About
👋 I’m an Engineering Manager at Yelp, leading the Corporate Applications team within corporate engineering. My team builds and operates internal tools, business systems, and AI-powered workflows that support how Yelpers work.
I moved into management after years as a hands-on engineer, and I still care deeply about the technical details.
Skills
Infrastructure
Linux
Docker/Podman
AWS
Terraform
Ansible
Nginx
MySQL
Okta
Languages
Python
Go
JavaScript
AI
LangChain
PydanticAI
Frameworks
FastAPI
Flask
React
Node.js
Platforms
Anthropic
OpenAI
Technical Contributions & Leadership
- Served as tech lead for the Corporate Applications team before moving into engineering management
- Led ambiguous, cross-team projects from problem discovery through technical design, implementation, and rollout
- Helped define technical direction for internal tooling and AI-powered workflows
- Defined and championed team technical standards, pushing for a consistent bar of quality across design, implementation, and review
- Partnered with IT, engineers, and business teams to turn loosely defined operational needs into maintainable software
- Guide architecture, prioritization, and ownership decisions for systems that support company-wide workflows
- Guided technical tradeoffs across architecture, delivery timelines, maintainability, and team ownership
Technical Expertise
Internal Systems & Full-Stack Applications
- Build and maintain backend services and user-facing applications for business-critical internal workflows
- Design integrations across identity, infrastructure, data, and SaaS platforms
- Use Python, Go, React, and related frameworks where they fit the operational problem
AI Tooling
- Build agentic applications and task-specific tools for internal automation and decision support
- Design retrieval and context pipelines that connect AI systems to operational knowledge
- Develop MCP servers and API integrations using Anthropic and OpenAI platforms
Infrastructure & Operations
- Manage cloud and Linux infrastructure with an emphasis on reliability, automation, and maintainability
- Use Terraform, Ansible, Docker, and Podman to make infrastructure repeatable and easier to operate
Identity, Access & Security
- Build and operate identity integrations across Okta, internal systems, and third-party applications
- Implement SSO using SAML and OpenID Connect for internal application access
- Design AWS IAM roles and policies with clear ownership and secure access patterns