About & Career

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PayPal (2019–Present)

Staff iOS & AI/ML Engineer

At PayPal, I've spent the past five years shaping Venmo's iOS platform, used by 92 million active users. My contributions have included:

  • High-Level Design (HLD): Drove architectural planning across teams, leading cross-org design sessions for features like Pay With Venmo for merchants like JetBlue.
  • Patents & Scale: I am a patent-holder in mobile payments and helped secure a $60M enterprise contract by delivering scalable in-store checkout APIs.
  • AI Initiatives: Spearheaded AI-driven efforts, exploring intelligent personalization and applying RAG and CoreML/MLX models to iOS workflows.
  • Leadership & Mentorship: Conducted 400+ interviews, unblocked teams by diagnosing cross-platform issues, and ran internal knowledge-sharing sessions.

Google & Morgan Stanley

Consultant & iOS Engineer

Google Stadia (2018–2019)

Worked as a consultant during the launch, contributing Flutter/Dart and native iOS plugins and conducting ~100 interviews.

Morgan Stanley (2016–2018)

Modernized the Wealth Management app from 98% Objective-C to a balanced Swift/Obj-C hybrid, refactoring a Cordova stack with ~75 plugins.

Other Experience

  • Parabit Systems (2017–2018): Built Bluetooth Low Energy tooling for technicians.
  • Citi (2016): Delivered Citi Gold features for iOS app using Swift + custom MVC.
  • Aerify Media (2012–2014): Built ad-serving SDKs for iOS and desktop.

Skills & Tech Stack

iOS/Swift
SwiftUI
UIKit
AI/ML
RAG
CoreML
Flutter/Dart
Next.js
AWS Serverless
Tailwind CSS
High-Level Design
ChromaDB

About Me

I am a Staff-level iOS and AI/ML Engineer with over a decade of professional experience architecting and scaling software for millions of users. My career spans global companies like PayPal, Google, and Morgan Stanley, along with entrepreneurial projects and community leadership that reflect my deep passion for building, mentoring, and innovating.

As a proven iOS & AI/ML engineer at global scale, creative builder of unique apps and tools, hackathon veteran with global recognition, and mentor and leader investing in community, education, and next-gen engineers, I bring a unique blend of technical mastery and leadership to every project.