle legacy Python 2 application to Python 3, increased test coverage from 0% to 96%, and re-architected it to deliver vendor-specific product data (ONIX) over FTP/SFTP/SMB using configuration files instead of code changes, making the system far more stable and easier to extend.
• Led the migration of 8+ messaging applications from Kafka 0.8 to Kafka 2, modernizing legacy infrastructure and doubling throughput while significantly improving reliability across event-driven microservices.

Skills

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

Frameworks & Libraries: Spring Framework (Spring Boot, Spring Integration, Spring AI, Spring Security, Spring Data, Spring JDBC, Spring MVC), Hibernate / JPA, Apache Camel, Springdoc OpenAPI, Django, FastAPI, LangChain, LangGraph, JUnit 5, Mockito, AssertJ, REST Assured, Selenium WebDriver, Cucumber, TestNG

Tools & Technologies: OpenAPI / Swagger, Maven, uv, Poetry, pytest, Kafka, JMS, Apache ActiveMQ, Postman, Jira, IntelliJ IDEA, VS Code, GitHub Copilot, Claude Code, Codex

Cloud & Infrastructure: AWS (EKS, EC2, S3, SQS, RDS, ElastiCache, CloudFront, Bedrock, Textract, Quick Sight), Docker, Kubernetes, NGINX, Tomcat, LocalStack, Heroku, DigitalOcean

DevOps, Security & Observability: Git, CI/CD, Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Terraform, Ansible, HashiCorp Vault, SonarQube, Snyk, Wiz, OWASP practices, DataDog, Sumo Logic, alerting, distributed tracing, KPI dashboards

Data Technologies & Query Languages: SQL (PostgreSQL), NoSQL (MongoDB), Redis, OpenSearch

Certifications: Oracle Certified Professional: Java SE 11 Developer, AWS Certified AI Practitioner

Education

Queens College, City University of New York (CUNY)

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

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

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