2025–Present
Founder / Principal Engineer— Ansatz
Independent engineering practice building finance-oriented research tools, automation and agents with scheduled execution, tool use, evaluation loops and human approval gates.
From business needs to working systems.
10+ years across B2B infrastructure, developer tools, agentic systems and trading. Hands-on technical direction, production delivery and founder/client collaboration.
Experience
2022–Present
Engineering Lead— Bushido
Hands-on technical direction for a production TypeScript / Next.js platform. Review team PRs, including AI-generated code; lead QA and pre-ship verification, set testing standards, coach developers and work across CI/CD.
2022–2025
Cofounder / Engineer— NeuralJets
Built and operated TypeScript / Go infrastructure behind a B2B business reaching roughly $50K in monthly revenue: Stalwart mail clusters, tooling for provisioning, deliverability testing, monitoring and DNS automation.
2018–2020
First Engineering Hire— DoltHub
At a venture-backed startup building a versioned SQL database, developed web applications and developer tooling; contributed in Go and participated in engineering hiring.
2013–2018
Co-Founder / Engineer— Make Apps
Cofounded a studio building web applications, chatbots and APIs for startups and small teams. Worked directly with clients and founders from ambiguous requirements through scope and implementation.
Selected systems Independent work
Foundry — Multi-broker trading infrastructure with live IBKR data and execution, options analysis, and portfolio and P&L pipelines; used to trade my own capital.
Autonomous agents — Scheduled research and outreach staging, tool use, evaluation loops and human approval gates for consequential actions.
Technical skills
- Languages
- Deepest in TypeScript, with Python and professional Go experience.
- Systems
- Node.js, React, Next.js, PostgreSQL / SQL, CI/CD, AWS, UpCloud
- AI & markets
- MCP, Claude SDK, LLM workflows, IBKR, market / options data
Education
Columbia University — Certificate, Quantitative Studies for Finance
Rutgers University — B.A., Economics & Philosophy, summa cum laude; completed in three years
Contact
Open to technical leadership and opportunities where technical judgment and commercial outcomes meet.