Resume

1. March 2021 – Present · Remote

   Full Stack Software Engineer — Takeout Central

   • Architected and launched a Square payments integration bridging a legacy Perl monolith with a Node.js service layer — card-on-file workflows, delayed capture, refunds, and HMAC-verified webhooks.
   • Built database-backed idempotency controls for payment, refund, and card operations to reduce duplicate transaction risk.
   • Delivered integrations with major point-of-sale and order-management platforms, and integrated a headless CMS so marketing could self-serve content.
   • Served as technical lead on platform initiatives: consulting with customers, scoping custom solutions, and estimating delivery.
   JavaScriptVueNode.jsPerlMySQLGCPAWS

2. March 2024 – March 2025 · Remote

   Software Engineer (Contract) — Virnika

   • Integrated an AI-powered restaurant phone-ordering platform with 20+ point-of-sale systems through Deliverect's channel integration.
   • Helped build the admin dashboard for account management, billing, payments, and operational data.
   • Contributed technical guidance on production readiness in support of investor-facing milestones.
   Node.jsExpressMongoDB AtlasDockerRetoolAWS

3. Ongoing

   Co-Founder / Software Engineer — First Quality Books (FQB)

   • Co-founder and active engineer on a GAAP-aligned desktop accounting application built as a full-stack TypeScript monorepo.
   • Designed a contract-first API layer with ORPC and Zod, enforcing end-to-end type safety across 10+ business entities.
   • Implemented a double-entry ledger with balanced-entry assertions, reversal flows, and void protections; designed 20+ relational PostgreSQL tables with Drizzle ORM.
   • Created a 50+ component UI library and established CI/CD with Vitest, Playwright, and GitHub Actions across macOS, Ubuntu, and Windows.
   TypeScriptElectronReactPostgreSQLORPCDrizzle

4. October 2019 – March 2021 · Chapel Hill, NC / Hybrid

   Junior Software Developer — Takeout Central

   • Rebuilt critical customer-facing pages from Perl and jQuery to Vue.js, translating Storybook and Figma designs into reusable components.
   • Integrated external APIs into an established Python/Django backend, delivering business-critical functionality.
   • Shipped gift cards, SMS delivery tracking, and a referral code program from concept through deployment.
   VueJavaScriptPythonDjangoPerlMySQL