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Senior Backend Developer · Java / Spring Boot / Event-Driven Systems
I have spent 15+ years building the backend systems that regulated enterprises run on — real-time card transaction streaming at JPMorgan Chase, payment web services at First Data, and event-driven retail platforms at The Home Depot. Today I'm on the Connection Point engineering team at Maximus (via York Solutions), building standardized core integration touchpoints across distributed Java microservices, with AI-assisted development as part of the daily toolchain.
JPMorgan Chase · 2021–2024
Spring Boot microservices processing thousands of debit card transactions per second — manual Kafka offset commits for zero data loss, automated reconciliation with Dead Letter Topics.
JPMorgan Chase · 2019–2021
Led design of automated archival and purge replacing legacy systems — +25% operational efficiency with a full compliance audit history; refactored the legacy C# portal into clean Java.
The Home Depot · 2017–2019
Scalable containerized microservices with Pub/Sub decoupling, Terraform IaC, and Concourse CI/CD — cut deployment overhead by 40%.
Not vibe coding. A discipline of small diffs, review-first habits, and knowing which code the AI is never allowed to write.
received and doneAuto-commit tells Kafka you received a message. In payments, the only thing that matters is whether you finished it.