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I’m looking for projects I can care about as much as you do. I love helping teams take complicated systems and make them cleaner, faster, and easier to scale. My background includes breaking apart monoliths, designing microservice and event-driven architectures, building full-stack SaaS platforms, and deploying production workloads with Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD, Terraform, and Pulumi. I also work with AI-powered systems, including RAG, AI agents, predictive analytics, and automation. I can jump in as an architect, senior full-stack engineer, cloud/Kubernetes consultant, or seasonal development partner.

I first discovered my passion for programming when I was 12yrs old after getting a book to learn C++ in 21 days. I'm grateful to have gotten such a start as the lessons I learned then both in programming and object oriented design have stayed with me through my entire journey. Eventually I moved on to learn other languages like Visual Basic, Liberty Basic, Python, PHP, JavaScript, Lua, Java, etc., etc. I programmed primarily as a hobbyist for about 16 years working on projects that interested me that I could learn from until I finally broke into the industry professionally in 2016. I started as a web developer and was quickly moved up to a SR Engineer as my experience clearly shined through. I had the privilege of getting to learn and work on a large team of developers that followed a strict dev ops process to ensure that we worked together to deliver on excellence. Since 2016 I have specialized in NodeJS applications. Mostly on a MEVN stack (Mongo, Express, VueJS, Node) using NuxtJS for the front-end and MoleculerJS Microservices for the backend. I am well versed with this stack and every part of the development process that it entails. I can help you plan, build and deliver your next business application or project all the way from gathering requirements to actually implementing the solution. I work quickly and efficiently and deliver quality solutions that stand the test of time. My longest running software in production so far actually had an 8 year run (it was a simple JavaScript UI for expediting note taking and troubleshooting for Medtronic Diabetes pump support specialists, they just retired it last year for something that fully integrates with SAP). I consider myself an especially great asset to startups and small-medium sized organizations due to my wide range of experience and my ability to perform in various roles surrounding software engineering. Not only can I help you develop an amazing business solution, but I can help your team implement and follow a proper dev ops process and teach them to achieve success.

Versatile and strategic IT Leader and Systems Engineer with a proven track record of directing technology operations, strategy, and security across diverse, high-stakes sectors including finance, education, and managed IT services. Adept at building and leading high-performing teams, driving significant cost reductions and revenue growth, and architecting resilient, enterprise-level infrastructure. An expert in incident management, disaster recovery, and aligning technology with overarching business goals to ensure operational excellence and security.

Hey there! I'm Andrew, a Senior Software Engineer with 𝟏𝟐+ 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 of experience shipping production apps at 𝐀𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐞, 𝐆𝐨𝐨𝐠𝐥𝐞, 𝐇𝐄𝐁, and 𝐔𝐒𝐀𝐀. Currently at Apple building agentic AI infrastructure. I bring big-tech quality to every project, whether you're a startup racing to launch or an enterprise that needs senior-level help. WHAT I DELIVER • Full-stack web and mobile applications from idea to deployment • Agentic AI systems, RAG pipelines, and intelligent automation • Conversational Voice AI pipelines, including real-time text-to-speech and custom voice cloning • Cloud infrastructure that scales without breaking the bank • Internal tools, admin systems, and APIs built for performance and reliability TRACK RECORD • Apple (current): Lead CLI engineer on Apple's Agentic Platform Team. Building the control plane for deploying and managing AI agents and MCP servers at scale using LangGraph, Ray, and Kubernetes • Voice AI Architecture: Built and deployed end-to-end audio pipelines integrating cloud APIs (ElevenLabs) and self-hosted open-source models for ultra-low-latency, high-fidelity voice synthesis • Apple (previous): Shipped a Vue.js admin system with OAuth 2.0, a Go/gRPC cloud backend, and an iOS app for internal marketing ops • Google: Refactored an open-source tool used across hundreds of offices, saving billions in lost productivity • USAA: Led the Savings Booster product that moved $160M+/year into member accounts. 2 years, zero major bugs • HEB: Architected a NestJS microservices platform on GCP and led a 5-dev team to deliver a supply chain negotiation tool CORE STRENGTH • I think like a product owner, not just a coder. Smart architecture decisions early so you don't pay for them later • Led teams of 5-10 devs and shipped on deadline at companies where failure isn't an option • Clear communicator. I flag problems early, keep you in the loop, and treat your project like my own TECH STACK • ai/agentic: LangGraph, Ray, Claude Code, MCP, RAG pipelines, TensorFlow, ElevenLabs, Audio AI / TTS, Datadog, Grafana • frontend: React, Angular, Vue, TypeScript, Swift (iOS) • backend: Node.js, Go, Java, Python, NestJS, GraphQL, gRPC • cloud/devops: AWS, GCP, Azure, EKS, Kubernetes, Docker, CI/CD, Ansible • data: PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Kafka, Firebase If you've got a project that needs senior-level engineering and someone who actually cares about the outcome, send me a message. I'd love to hear what you're building.

If your AWS costs keep climbing, deployments break production, or a compliance audit is approaching - the problem is usually not just one thing. It's the architecture and the process around it. I step into messy infrastructure and fix both: the cloud setup and the automation that keeps it running. Most teams I work with are stuck in one of these situations: - AWS bills growing with no clear reason - Manual deployments that break things every release - Compliance deadlines (PCI, SOC) getting close with no clear path - Infrastructure that was "temporary" three years ago and is now critical I've spent 15+ years solving exactly these problems. Recent outcomes: - Discovered $500K in unclaimed assets through automated reconciliation at a national home services company - Led PCI compliance remediation across 200+ servers, passing audit on first attempt - Built CI/CD pipelines that cut deployment time from hours to minutes - Managed infrastructure for one of the largest private universities in Brazil (200 servers, 7,000 desktops) Stack: AWS (EC2, IAM, VPC, RDS, CloudFormation, CodePipeline), Terraform, Ansible, Docker, Python, Bash, Linux, CI/CD. Certifications: AWS Solutions Architect, HashiCorp Terraform Associate. US-based. Available for long-term contracts and contract-to-hire. Fluent in English, Portuguese, and Spanish.

Web and General Software Development Led and developed complex distributed systems in medical, military, legal, retail, consumer, federal, financial, and enterprise domains leading to increased efficiencies, and lower automation costs. Proficient in both high and deep systems analysis, reverse engineering, and design and implementation of complex integrated and distributed systems.