Career
Experience & Education
A timeline of the teams I've led and the systems I've built.
Jan 2025 – Present
Lead a team of engineers; define system architecture and technical roadmap. Led migration from Laravel 8/PHP 7 to Laravel 11/PHP 8. Design and manage AWS infrastructure (ECS, EC2, RDS, S3, Route 53, SES, Amplify, CloudFormation, CloudFront) with Docker and modern CI/CD.
Dec 2020 – Present
Led backend architecture for multiple large-scale systems using Laravel and AWS. Built event-driven systems with queues and async processing; improved performance via caching and indexing; strengthened PHPUnit test coverage for product quality; designed APIs for international clients, primarily in Japan.
May 2020 – Dec 2020
Solo-delivered a financial-assistance platform during COVID-19 within a short timeframe; hardened application security; built an e-commerce project.
Apr 2017 – May 2020
Redeveloped and launched a cooking-food system for 177milkstreet.com; integrated third-party payments for a membership plan; improved SEO admin tooling and homepage load speed. Led a team and ran scrum ceremonies for 20+ US clients, including Pfizer, Ferrari, Billboard, and Northwell Health.
Mar 2016 – Mar 2017
Backend engineering for enterprise web applications.
Oct 2011 – Apr 2016
Managed and developed a payment system and e-commerce applications; drove technical excellence and led delivery of high-quality products meeting client expectations.
May 2010 – Oct 2011
Early-career software development role.
Education
2004 – 2008
CGPA 3.44 · Member, SEU Computer Club