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Senior Staff Software Engineer with 15+ years of experience specializing in identity, payments, and authentication infrastructure. Currently building digital wallet and checkout platforms, with deep expertise in passkeys/WebAuthn/FIDO standards, OAuth2/OIDC, network tokenization, fraud and risk architecture, mobile device security, and secure checkout systems.

## career

Senior Staff EngineerDigital Wallet / Checkout Platform
● current
Staff Engineer → Senior Staff EngineerPromoted through multiple levels
Software Engineering Consultant & Project EngineerMastercard
Programmer AnalystErie Insurance Group

## expertise

Passkeys, WebAuthn & FIDO2 standards
OAuth2/OIDC authentication flows
Network tokenization & payment security
Fraud and risk architecture
Mobile security (device attestation, DPoP, biometric-bound credentials)
Agentic commerce & AI-native development
API gateway architecture & microservices at scale (80+ services on EKS)
AWS-native infrastructure (DynamoDB, Kinesis, SageMaker, API Gateway, KMS)

## education

M.S. in Software Engineering
Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering, Arizona State University
B.E. in Electronics and Communications Engineering
Anna University

## interests

Outside of engineering, I'm into cars, motorcycles, technology, and science. Always exploring the next thing that catches my curiosity — whether it's a new framework, a track day, or a deep dive into how something works.