Strategic Education, Inc.
Developer, Full-Stack (AI)
- Led backend and infrastructure development for enterprise Dialogflow CX chatbot platforms, building distributed TypeScript microservices on Cloud Run and Cloud Run functions with a React frontend.
- Upgraded 100+ microservices on Cloud Run functions to the latest Node.js runtime and later consolidated them into approximately eight to twelve Cloud Run services, reducing cold starts and operational overhead; met internal SLO targets during the transition through query optimization, targeted redesigns, and expanded caching.
- Provisioned and operated Google Cloud Platform (GCP) infrastructure with Terraform for containerized workloads, including IAM and Workload Identity Federation; raised automated test coverage above 90% on priority services; improved GitLab CI/CD pipelines for testing, deployments, accessibility validation, and Node.js runtime upgrades.
- Upgraded a legacy Salesforce Live Agent integration in the custom chatbot stack to a current, supported release with a full production cutover, keeping assistants available through the migration and rebuilding Looker Studio reporting one-to-one so analytics and leadership dashboards stayed equivalent.
- Reviewed code for a large contractor engineering team, keeping changes aligned with business requirements and internal engineering standards; worked with product owners and business analysts to add technical acceptance criteria, edge cases, and dependencies to Jira issues so delivery remained traceable to requirements.
- Partnered with geographically distributed engineers across multiple time zones on shared roadmaps, aligning delivery from planning through production releases.
- Architected systems to satisfy Cloud Architecture Review Board requirements and represented engineering in principal-level technical forums; presented regularly on architecture, tooling, and delivery to engineering and leadership audiences.
- Served as a Cursor Champion for AI-assisted development with shared documentation and practices; partnered with other teams to spot where agentic workflows could help, ran hands-on Cursor training, and coached safer agent-assisted coding.