Professional Experience

Lead software engineer with a front-end foundation, full-stack JavaScript experience, and recent focus on internal developer platforms, serverless architecture, and practical AI systems. My current lead role reflects technical and platform leadership rather than direct people management.

Core Strengths

  • Full-stack JavaScript development across React, Next.js, Node.js, and AWS Lambda.
  • Internal developer platform design, documentation, and engineering enablement.
  • Applied AI architecture using Amazon Bedrock, agents, knowledge bases, and retrieval workflows.
  • Front-end craft with strong HTML, CSS, SCSS, accessibility, and UI implementation experience.

Nu Skin

Programmer Analyst I to Lead Software Engineer

July 2015 - Present

Grew from front-end specialist into a lead full-stack JavaScript engineer focused on internal platforms, serverless services, developer tooling, and applied AI.

  • Built and maintained front-end experiences across AngularJS, Polymer, Vue, React, and Next.js applications.
  • Converted legacy Polymer CSS modules into a reusable SCSS library that supported shared styling across Vue applications and global website experiences.
  • Joined a platform engineering team in 2021 and expanded into back-end development by converting MuleSoft applications to Node.js AWS Lambda services.
  • Built an internal developer portal with Next.js, React, Material UI, Contentstack, and Nextra to centralize APIs, applications, SDKs, infrastructure projects, ownership data, and engineering documentation.
  • Implemented portal features for API discovery, OpenAPI rendering, README and changelog visibility, documentation, and searchable internal engineering data.
  • Designed and built AI-enabled chatbot experiences using Amazon Bedrock, Bedrock agents, knowledge bases, AWS Lambda, generated markdown content, and S3-backed data workflows.
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Software Technology Group (STG)

Front End Developer

March 2015 - July 2015

Contract-to-hire front-end role supporting Nu Skin before joining the company directly.

  • Contributed HTML and CSS work for web applications and internal front-end needs.
  • Transitioned into a full-time role at Nu Skin after the contract period.
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Wake Up Now

Front End Developer

March 2014 - December 2014

Worked on a small development team for an e-commerce startup, contributing across front-end and PHP-based web experiences.

  • Built responsive front-end pages using HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and jQuery.
  • Learned and contributed to PHP application work in a small-team environment.
  • Gained practical experience shipping production code with limited resources and fast-changing business needs.
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Robert Half Technology

Front End Developer - Contractor at Provo Craft

September 2013 - October 2013, November 2013 - February 2014

Completed two short-term contracts supporting launch and UX work for Cricut web properties.

  • Built HTML and CSS for website launch work tied to the Cricut Explore release.
  • Supported UX implementation for Cricut Design Space, focusing on front-end markup and styling in a Knockout-based application.
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Red Olive

HTML/CSS Intern

May 2013 - June 2013

First paid development role, focused on foundational HTML and CSS work.

  • Built early professional experience writing production-oriented HTML and CSS.
  • Confirmed that software development was the career path I wanted to pursue.
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