I love taking messy operational problems and turning them into software that is clear, scalable, and genuinely useful for the people who use it everyday. At Youth Inc., I've built large-scale AI image generation pipelines, internal tools, and contractor workflow platforms to establish and maintain our IP ecosystem.
My previous experience, both in my career and my volunteer work, includes aspects of user experience, process design, and operations, and I get excited about building tools that bring help people see clarity where there could be chaos.
Experience
Youth Inc.
December 2024 – Present
AI Image GenerationAdmin Platform DevelopmentDatabase Schema DesignQuality Validation PipelinesWorkflow AutomationVendor Integrations
Software Engineer
- Architect a production AI image generation pipeline serving 6,000+ organizations, integrating Gemini and GPT image models with automated fallback routing and validation checks to maintain reliability during provider outages.
- Design and implement Oban background job workers for single and batch AI image generation requests, with automated nightly and weekly quality checkers to ensure catalog-wide output consistency.
- Design and build a contractor management platform for an offshore design team, including work order tracking, role-based access controls, personal progress dashboards, streamlined review workflows, and a weekly payment calculator.
- Build and maintain a full-featured internal admin tool used daily by operations and business teams, including CRUD tooling for SKUs and organizations, AI image generation UI, and personalized KPI dashboards.
- Build full third-party API integrations with Design Pickle (a creative services vendor API) and Photoroom, including bidirectional status sync, automated request lifecycle management, and real-time LiveView tracking interfaces.
LifeCloud
March 2023 – December 2024
React ArchitectureFrontend PerformanceWeb AccessibilityREST API DesignDatabase Schema DesignTest Automation
Software Engineer
- Optimized data fetching with custom React hooks and React’s suspense component to reduce re-renders, display fallback UIs, and use async rendering to improve load times by 60% from ~1650 ms to ~660 ms.
- Architected notification service with CRD REST APIs to notify users respectively in-app and via email of changes in their account or estate.
- Led accessibility development for core web app, verifying compatibility across visual primitives, perceivable content, and operable navigation and achieving 100% WCAG compliance verified with ANDI, HTML, CodeSniffer, and WAVE.
- Designed and built a flexible DB management schema allowing users to create and classify assets with unique fields, adding 85 new types including medications, cars, investment properties, stocks, contracts and more.
Intern.House
April 2022 – March 2023
Full-Stack DevelopmentGCP DeploymentData Automation
Software Engineer
- Created site for tech interns to find and apply for housing where they match with other interns at their company, increasing application volume by 300% within 3 months from ~30 applicants per month to ~90.
- Employed GCP Cloud Run with Cloud Functions to host site and automated vacancy updates daily from REST Endpoints integrated with 3rd party property management software.
Volunteering
Child Life Disaster Relief
March 2026 – Present
Software Consultant
- Details for this position are still in the works. Check back soon for an update!
Foundation Communities
August 2023 – Present
Software Consultant
- Pro-bono work for one of the largest income-restricted housing providers in Texas housing 3800 households.
- Built 3 sites (Javascript, HTML5, SQL, REST APIs, Azure) to sign up families in need, match them with community sponsors, and enable Foundcom staff to manage donations, approve families, and contact sponsors.
- Software matched 498 families in need with sponsors giving $199,770.00 in holiday gifts in December 2023.