Senior Software Engineer / Blockchain Architect
Cincinnati, OH, USA
Senior Software Engineer with 10+ years of experience specializing in blockchain architecture, distributed systems, and full-stack development. Proven track record delivering secure smart contract infrastructure, high-throughput event processing systems, and Web3 integrations. Led technical ownership at IVY for 6+ years, passing security audits and helping secure $3M+ investment.
OnRamp Finance
Mar 2026 — Present
Developed Bitcoin loan integrations API through ARCH loans platform. Used Elixir Oban jobs to synchronize loan information across platforms with an internal caching system.
IVY
Jun 2019 — Dec 2025
Led full technical ownership as sole engineer covering distributed system architecture, CI/CD, infrastructure deployment, and monitoring. Designed burst-resistant architecture using SQS + AWS Lambda processing 10k+ real-time scans during live stadium events. Deployed cross-chain custom smart wallet proxies for peer-to-peer trading and NFT minting. Distributed versioned SDK via private npm package. Passed multiple Trail of Bits security audits. MVP received $3M investment.
SharesPost
Nov 2018 — Apr 2019
Built and deployed secure smart contract infrastructure for a FinTech token trading MVP. Established CI and automated testing pipelines with static analysis tooling (Slither). Built supporting React application and NestJS backend API for trade coordination.
Super Systems Inc
May 2018 — Nov 2018
Built React Native mobile app to replace a legacy desktop furnace-control application, connecting to a native .NET server. Deployed and released on the Apple Store.
Terrapin Ticketing
Sept 2017 — May 2018
Built a secondary market ticket exchange platform backed by Solidity smart contracts. Implemented elliptic curve recovery for embedded transfer signatures in QR codes. Won Hack Cinci 2018 blockchain competition.
Wyzerr
Jul 2016 — Aug 2018
Led SaaS application team migrating a legacy survey tool to a SaaS platform. Deployed infrastructure to AWS EC2 with CI/CD using Jenkins, React, Express, Mongo, and Redis stack. Responsible for hiring and interviewing technical candidates.
Zipscene
May 2015 — Jul 2016
Built large-scale data transformation pipelines using Node streams to process data over FTP, REST, .shp, and CSVs. Used ElasticSearch and RabbitMQ for processing and machine learning-driven brand profiling.
Interactive Intelligence
May 2014 — May 2015
Built consumer-facing embedded browser plugin using Raptor.js for VoIP backend integration. Automated AWS deployment using Puppet, Vagrant, Asgard, and Packer.
Conn-Xus
Jun 2013 — Dec 2013
Developed an automated web crawler using strategy pattern and AWS API. Implemented real-time chat system using Node.js and Socket.io.
Knoesis Research Center at Wright State University
Jan 2012 — Jan 2013
Designed and developed a Twitter sentiment analysis web application. Designed and deployed a native Android healthcare application in collaboration with the OSU medical department.
BS · Computer Science
? – 2014