01Cloud platform
OCI Database Tools
Secure, reusable database access and automation across control-plane resources, identities, private endpoints, runtime paths, and MCP-compatible tools.
- Java
- OCI
- JAX-RS
- Oracle DB
- Terraform
Canada-based · Open to senior engineering opportunities
I build the systems behind dependable products.
Senior backend and platform engineering across cloud services, Kubernetes controllers, secure APIs, multi-tenant products, and production operations.
- Java · Python · Ruby · Bash · PowerShell
- OCI · Kubernetes · APIs
- Security · Reliability · Delivery
PEENGINEERING
Cloud servicesControl planes
PlatformsKubernetes
Product systemsWorkflows
OperationsReliability
Seniormost recent scope
4industry domains
End-to-endbuild through operations
Globalmulti-region teams
THE THROUGH-LINE
Complex systems become useful when their boundaries are clear.
My work has repeatedly landed where product behavior meets platform responsibility: API contracts, identity boundaries, persistent state, release safety, and the operational reality after launch.
I am at my best turning ambiguous service needs into maintainable systems—and staying close enough to production to know whether the design actually works.
SELECTED SYSTEMS
Experience through the work
Filter by the kind of engineering signal you want to inspect. Each card opens a concise technical case study.
02Kubernetes
Cartographer Conventions
A Kubernetes-native controller for applying platform-defined workload behavior through reconciliation, image metadata, and convention webhooks.
- Go
- Kubernetes
- CRDs
- RBAC
- TLS
03Healthcare
Crossover Health · XO-Web
A multi-tenant healthcare portal spanning patient access, appointments, messaging, medications, labs, documents, and site-specific workflows.
- React
- TypeScript
- Ruby
- MySQL
- OpenAPI
04Banking
Standard Bank Modernization
A modern customer banking experience connected safely to enterprise systems through gateway APIs, service contracts, stubs, and repeatable environments.
- Java
- AngularJS
- Ruby
- Contracts
- Docker
05Humanitarian
RapidFTR
A family-tracing and reunification product designed for sensitive field records, authenticated workflows, human review, and intermittent connectivity.
- Ruby
- Android
- Solr
- Auditability
- Offline flows
06Data platform
UNICEF DevInfo
A development-indicator and reporting platform for exploring complex records across geography, program, source, time, and demographic dimensions.
- Python
- Django
- MongoDB
- AngularJS
- Visualization
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CAREER PATH
Increasing scope, consistent foundations
Across cloud, platform, healthcare, banking, and social-impact systems, the recurring work is ownership: understanding boundaries, shipping safely, and supporting what runs.
Mar 2024 — Apr 2026
Senior Backend & Platform Engineer
Oracle · Cloud Infrastructure
Owned backend and control-plane work for OCI Database Tools, including resource APIs, validation, persistence, identity and secrets, audit integration, MCP surfaces, release readiness, and production investigation.
Cloud service ownershipMar 2020 — Feb 2024
Senior Member of Technical Staff
VMware Tanzu · Kubernetes Platform
Worked on Kubernetes-native controller and admission patterns: reconciliation, CRDs, image metadata, webhook contracts, RBAC, certificates, retries, and status-driven observability.
Kubernetes platformsNov 2017 — Mar 2020
Senior Software Engineer
Andela · Remote
Contributed across API and web surfaces for multi-tenant healthcare and workplace products, preserving shared-platform behavior while supporting client-specific workflows.
Multi-tenant productsApr 2014 — Feb 2017
Application Software Developer
ThoughtWorks · Global delivery
Delivered banking modernization, development-data reporting, and humanitarian case-management systems across distributed consulting and client teams.
Integration & deliveryENGINEERING APPROACH
The habits behind the systems
Technical depth matters most when it produces systems that teams can understand, release, and operate with confidence.
Start with the invariant
Make the behavior that must remain true explicit, then shape APIs, state transitions, and validation around it.
Design for the operating day
Logs, alarms, rollout controls, failure paths, and support workflows belong in the design—not in a later cleanup phase.
Keep boundaries legible
Clear ownership between services, identities, stores, and clients makes change safer and production problems easier to isolate.
Use evidence to improve
Tests, canaries, dashboards, and incident signals turn engineering judgment into a repeatable feedback loop.
PERSONAL VALUES
How the work gets done matters.
These values shape technical decisions, working relationships, and the care carried from an initial idea into production.
Empathy
Consider the people using, building, and operating the system—and the real consequences of each technical decision.
Collaboration
Share context generously, listen closely, invite useful feedback, and optimize for the team’s outcome rather than individual credit.
Excellence
Pursue thoughtful, durable quality while staying pragmatic about constraints, priorities, and continuous improvement.
Consistency
Build trust through dependable progress, steady follow-through, and sustainable quality—even when the work becomes complex.
Ownership
Carry work from ambiguity through implementation, release, and operations; surface risks early and close important loops.
Integrity
Communicate honestly, make tradeoffs visible, protect security and privacy, and preserve trust when decisions are difficult.
WORKING TOOLKIT
Broad enough for systems thinking.
Deep where reliability lives.
Programming & scripting
Java · Python · Ruby · Bash · PowerShell
Backend & APIs
REST APIs · OpenAPI/Swagger · backend services · distributed systems · service design · developer-facing platforms
Databases & persistence
SQL · PostgreSQL · MongoDB · CouchDB · Oracle DB · Amazon RDS · DynamoDB · NoSQL
Cloud platforms
AWS · Azure · GCP · OCI
Infrastructure as code
Terraform
Containers & orchestration
Kubernetes · GKE · AKS · TKG · Docker · Podman · ECS · OpenShift
CI/CD & delivery
GitHub Actions · GitLab CI/CD · Jenkins · Concourse · CircleCI · beta/canary/production releases
Observability & monitoring
Prometheus · Grafana · ELK Stack · Datadog · New Relic
Security & compliance
IAM · RBAC · Vault · Audit · SOC 2 · HIPAA · GDPR · auditability · vulnerability remediation · secure platform workflows
Supply chain security
Cosign · OPA Gatekeeper · Policy Controller · Image Policy Webhook · Grype
AI-assisted development
Codex · Claude · prompt engineering · spec-driven development · code generation · debugging · refactoring · LLM-assisted development
PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY
Backend and platform ownership, end to end.
Senior backend and platform engineer with experience building cloud services, Kubernetes controllers, healthcare portals, banking systems, and humanitarian workflow products.
Works across API contracts, service implementation, security and identity boundaries, persistence, tests, release readiness, observability, and production debugging. Known for turning complex service needs into maintainable behavior and carrying the work through release and operational follow-through.