Platform Engineering Lead

Built developer platform with 19 MCP tools, 6-phase execution lifecycle, and quality gates for AI-assisted development. Offline-first architecture storing state in .trw/ directory only.

Designed multi-agent coordination with specialized roles and file ownership validation. 2,600+ tests with automated verification on every change.

Launched beta across 5 coding platforms (Claude Code, VS Code, Windsurf, Aider, OpenCode). Two-minute setup requiring zero codebase modifications. Platform engineers adopt it because it works.

Built multi-agent AI migration system with 5 specialized sub-agents, reducing endpoint migration time from hours to under 10 minutes, enabling 289 endpoint migrations.

Reverse-engineered legacy compiled Acucobol systems without source access, producing 45+ migration specifications (1.75MB/50,000+ lines) through AI-assisted bytecode analysis with 99%+ query accuracy.

Deployed 34 parallel AI agents for migration validation framework, achieving 90% error reduction in schema mapping (validation suite, before/after comparison).

Designed Truth Source Architecture enabling AI agents to consume documentation and refactor code without hallucination. Patterns now adopted organization-wide.

Built AI sprint intelligence system using historical transcripts as knowledge base. Benchmarked against human estimates at ±1 story point (blind comparison, 6 sprints), achieving 2.5x throughput (story points over 6 sprints) and 13% sprint efficiency gain.

Designed AI governance framework—read-only agent accounts, DevOps approval workflows, failure-as-state design principles—after identifying blast radius from an unscoped agent action.

Migration at Scale: Led 289-endpoint migration to Laravel: 96% production traffic, 34% faster response times, 4x order processing (300→1,300 orders/5min), zero major incidents.

Cost Optimization: Delivered $336K+ annual savings: cloud infrastructure ($278K), DataDog 62.5% reduction ($12K→$4.5K/month), RDS consolidation ($32K). Removed 500,000 lines legacy code.

Observability Platform: Built real-time debugging system (Redis/Xdebug/BPF) that cut MTTR by 95%. Diagnosed Redis pooling issue: 95% DNS resolution restored, 97-98% OTP auth improvement.

Load Testing Pioneer: Led first load test in company history—5 sessions, zero system failures, 85-90% confidence for peak traffic. Zero-downtime migration with 98% uptime.

Led teams processing $2B+ in transactions while scaling platform architecture 100x over four years, handling 50% month-over-month order volume spikes.

Pioneered GPT-3 implementation (2022, pre-ChatGPT) automating support workflows and saving ~2 hours/week/employee with NPS of 57—one of earliest enterprise GPT deployments.

Single-handedly led and delivered Instacart integration—company's flagship partnership initiative—owning architectural design, cross-team coordination, and executive visibility end-to-end.

Led the Shopify migration. Built the initial prototype, got buy-in from eng and ops, and saw it through to production.

Built a test data framework that worked across all environments, cutting CI/CD time by 3x.

Transitioned proof-of-concept customer support platform (Zendesk dashboard app) into production-grade React application serving 12-person operations team.

Hyper-Growth Scaling: Built backend optimizations handling 10x traffic surge during COVID with zero scaling incidents while competitors went down.

Cloud-Native Migration: Led migration from monolithic architecture to Event-Driven Microservices on Azure and Kubernetes. The patterns became the company standard.

DR-Tolerant SDK: Self-initiated Azure Service Bus SDK development, now deployed across all compatible microservices for disaster-resilient messaging.

Platform Excellence: Built platform that other teams measured their stability against. Became the internal reliability benchmark without being mandated.

Designed distributed architecture spanning AWS (US) and Aliyun (China), solving Great Firewall latency so cross-border purchases actually worked.

Architected unified logistics engine integrating 8+ international providers, automating bonded/free-trade import logic across 3 countries.

Implemented multi-currency payment system connecting 19+ payment gateways including ICBC (world's second-largest bank), directly enabling international transaction volume.

Won 2nd place at international technology competition in China; achieved compliance with public company (LifeVantage LFVN - NASDAQ) regulatory requirements.

Built and mentored distributed engineering team of 3+ developers post-MVP, instituting Agile/DevOps practices that scaled with the business.

Rescued failing insurance platform 6 months behind schedule by restructuring architecture and coordinating 6-8 remote developers—delivered on-time with zero regulatory compliance issues.

Delivered real-time quoting engine handling complex state-specific regulations for all 50 states, processing quotes in under 2 seconds across 200+ rule variations.

Kept the client in the loop with weekly demos. The team was remote and under pressure, but we shipped on time every week.

Led development of multi-channel sales automation achieving +1,700% YOY sales and -44% overhead reduction (shipping -44%, labor -17%) within 1 month of deployment.

Designed centralized inventory orchestration engine integrating Amazon, Overstock, NewEgg, and 6+ additional marketplaces into unified platform.

Managed team of 4 (3 developers + designer) developing MLM/Direct Sales management platforms from conception to production.

Built the linters, templates, and coding standards that every team at the company ended up using.

Delivered the only two new features for PowerStandings in 90 days while prior developers performed only maintenance—demonstrating high productivity in short tenure.

Implemented linter, test pass requirements, and minimum coverage commit blockers—establishing code quality gates that raised engineering bar for entire team.

Built Salesforce API integrations for internal CRM connectivity, enabling sales workflow automation.