About
Software engineer with three years of experience building backend systems and LLM automation in Python and
TypeScript/Node.js. Most recently built a newsletter platform that researches, writes, and sends itself daily
with no human in the loop, currently 1,100 subscribers. Prior work includes a Whisper/Llama transcription
pipeline, a RAG system over OpenSearch, and a computer-vision agent for device automation.
Experience
Software Engineer — SyndicateBox
April 2026 – Present
- Built the newsletter platform in Next.js, TypeScript, Node.js, and Postgres/Drizzle. One codebase serves multiple regions. The largest has 1,100 subscribers at a 65% open rate.
- Wrote the automated content pipeline, from web search for local sources through drafting with Sonnet 4.6 to delivery, with schema validation and automatic retries on malformed model output.
- Shipped a self-serve ad portal on Stripe where advertisers buy placements directly. An LLM step matches each ad to the most relevant section of the next issue and inserts it automatically.
Software Engineer (Contract) — Kinary, Inc.
April 2025 – February 2026
- Built a real-time transcription prototype for 60 minute meetings using Whisper and Llama 3 with token chunking and speaker diarization, reaching 95% transcription accuracy in QA comparisons.
- Prototyped a headless browser agent (Puppeteer/Selenium) that joins scheduled Google Meets in under 30 seconds, identifies active speakers, and records audio for downstream transcription.
- Prototyped a RAG system over thousands of documents using OpenAI embeddings and OpenSearch vector indexes, retrieving relevant passages at query time to build LLM context.
Backend Python Developer — eDigital
June 2023 – February 2025
- Trained a YOLO-based screen detection model that identifies on-screen UI elements, automating data retrieval from devices so results stayed current without manual checks.
- Built an autonomous agent that drives HDMI devices through multi-screen UI flows using YOLO for perception, adapting to content that changed daily without handwritten scripts.
- Developed and maintained a custom Selenium-based library wrapper to streamline data scraping from streaming platforms, reducing client data retrieval time by 80%.
Mentor — Girls Who Code
January 2021 – May 2022
- Mentored 10 students one-on-one on debugging and problem solving.
Projects
Android · Java, ML Kit, SQLite
- Splits a restaurant bill by item from a photo of the receipt, pairing each line with its price and keeping a history of past bills.
Python · PyQt6, OpenAI API
- A desktop Clippy that answers questions, with state-driven animation between sleep and awake poses.
Python · Tkinter, Vector SDK, OpenAI API
- A GUI for driving the Vector robot's movement, speech, and live camera feed.
Skills
- AI / Agents
- Anthropic API, OpenAI API, Gemini, Llama, function calling / tool use, autonomous agents, RAG, embeddings, vector databases, prompt engineering, LangChain, Ollama
- Languages
- Python, TypeScript, JavaScript, Java, HTML/CSS, Bash
- Frontend / Backend
- React, Next.js, Node.js, REST APIs
- Automation
- Puppeteer, Selenium, YOLO
- Databases
- PostgreSQL, Drizzle, MySQL, MongoDB, SQLite, OpenSearch
- Cloud / DevOps
- AWS, Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD, Git
Education
B.A. Computer Science — CUNY Queens College
September 2022 · Dean's List · GPA 3.83