Staff Software Engineer with a strong background in building frontend applications, developer platforms, and internal tools. Recently focused on platform engineering and improving developer workflows with technologies like Backstage, TypeScript, and Python. I thrive on working in product teams to simplify complexity, improve usability, and deliver seamless user experiences. With experience spanning London, Boston, Montreal, Karachi, DC, and now the Bay Area, I bring diverse perspectives to how teams build and collaborate. Outside of work, I’m a parent, a cat lover (two cats), and passionate about creating clean, thoughtful code that empowers both developers and users. Tech: TypeScript, React, Python, Backstage, APIs, internal tools, platform architecture Academic work: Marble Track Audio Manipulator (MTAM) https://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=1347390.1347398 Real-time Interactive Ray Tracing in Distribution Environments for Virtual Reality Systems https://scholar.google.com/citations?view_op=view_citation&hl=en&user=CJgTpHEAAAAJ&citation_for_view=CJgTpHEAAAAJ:u5HHmVD_uO8C