About

Identity

I'm a software engineer who cares deeply about building fast, thoughtful, and well-designed products. Over the past five years I've worked across many layers of the stack, primarily focused on frontend systems, refining interactions, and making interfaces feel purposeful and responsive.

I enjoy systems thinking just as much as product polish, whether that means improving reliability, smoothing out abstractions, or tightening performance. Every project is approached with intention and a high bar for quality, always looking for the small decisions that make a product feel cohesive.

Outside of work, I explore new coffee and tea spots, chase sunsets, listen to live music, and travel.

History

Software Engineer, Head of FrontendFormal Now
iOS Power Software EngineerApple 2023—2025
Tutor (Advanced Data Structures)UC San Diego 2021—2023
Vice President of DevelopmentACM @ UCSD 2022—2023
B.S. in Math and Computer ScienceUC San Diego 2019—2023
iOS Power & Performance InternApple Jun—Sep 2022
Hackathon DirectorTritonHacks 2021—2022
Front End Engineer InternDeckard Technologies Jun—Sep 2021

Awards

Top 50 Hacker
Major League Hacking2022

Values

Engineering Practice

  • Design modular systems with swappable layers so evolution is a feature, not a rewrite.
  • Treat incidents as manifestations of a broader class of problems; never ship band-aids.
  • Codify determinism: architecture docs, knowledge bases, opinionated linters, syntax + structural rules.

Design Philosophy

  • Beauty emerges when delight, performance, correctness, and simplicity converge.
  • Anchor every decision in fundamentals, then explore with intent and playfulness.

Focus

I lead Frontend at Formal, building a security-focused database reverse proxy that enforces zero-trust policies before a query ever touches customer data.

The product prevents data leakage and engineer compromise, manages secrets, and ships auditable analytics, proactive threat detection, streamlined access workflows, and enterprise-grade policy configuration. Every UI surface is a policy management tool that stays deeply integrated with the native cloud providers and tools our customers already trust.