Cacica – AWS, Python, React

AI-powered language learning platform enabling students to practice conversational skills with AI tutors in real-world scenarios.

• Built the platform from concept and architecture through production launch.
• Ran daily user feedback loops with students and teachers and translated recurring pain points into product changes across student- and teacher-facing tools.
• Designed and owned the backend API in Python using FastAPI.
• Integrated Stripe for billing and Auth0 for authentication.
• Deployed the platform on AWS using ECS, API Gateway, S3, RDS/PostgreSQL, and CDK/CloudFormation.
• Implemented CI/CD via GitHub Actions and end-to-end test coverage using Playwright.
• Architected a multi-agent AI system with specialized agents for conversation generation, milestone detection, error identification, and personalized feedback.
• Built a voice-native conversation client in React and TypeScript using Vite.
• Built a React Native mobile app in response to user demand for a native experience.

An industry leader in the automotive b2b SaaS space, and the products I worked on while at Impel are a part of their core product suite.

• Built the original 0→1 prototype for an AI chat product for automotive dealerships and helped drive it through launch with a small engineering team.
• Ran point on product engineering post-launch, owning client feedback, bug fixes, and feature development for dealerships worldwide.
• Acted as the primary technical responder to user-reported issues and rapidly diagnosed and shipped fixes based on direct feedback.
• Built a video transcoding pipeline for automotive media assets using FFmpeg, AWS Lambda, and S3.
• Self-directed the majority of end-to-end development across UI/UX, backend, analytics, and reporting.
• Authored an estimated 80% of the codebase and became the team's go-to expert on the product.
• Collaborated closely with engineering and product, contributing to code reviews, tech talks, and technical interviewing and hiring decisions.

A platform to help the gluten-free community easily locate dining options that fit their dietary needs. Cacica built the product end-to-end, from initial concept through launch, including the backend REST API, frontend interface, and deployment infrastructure.

• Led development of a full-stack web platform connecting users with gluten-free-friendly restaurants.
• Engineered the backend using Node.js to build a REST API powering the platform's core search and data features.
• Built a responsive, user-friendly front-end using React and Redux, focusing on an optimized user experience.
• Set up Docker-based DevOps and CI/CD pipelines, which reduced bugs by 70% and increased uptime to 99.95%.
• Owned the product across the full lifecycle: architecture, development, deployment, and iteration as a founding engineer.

A data dashboard to track U.S. Covid infection metrics in real time, giving users an accessible way to visualize and understand the spread of the pandemic across regions.

• Founded and independently built a public-facing dashboard tracking U.S. COVID-19 infection metrics.
• Designed and implemented ETL pipelines using Apache Airflow to ingest, process, and update infection data.
• Built interactive data visualizations using D3.js to make complex epidemiological data easy to interpret.
• Owned the project end-to-end, from data sourcing and pipeline architecture to front-end visualization and deployment.