Experience · 2024 – present

Where I've shipped.

UKG is where I do AI/MLOps at production scale. Universal Audio taught me DSP and real-time systems. TextBuddy was my first LLM product work.

Aug 2025 – Present
UKG
Software Engineer I
Sunrise, FL

Instrumented all AI pillar microservices with OpenTelemetry, enabling end-to-end distributed tracing and reducing mean time to debug production incidents by 40%.

  • Optimized DLP pipeline and OTel Collector in Go using Google Cloud DLP table format, cutting latency by 74% and eliminating span loss.
  • Built a Go trace processor that extracts agent metrics (input/output, intent, tool calls) from OTel spans into BigQuery — cut data scientist query turnaround by 53%.
  • Architected a Google Pub/Sub feedback loop for real-time customer feedback ingestion, letting analysts act on insights without manual data pulls.
  • Integrated Grafana and Arize across AI microservices, centralizing observability for service monitoring and model evaluation.
AI/MLOpsOpenTelemetryGoGCP
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Jan 2025 – Jun 2025
Universal Audio
Software Engineer Capstone
Santa Cruz, CA

Researched and developed a 4-input, 4-output audio device on a microcontroller with real-time DSP capabilities.

  • Designed a system on a dual-processor microcontroller to offload DSP and console workloads.
  • Engineered DSP algorithms in JUCE/C++, optimized via decimation and FFT to cut processing latency by 25%.
  • Tuned Linux kernel parameters and used DMA optimizations to bring audio latency below 5 ms.
  • Built FreeRTOS-based IPC between the dual processors and the host system.
DSPC++FreeRTOSEmbedded
Sep 2024 – Dec 2024
TextBuddy
Software Engineer Intern
Santa Cruz, CA

Built an SMS-based application in Java/Spring enabling LLM access for users without internet connectivity.

  • Integrated LiteLLM to unify access across multiple LLMs, reducing model-switching latency by 56%.
  • Integrated the Twilio API with delivery callbacks and auto-retries to deliver alerts in under 2 seconds.
  • Shortened setup time by 70% by containerizing with Docker and automating deployment on GCP.
LLMJavaSpringGCP
Earlier roles

Before AI infra.

May 2024 – Dec 2024

Academic Coach · UCSC (Educational Partnership Center)

  • Tailored CS tutoring sessions that addressed individual learning needs, raising grades from C's to A's across multiple courses.
  • Built personalized learning plans that deepened conceptual understanding and engagement.

Jun 2024 – Sep 2024

Web Developer · Choice Clothing

  • Restructured site navigation for a more intuitive shopping experience.
  • Refactored 3,000+ lines of code, reducing user load times by 57%.

Jun 2023 – Aug 2023

Data Science Intern · Open Avenues

  • Designed a Lambda-architecture data pipeline in Python, cutting processing time by 40%.
  • Improved preprocessing with batch processing and feature engineering for a 52% end-to-end speedup.

Jun 2023 – Nov 2023

Tech Fellow — Android101 · CodePath

  • Supported 50+ students through Android101, lifting project completion rates by 40%.
  • Facilitated weekly group sessions on Android/Kotlin fundamentals.