Backend & Applied AI EngineerAvailable remotely

I build reliable software for messy real-world problems.

I turn ambiguous operating problems into dependable products—from production APIs and data pipelines to AI-assisted workflows and the interfaces around them.

Belize · UTC−6Python · TypeScript · FastAPI · PostgreSQL · AWS · LLM systems

~30%

lower backend latency

Production optimization at Adaviv

900

simulation runs

Across 45 DRT scenario variants

10,078

failures analyzed

KORAIL predictive-maintenance research

AWS

Solutions Architect

Associate certification

Merged

security PR #1480

Upstream OpenHands contribution

Flagship work / proof of ownership

Four systems, shown through evidence.

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01 / Founder and lead engineer2026

Live with real listing inventory and an agent partnership, with provenance and verification limits built into the buyer experience.

Live with real listing inventory and an agent partnership, with provenance and verification limits built into the buyer experience.

Vireo Properties

A live Belize property-discovery and operations platform built around trustworthy inventory, buyer qualification, and real market constraints.

02 / Backend engineer and system designer2026
Healthbridge architecture showing FHIR, email, and MCP inputs flowing through FastAPI and Redpanda to a validation worker and MongoDB, with Keycloak and observability boundaries

A public, inspectable reference implementation for validation, authorization, event processing, idempotency, and observability.

Healthbridge

A production-shaped FHIR R4 ingestion platform demonstrating secure asynchronous backend engineering with synthetic data.

03 / Product engineer and operator2026

One configurable codebase now serves two property brands with bilingual, structured guest guidance.

One configurable codebase now serves two property brands with bilingual, structured guest guidance.

Cayo Basecamp

A bilingual booking and guest-concierge platform for Belize stays, with a public discovery surface and private post-booking portal.

04 / Graduate researcher and platform engineer2024
DRT research architecture showing configurations and scenarios flowing into an experiment orchestrator, simulation and policy selection, user response and learning, then metrics and MLflow

900 simulation runs across 45 scenario variants, with learning policies improving wait-time and service-rate direction over the greedy baseline.

DRT Research Platform

A reproducible simulation platform for evaluating demand-responsive transit dispatch and learning policies under varied operating conditions.

Experience / production + research

Backend depth, tested in operating systems.

Production ownership at Adaviv and reproducible mobility research at KNUT anchor the work. The common thread is software that must behave under constraints, not just look convincing in a demo.

Full experience
01Feb 2022–Feb 2024

Software Engineer

Adaviv · Remote

Built and operated backend systems for an agricultural technology platform used in real production environments.

  • Reduced backend latency by approximately 30% through query, caching, and service-path improvements.
  • Shipped production API and data-workflow changes across Python services and AWS infrastructure.
02Feb 2024–2026

Graduate Researcher — Smart Mobility, Simulation & Algorithms

Korea National University of Transportation · South Korea

Designed reproducible research systems for mobility simulation and railway failure analysis.

  • Ran 900 demand-responsive-transit simulations across 45 scenario variants.
  • Analyzed 10,078 KORAIL failure records for predictive-maintenance research.

Role fit

Backend and Applied AI first. Broader range when useful.

Primary fit · 01

Backend Engineering

Production APIs, data models, integrations, performance, reliability, and the infrastructure around them.

Primary fit · 02

Applied AI

LLM and ML features designed as accountable product systems, with evaluation and fallback behavior.

Secondary range · 03

Forward-Deployed Engineering

Working close to users to turn ambiguous operating constraints into deployed software.

Secondary range · 04

Product / Founding Engineering

End-to-end range when a small team needs technical judgment beyond a narrow layer.

Belize · UTC−6 · remote

Built from Belize, designed for real operating conditions.

Fragmented data, mobile-first users, informal workflows, and international teams shaped an engineering style that values clarity, resilience, and low operational overhead.

Open to remote roles

Looking for an engineer who can own the messy middle?

I am available for remote Backend and Applied AI roles, with range into forward-deployed and product engineering.