Senior Backend Developer
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 building standardized core integration touchpoints for Maximus's enterprise platform across distributed Java microservices, with AI-assisted development as part of the daily toolchain.
JPMorgan Chase · 2023–2026
High-throughput Spring Boot microservices processing thousands of messages per second — manual Kafka offset commits to guarantee zero data loss, backed by automated Dead Letter Topic reconciliation. Maintained 99.99%+ streaming uptime under peak load while eliminating data drift and manual intervention in failure recovery.
JPMorgan Chase · 2023–2026
Led the modernization of document archival and purging workflows for the CCB Risk Aggregation Portal, migrating legacy SharePoint .NET/C# logic into the core Java monolith while maintaining full regulatory compliance history. Streamlined legacy stack complexity, driving a ~25% boost in operational processing efficiency and reducing infrastructure maintenance overhead for audit compliance.
The Home Depot · 2020–2023
Scalable microservices built with Java Spring Boot and Node.js across GCP and PCF — integrated GCP Pub/Sub for decoupled event-driven processing, managed multi-database workflows (Firestore, CouchDB, MySQL), and leveraged BigQuery for high-volume analytics. Automated multi-environment infrastructure provisioning with Terraform and Concourse CI/CD pipelines, cutting deployment overhead by 40% while establishing end-to-end API visibility via GCP Cloud Logging and Monitoring.
What a greenfield project in Atlanta taught me about mentorship — years before I actually understood the lesson.
A sole-developer consulting gig in Boston, a demo where 'Delete' didn't delete, and why no AI prompt can reconcile what two people mean by the same word.
Alone in a quiet WebSphere Portal office through an Indianapolis winter, with no Slack and no AI to ask. The self-reliance that built is the part no assistant can hand you.