Software Engineer

Backend.
Data.
AI.

Software engineer based in Kansas City, focused on backend systems, data pipelines, and AI-driven tooling. I've always been drawn to problems that are genuinely hard to solve — and building things that make complex systems easier to use.

My Background See My Work
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Background

Who I Am

I'm a software engineer with a background spanning backend development, automation, and data-driven systems. Since I was a kid, I've been drawn to problem solving — it's what led me to engineering, and what keeps me engaged every day. I genuinely enjoy building tools that make complex systems easier to understand and use.

My experience includes designing data ingestion pipelines, automating release workflows, building internal testing infrastructure, and working with vector embeddings and natural language interfaces. I'm confident picking up new technologies quickly and contributing in environments where continuous improvement matters.

I hold a B.S. in Computer Science with a Minor in Mathematics from the University of Missouri–Columbia, graduating Cum Laude as an Honors Scholar. I'm based in the Kansas City metro and open to remote or hybrid opportunities.

4+
Years of Industry Experience
OCI
Data Pipelines & Object Storage
AWS
EC2, Production Deployments
RAG
Vector Search & LLM Integration

Toolkit

Skills & Technologies

Languages & Data

  • Python
  • SQL
  • JavaScript
  • TypeScript
  • Bash
  • Swift

AI / ML & Data

  • RAG
  • LangChain
  • LlamaIndex
  • Vector Search
  • TensorFlow
  • IBM Watsonx

Cloud & Infrastructure

  • AWS
  • OCI
  • Kubernetes
  • Terraform
  • Atlantis
  • Chef

Backend & Databases

  • Oracle ADB / ADW
  • Oracle 23ai
  • Vertica
  • MySQL
  • RESTful APIs
  • StackStorm

Frontend & Web

  • HTML5
  • CSS3
  • Angular
  • Bootstrap
  • PHP
  • AJAX

Tools & Workflow

  • Git / GitHub
  • Tableau
  • Linux
  • Apache
  • Firebase
  • OAuth

Experience

Where I've Been

  1. Software Engineer — Data Insights Team

    Oracle (Formerly Cerner Corporation) · Kansas City, MO

    • Designed OCI-based data ingestion pipelines consolidating GitHub and Oracle Autonomous Database data into OCI Object Storage and 23ai databases using Python for ETL automation.
    • Created architecture for vector embeddings, vector search, and agentic AI integration, enabling a conversational interface for users to query data lineage and visualization usage with natural language.

  2. Software Engineer — Internal Automation Team

    Oracle (Formerly Cerner Corporation) · Kansas City, MO

    Promoted from Technical Apprentice after first year for strong technical contribution and initiative.

    • Led the adoption of Atlantis on Kubernetes to automate Terraform workflows triggered by GitHub pull requests; implemented role-based AWS authentication and dynamic credential management across production and non-production environments.
    • Automated weekly StackStorm deployments to cert and prod environments using Python, Chef, and rsync, standardizing code promotion across worker nodes and eliminating full-day manual release efforts.
    • Built and automated the full testing pipeline for internal Python libraries, automating execution with results stored in Vertica and Tableau dashboards to track failures — reducing issue resolution from hours to minutes.

  3. B.S. Computer Science, Minor in Mathematics

    University of Missouri–Columbia

    Cum Laude · Honors Scholar

Opportunities

What I'm Looking For

Backend & Data Engineering

Pipelines, automation, and data infrastructure. I enjoy building systems that are reliable, observable, and designed to scale.

AI / ML Engineering

Hands-on experience with RAG, vector search, and LLM integration. Looking to go deeper in applied AI and retrieval-augmented systems.

DevOps & Platform

Infrastructure automation, deployment pipelines, and cloud-native tooling. I'm comfortable across AWS, OCI, Kubernetes, and Terraform.

Based in the Kansas City metro — open to remote or hybrid. No strong preference on company size; I care more about the work and the team.

Beyond the Code

Outside of Work

Running

Currently training for my first half marathon, with a full marathon on the horizon. Long runs are good thinking time.

Travel

I try to get somewhere new every year. Highlights include standing in front of the Colosseum and being reminded how small a single moment in time really is.

Coaching

Every year I volunteer to coach a 4th and 5th grade basketball team. It's one of the more rewarding things I do — patience, communication, and showing up consistently matter as much on the court as in any codebase.

Sports

Lifelong Mizzou fan and Kansas City Chiefs supporter. Golf whenever the weather cooperates — it's the only sport that gets harder the more you think about it.