Senior Full-Stack Engineer and Technical Lead

I am a highly skilled Senior Full-Stack Engineer and Technical Lead with over 20 years of experience building secure, scalable applications and guiding teams through the full Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC). Currently, I serve as Lead Backend Engineer at a healthcare technology company, leading a team of engineers on a document management platform integrating with 11 electronic health record (EHR) vendors. My work bridges the gap between technical execution and business strategy — ensuring projects are delivered with clarity, maintainability, and measurable impact.

I specialize in architecting Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) platforms and enterprise systems, combining deep technical expertise in Symfony, Laravel, Vue.js, React.js, and modern frontend frameworks with strong leadership in Agile project management. I've led cross-functional teams through sprint planning, backlog prioritization, and delivery, while also contributing hands-on as an architect, coder, and problem-solver. I drive spec-driven development practices and the integration of AI coding tools, including Claude Code, into team workflows — accelerating delivery without sacrificing quality.

My background spans backend engineering, frontend development, cloud infrastructure, authentication, and DevOps. I design secure, high-performance systems with Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA), Single Sign-On (SSO), Role-Based Access Control (RBAC), and integrations with Auth0 and AWS Cognito. On the infrastructure side, I've deployed and scaled applications across Cloud Infrastructure & Platforms, primarily Amazon Web Services (AWS – EC2, ECS, S3, RDS, CloudWatch), with working knowledge of Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud Platform (GCP).

At the core of my work is a commitment to clarity, scalability, and collaboration. I take pride in mentoring developers, improving development workflows, and aligning technical decisions with business ROI. Whether leading a distributed team or diving into code myself, I bring a balance of strategic vision and hands-on expertise to every project.

🔑 Areas of Expertise

• Project Leadership: Technical Lead and team management (12+ direct reports), Agile (Scrum, Kanban), sprint planning, backlog management, stakeholder communication
• AI-Augmented Development: Spec-driven development leadership; integrating AI coding tools and agents (Claude Code, GitHub Copilot) into team workflows to accelerate implementation while maintaining quality and review standards.
• Deep SDLC Expertise: Experienced across the full Software Development Life Cycle — analysis, specification, design, implementation, testing, deployment, and maintenance.
• Backend Development: Advanced Symfony / Laravel / PHP expertise, API development (REST, GraphQL), MVC (Model-View-Controller), Doctrine and Eloquent ORM (Object-Relational Mapping), DBAL, Events, Queues, Broadcasting, Filament dashboards, and third-party integrations (CRM, payments, EHR, reporting).
• Backend Architecture: APIs (REST, GraphQL), microservices, secure integrations, event-driven systems, healthcare/EHR data exchange (FHIR, HL7)
• Database Architecture: MySQL (Aurora) and MongoDB (DocumentDB) — schema design, query optimization, administration
• Cloud Infrastructure & Platforms: Extensive deployment and optimization experience on AWS (EC2, ECS, S3, RDS, CloudWatch), with familiarity in Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
• Authentication & Security: MFA, SSO, RBAC, OAuth2/JWT, Auth0, AWS Cognito
• Frontend Development: Vue.js, React.js, Inertia, Blade templates, Livewire, Alpine.js, jQuery, Tailwind CSS, Bootstrap, and component-driven UI/UX engineering for responsive, accessible interfaces.
• DevOps & CI/CD: Orchestration with AWS ECS. CI/CD pipelines, build, test, and deployment workflows, GitHub Actions, monitoring and logging with AWS CloudWatch.
• Development Tooling: JetBrains IDEs, Docker development environments
• Testing & QA Collaboration: Partnering with QA teams to design automated/manual testing strategies and ensure release reliability.

Tools & Methodologies

• Languages & Frameworks: Symfony • Laravel • PHP • Python • JavaScript • TypeScript • Vue.js • React.js • Node.js • Blade • Livewire • Alpine.js • Inertia.js • Tailwind CSS • Server-Side Rendering (SSR) • Bootstrap • jQuery • HTML5 • CSS3 • Filament dashboards • OOP (Object-Oriented Programming)
• AI-Augmented Development: Spec-driven development • AI coding assistants & agents (Claude Code, GitHub Copilot) • AI chatbots & assistants (OpenAI Assistants API, Google Dialogflow) • team workflow integration and adoption leadership
• APIs & Integrations: REST APIs • GraphQL APIs • Microservices • Event systems • OAuth2/JWT • FHIR R4 • HL7 • SOAP/XML
• Databases & ORM: MySQL (Aurora) • MongoDB (DocumentDB) • PostgreSQL • NoSQL • Cassandra • ScyllaDB • Redis • Eloquent ORM • Doctrine ORM • DBAL (Database Abstraction Layer)
• Cloud & DevOps: AWS (EC2, ECS, S3, RDS, CloudWatch) • Docker • CI/CD Pipelines (GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, AWS CodeBuild, AWS CodeDeploy) • Monitoring & Logging (AWS CloudWatch) • Secrets Management (AWS Secrets Manager, Vault) • Elasticsearch • OpenSearch
• Version Control & Project Management: Git • GitHub • GitLab • Subversion • Jira • Confluence • Trello
• Methodologies: Agile (Scrum, Kanban) • Full SDLC • Test-Driven Development (TDD) • Testing & QA Collaboration (automated/manual)
• Development Environment: JetBrains IDEs • VS Code

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