A backend and systems engineer in California who builds the infrastructure underneath things. The part nobody sees until it breaks, and my job is to make sure it doesn't.
- Built the Search Indexing platform
- Built the Kafka event streaming systems that teams across the org came to depend on
- Half a billion people looking for something; turns out that's a fun problem
- Built the backend for an AI platform that automates document review and redaction
- Turned weeks of compliance drudgery into minutes
- Privacy infrastructure for people who'd rather not think about privacy infrastructure
I grew up on a farm staring at the stars, which probably explains the rest of this.
- Helped design the flight computer for a nanosatellite to stare at my favourite colour
- Built things with Teensy microcontrollers
- Collaborated on interactive art, lighting rigs, and IoT meshes
- That thing I built for that thing in the desert is a recurring habit
- My favourite subreddit will make you cry
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