About
Kevin

Hey, I'm Kevin! 

I started working as a software engineer in 2015, focusing on Java, Spring, and Ruby on Rails. Today, I love using Golang and have been a proponent of the language for 8+ years.

I consider home to be the DC Metro area, but these days I reside in Philly.

Currently, I work at Aspira, where I'm dedicated to building better digital experiences for folks who love the outdoors.

"The most dangerous phrase in the language is 'we've always done it this way.'"
— Grace Hopper
Work experience

Sept 2024 - Present

Aspira

Aspira

Senior Software Engineer

  • Re-platforming national parks software on AWS using SST, Dynamo, Lambda, AppSync, GraphQL, and TypeScript
  • Built a serverless syncing mechanism between our authn and authz systems for orgs, users, and roles
typescript
aws
graphql
AWS SST DynamoDB Lambda AppSync GraphQL TypeScript
"National parks are the best idea we ever had. Absolutely American, absolutely democratic, they reflect us at our best rather than our worst."
— Wallace Stegner

Sept 2022 - Sept 2024

Teaching Strategies

Teaching Strategies

Senior Software Engineer

  • Migrated an EdTech system to AWS with Hasura, GraphQL, Go, and Postgres
  • Mentored internal teams with their pivot from REST to GraphQL
  • Contributed to initiatives for load testing, performance analysis, and observability
  • Evangelized a culture of DevOps (CI/CD, ArgoCD, Helm, and IaC/Terraform)
  • Led data engineering efforts to ETL data from SQL Server to RDS (used DMS and SQL triggers)
go
postgresql
docker
terraform
Go Postgres Hasura GraphQL AWS Terraform Docker CI/CD
"If we teach today as we taught yesterday, we rob our children of tomorrow."
— John Dewey

Mar 2022 - Sept 2022

The Drivers Cooperative

The Drivers Cooperative

Software Engineer

  • Implemented a dispatch ranking service in Golang using H3 (hexagonal hierarchical geospatial indexing)
  • Built a realtime admin UI for car-tracking using Typescript, React, Google Maps, Hasura, and GraphQL
go
typescript
react
google-cloud
Go H3 TypeScript React Google Maps Hasura GraphQL
"Maps encourage boldness. They're like cryptic love letters. They make anything seem possible."
— Mark Jenkins

Mar 2021 - Mar 2022

Care

Care

Software Engineer II

  • Built a Kafka pipeline to onboard thousands of Senior-Care centers into our Provider Network
  • Improved the Search experience with AI-generated “scores”, S3, Lambda, and Elasticsearch
  • Designed and shipped a system to periodically recalibrate Google Ads’ geo-targets
go
kafka
elasticsearch
aws
Kafka Elasticsearch S3 Lambda Google Ads API
"We rise by lifting others."
— Robert Ingersoll

Oct 2018 - Mar 2021

IrisVR

IrisVR

Software Engineer I → II

  • Shipped a cloud-based CAD filesystem using Google Cloud, Firestore, and gRPC
  • Shipped a GraphQL-based Issue Tracking system (like JIRA, but for buildings in VR)
  • Improved API performance with tracing instrumentation, batching, and parallelization
  • Boosted company’s Web Vitals score from 50 to 90 with SSG and GatsbyJS
go
google-cloud
firebase
react
graphql
Google Cloud Firestore gRPC GraphQL GatsbyJS React
"With VR, we don't just observe—we experience."
— Jeremy Bailenson

Jun 2015 - Oct 2018

TeslaGov

TeslaGov

Software Engineer

  • Migrated a Spring/Java monolith to AWS with Spring Boot
  • Built a microservice for managing password hashes and user profiles
  • Maintained applications built on Java, Spring, Hibernate, MySQL, React, Redux, and Gradle
react
java
spring
mysql
Java Spring Boot Hibernate MySQL React Redux Gradle AWS

When I'm not coding...

Chess ♘

Tennis 🎾

CrossFit 🏋🏽‍♂️

Skiing ⛷️

Cool weather 🌲