Experience

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5+ years across global-scale distributed systems and AI engineering — from 2 AM incident response to leading cross-functional teams shipping production software used by thousands.

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    Cisco Systems

    Software Engineer

    Dec 2020 – Oct 2024

    Designed and scaled AI-powered distributed microservices in Python and Golang processing millions of dollars across 10+ countries. Cut transaction latency by 30% through MongoDB optimization and caching. Led integration of Okta, Zuora, Stripe, and Amplitude across a team of 8+ engineers. Maintained 99.99% uptime via Splunk on-call.

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    UC Santa Barbara

    Software Engineer & Teaching Assistant

    Jun 2019 – Mar 2020

    Built a full-stack petition platform adopted by 5,000+ students and faculty. Implemented CAS SSO, RBAC, state-machine workflows, automated testing, and Box API integration. TA for CS4 Computer Science Bootcamp — mentored students in programming fundamentals and algorithms.

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