Hello, I'm
Professional problem solver. Amateur pâtissier. Aspiring painter. Lifelong learner.
I spend my days building cloud-native systems—Kubernetes at the edge, distributed infrastructure, and a growing collection of AI tools. After hours, I'm usually attempting an overly ambitious bake, bringing my vision to life on a canvas, or working through an ever-expanding pile of books.
About
I'm a Software Development Engineer II at Microsoft, where I've spent the past three years working on AKS Edge Essentials, designing Kubernetes cluster orchestration for edge devices. Before that, I was at Tesla building high-throughput services for the Payments and Servicing platform.
I’m passionate about building systems that are dependable, well-documented, and thoughtfully designed. I enjoy solving complex problems, whether that means designing resilient infrastructure, finding the right algorithm, or simply figuring out how to make something work better.
Outside of work, I keep a very analog life: cakes on the counter, a sketchbook on the desk, and a stack of books that somehow grows faster than it shrinks. I’m a self-taught painter and baker, and I bring the same curiosity, creativity, and spirit of experimentation into my engineering work. Whether I’m exploring new flavor combinations or tackling a challenging technical problem, I’m happiest when I’m learning, building, and creating something new.
Experience
Seattle, WA
Palo Alto, CA
Projects
An iOS app on the App Store that lets users shop styles inspired by their favorite actors. Includes a Django + PostgreSQL backend management system, a proprietary 'Similar Products' algorithm, and APIs that power content uploads and app analytics.
A simplified Amazon Dynamo across 5 Android VDs, with linearizable storage, quorum replication, and FIFO-Total ordering for concurrent query/insert/delete.
PPO and a custom TRPO variant using Penalized Point Probability Distance; trained agents on LunarLander-v2, CartPole-v0, and SuperMarioBros-v0 with faster convergence than baseline.
Toolkit
Beyond code
I love a bake that's a little too ambitious for a Sunday — sculpted cakes, laminated doughs, mirror-glazed entremets. The fun is in figuring out how to make buttercream behave like moss, or caramel hold a tower together. Here's a rolling shelf of recent ones.
Mostly acrylic on canvas — skylines of places I've lived or loved, the occasional homage to a favorite painter, and a growing wall of travel-poster miniatures. It's the slowest, quietest part of my week, and the part I protect most.
The best evenings at my place end with the counter covered — pilaf in the Dutch oven, warm pita, hummus, muhammara, falafel, a tray of roasted chicken and tomatoes. Feeding friends is my favorite way to end a week.
A mix of fictional worlds, real-world ideas, and books I keep coming back to. Pair that with a freshly made latte, and you've got my ideal weekend. A few recent favorites:
Say hi
I'm always happy to hear from people building thoughtful things, hiring for collaborative teams, or just wanting to swap sourdough tips.