Sr. Staff Software Engineer @Gusto
Architecting payroll, HR, and benefits platform infrastructure serving over 500,000 small and medium businesses nationwide.
Education
- 2003 - 2007
Ohio University
Bachelor of Science in Computer Science
Languages
- CSS
- Go
- HTML
- Java
- Lua
- Javascript/Typescript
- PHP
- Python
- Ruby/Rails
Technologies
- Cassandra
- Docker
- ElasticSearch
- Chef
- MySQL
- PostgreSQL
- Redis
- Terraform
- Vite
- Webpack
Infrastructure & Compliance
- AWS
- CI/CD Pipelines
- Docker Containerization
- GCP
- GDPR
- SOC 2
Work Experience
Gusto
Sr. Staff Software Engineer
Current Oct 2025 - Present
- Designed and delivered an automated employee compliance auditing pipeline for Gusto’s HR partner experience, orchestrating multi-step checks (employee data, tax forms, background checks, time off, benefits, and more) and Kafka-backed event streams that keep downstream systems reliably in sync at scale.
- Led evolution of our HR compliance data model and audits for fractional HR, adding role, W‑9, and offer letter status tracking so HR partners and downstream analytics have a richer, auditable view of each company’s risk posture.
- Introduced ActiveRecordDoc-based documentation tooling into our Rails ecosystem (generator, configuration, exclusions, and CI step), enabling product teams to automatically validate and publish structured schema documentation into our data lake/S3 and raising the bar on data quality and discoverability across services.
DoubleLoop
Founding Engineer
Acquired Jan 2021 - Jun 2025
- Collaborated on efforts to reduce first time users time-to-value from hours to minutes using AI and traditional web techniques.
- Developed and maintained integrations with multiple metrics, task tracking, payment, and messaging systems.
- Optimized company infrastructure via Terraform achieving SOC 2 compliance, provider migration, and Docker containerization.
Catch&Release
VP of Engineering
Sep 2015 - Jan 2021
- Built an MVP in Ruby on Rails and React, replacing an off-the-shelf tool for better customer fit and internal licensing team optimization.
- Recruited and led a high-performing agile engineering team to develop a licensing-as-a-service platform.
- Designed and managed video processing architecture reducing cost by 40% and increasing reliability and speed.
- Spearheaded GDPR compliance efforts, ensuring legal adherence and data protection.
Zappos Labs
Sr. Software Engineer
Oct 2014 - Sep 2015
- Developed an open marketplace system for customer support team scheduling.
- Built a iOS app using Swift and Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) for internet-less communication.
- Optimized the AWS OpsWork infrastructure managing EC2, S3, RDS, and Redshift services.
Earlier Career
Kurbo
Sr. Server Engineer
Acquired 2014 - 2014
Stipple
VP of Engineering
Acquired 2011 - 2014
Thermopylae Sciences + Technology
Sr. Software Engineer
Acquired 2009 - 2011
Yost Engineering
Software Engineer
2007 - 2009