As a Full-Stack Developer at Poparide, I work across backend, mobile, and product surfaces to improve reliability, performance, and member experience. I collaborate closely with the Product and Growth teams to ship features that strengthen marketplace health and support expansion into new regions.

• Build and maintain production systems in Django/DRF and Postgres, powering trip creation, payments, and messaging across the platform
• Lead mobile feature development in React Native, enhancing booking flows, push notifications, and in-app feedback loops
• Collaborate with Product, Design, and Growth to experiment with user experiences, run A/B tests, and analyze marketplace KPIs
• Optimize backend APIs and caching strategies, reducing query load and improving response times for high-traffic endpoints
• Contribute to CI/CD pipelines, observability, and cloud infrastructure on GCP and AWS, ensuring scalable, fault-tolerant deployments
• Participate in cross-functional planning, code reviews, and hiring initiatives to strengthen engineering culture and process

As a Staff Software Engineer at Bungalow, I led the architectural design and implementation of our payments system migration, modernizing core infrastructure to support scalability, reliability, and future product growth. I architected a new Case system using GraphQL, empowering operations and support teams to manage resident issues more efficiently and improving internal productivity. In addition, I served as a technical mentor and reviewer for the backend engineering team, guiding design decisions and promoting best practices across the stack.

• Architected and led the migration from a legacy payments platform to a modern, service-oriented system using Django, DRF, and AWS, improving transaction reliability and reconciliation accuracy
• Designed and built the Case system with GraphQL (Graphene) and Postgres, consolidating support workflows and reducing manual task overhead for staff
• Partnered with Product and Finance to define requirements, model payment workflows, and validate business-critical data migrations
• Provided technical leadership and mentorship for backend engineers, conducting design reviews, code audits, and knowledge-sharing sessions
• Contributed to frontend integrations in Vue.js/Nuxt.js and React Native, ensuring cohesive payment and support experiences across web and mobile platforms
• Championed engineering best practices in testing, observability, and deployment, strengthening the team’s delivery quality and confidence

At GrantMatch, an early-stage startup spun out of Fairtax Consulting, I led development of multiple web applications and data systems to support grant discovery and funding management. I built four production apps from the ground up, designed and maintained a database of government and private funding programs, and collaborated with stakeholders to make complex financial data accessible and actionable.

• Built four web applications end-to-end using Python/Django, PHP/Laravel, and WordPress, covering everything from prototyping to deployment
• Designed and maintained a funding program database tracking eligibility, approvals, and historical grant data using Postgres/MySQL
• Improved data visualization and reporting with pandas and custom dashboards to simplify decision-making for consultants and clients
• Worked closely with stakeholders to improve UX/UI, making complex datasets easier for non-technical users to navigate
• Deployed and scaled applications on AWS, ensuring reliability, availability, and secure access
• Supported cross-functional teams with technical training, onboarding, and documentation

I led Monkey in your Soul, a Toronto-based full-stack web development consultancy (founded by me), executing software projects across industries and managing end-to-end delivery. Over more than a decade, I built web and mobile applications, optimized client systems, and advised on technical strategy, always adapting to new frameworks and environments.

• Delivered custom web applications using Python (Flask, Django), JavaScript (front end, Node), PHP, and other stacks
• Improved performance, reliability, and scalability of existing systems via refactoring, profiling, and architecture redesign
• Managed full project lifecycles — requirements gathering, architecture, development, QA, deployment, and maintenance
• Communicated directly with clients, translating business goals into technical solutions and ensuring alignment
• Mentored contractors/developers, set coding standards, and maintained quality through code reviews and testing