Stack
Go
PostgreSQL
TypeScript
AWS
Docker
React
What I do
Performance optimization
Profile, tune, scale. Measured improvements, not guesses.
Technical leadership
Led 20 engineers, architected for orgs, mentored at Google.
Fast execution
Ship production systems in weeks, not months.
Proof
Millions
Users impacted across ad-tech and education platforms
$70K/mo
New revenue unlocked through product features
2.75x scale
Throughput increase while cutting infrastructure 55%
65ms → 10ms
P95 latency optimization at production scale
8 weeks
Shipped production ad exchange from zero
20 engineers
Team size managed while staying hands-on
Recent work
Varsity Tutors — Engineering Manager & Staff Engineer
Managing 20 engineers while shipping Go microservices on AWS. Compressed 6-month project to 4 weeks using AI tooling. Partner with Product on roadmap and strategy.
Pulley — Lead Architect & Full Stack Engineer
Built SQL-backed authorization at sub-millisecond latency processing millions of daily checks. Created technology that unlocked $70K/month revenue. Led 6 engineers, architected for 20-person team.
Clixxa — Founding Engineer
Built and shipped dual-sided ad exchange in 8 weeks as founding engineer. Designed auction algorithms, ETL, and real-time reporting. Scaled to six-figure monthly ad spend.
Google Nest — Go Advisor (Contract)
Shipped partner onboarding system. Mentored 6 engineers on Go and microservice architecture.
Go2Mobi — Full-Stack Developer
Scaled ad-tech platform 2.75x while cutting infrastructure 55%. Reduced p95 latency from 65ms to 10ms. Built MapReduce pipelines processing terabytes.
Beyond the day job
I build things constantly. Low-level systems work, products that ship, hardware experiments—if it involves computers, I've probably tried it. Full-stack in the truest sense: comfortable writing assembly or designing product UX, optimizing PostgreSQL queries or pitching to customers.
Products I've built & shipped:
- DailyGrub — Deal listing platform serving my province
- ParcelReport — Property lookup utility for realtors
- Lunoh — SaaS prototype (Go/React/PostgreSQL) with discovery pilots
Hardware & low-level work:
- Built a CPU from scratch using circuit design and electronics
- Implemented network stacks from the ground up
- 3D graphics and shader programming
- Author of SWAR — Go library for low-level performance optimization
Active on GitHub, Reddit, and StackOverflow helping engineers solve performance problems and learn systems programming.
Availability
Available for contract work in Canada and the US. Part-time, full-time, consulting, or emergency work—whatever you need. Architecture, performance optimization, team leadership, or hands-on development. Occasional on-site acceptable. Referrals appreciated.