Summary

Systems Engineer specializing in high-performance backend and security infrastructure using Rust and Go. Experienced in low-latency systems, LLM-driven search, and Nix-based reproducible build environments, delivering scalable solutions across startup and enterprise settings.

Professional Experience

Systems Security Engineer

Ridgeback | April 2026 - Present

  • Build Rust-based network security tooling on a Tauri and cloud architecture to detect and prevent infrastructure threats.
  • Author logic-based access-control constraints in Scryer Prolog, enabling verifiable authorization checks that eliminate classes of logic vulnerabilities.
  • Optimize Rust systems code for performance and memory safety in production security workloads.

Full Stack Developer

NexSys | May 2025 - October 2025

  • Built high-performance desktop interfaces with Rust and Dioxus, delivering memory-safe, low-latency UIs for data-heavy workflows.
  • Led sprint demos and coordinated asynchronous Git/GitHub workflows for a remote-first engineering team.
  • Automated local builds and developer workflows with custom Lua scripts, cutting manual setup time and removing repetitive steps.

Software Engineer

Freelancing | January 2023 - Present

  • Architected and deployed 10+ lightweight client applications in Go and Rust end to end, from requirements through deployment.
  • Built cross-platform tools with minimal resource footprint as a solo engineer, owning the full development lifecycle for each client.
  • Standardized builds with Nix, guaranteeing identical environments across development, testing, and production.

Infrastructure Engineer

Mind Over Machines | May 2024 - September 2024

  • Profiled and resolved performance bottlenecks in enterprise applications, improving end-user response times.
  • Implemented automated CI/CD pipelines and system monitoring to speed reliable deployments.
  • Collaborated across levels in Agile teams to deliver infrastructure upgrades for the company.

Back End Intern

Gulp Data | May 2023 - September 2023

  • Developed and maintained Python backends for data-intensive client applications, sustaining 99.9% uptime.
  • Integrated LLM-driven search into QA retrieval using Solr and PostgreSQL, improving answer accuracy and query speed.
  • Adopted senior-engineer-led best practices for code quality, security, and architectural design.

Technical Projects

Qst - Quick Script Tool

Rust Linux CLI | September 2025

  • Architected an extensible CLI tool for Linux system management, centralizing fragmented workflows into one plugin-based interface.
  • Designed and documented a plugin API, enabling third-party developers to extend functionality safely.
  • Published on Github, crates.io, and the AUR, with hundreds of downloads and an active user community. GitHub Repository

Suilend Liquidator

Rust TypeScript Concurrency | October 2025

  • Rebuilt a latency-critical service from TypeScript to Rust, cutting execution latency and raising throughput under sustained load.
  • Designed concurrent systems for real-time interaction with on-chain smart contracts as part of a small team.
  • Optimized memory usage and concurrency patterns to maintain consistent performance under heavy load.