FirmPilot — US Court Opinions Pipeline
2025–2026 Architected a nationwide pipeline transforming US court opinions across every state and court level into structured, LLM-ready data. Modular state-level parsers, automated cron-based refreshes, S3-backed document store, automated coverage reports for monitoring dataset health. Shared the proxy layer and parser micro-library with the team so adding a new jurisdiction takes hours, not days.
AI-Native · Data Pipelines · Production Architecture
Python · async · LLM integration · S3 · proxy infrastructure
Toptal — Conversion Engine
2016–2022 Tech-led a family of high-traffic Toptal quiz funnels for six years — designed the engine, the test suite, and the handoff documentation. After I rotated off the project was handed to a 10-person team that owned it for years.
Tech Leadership · Engine Architecture · Handoff & Docs
Ruby on Rails · JavaScript · A/B testing · SEO infrastructure
OneLiner — Heroku-style PaaS on Kubernetes
2020–2024 Founder-engineer on a self-hosted platform-as-a-service for small R&D teams. One command provisioned infrastructure via Terraform; GitLab, Jitsi, and custom apps deployed through Helm charts. Built on a research grant with a small team. Prototype reached production quality; the market for self-hosted PaaS shifted toward LLM-driven infrastructure before a pilot partner committed.
Platform · Kubernetes · Founder-Engineer
Kubernetes · Helm · Terraform · Go · K3s · Argo CD
ASIA Consulting Group / OneBox — Company Diagnostic Software
2011–2014 Head of R&D at ASIA Consulting Group — later OneBox, eventually acquired by Ernst & Young. Sole engineer in a team of management consultants, building the technical side of a Gallup-style company-diagnostic questionnaire that produced a structural model of the client organization. Also built an image-processing system for QR-coded paper feedback forms used at large events.
R&D Leadership · Consulting · Algorithm Design
Python · web stack · image processing