About me
I'm a founding engineer with 10+ years shipping 0→1 products. I specialize in building scalable infrastructure, designing production AI systems, and hiring/mentoring senior engineers. I've worked across fintech, distributed systems, AI agents, and real estate tech—and I love helping founders and engineering leaders navigate the unique challenges of scaling.
Experience
Key roles and impact across startups and scale
Co-Founder & CTO
BetterCapital.us
Jan 2019 – Present
Building accounting and financial software for real estate investors. Solo founder on product development, handling architecture, engineering, and deployment of the complete platform.
Software Engineer (Founding Engineer)
Oscilar Inc
Sep 2021 – Present
Building core platform at an AI-powered early-stage startup from the ground up. Hands-on engineering across the full stack while helping shape product direction and technical vision.
Founding Engineer
YugaByte Inc
May 2016 – Jul 2020
Joined as founding engineer at distributed database startup. Worked on core database engine, query optimization, and scaling infrastructure. Contributed to open-source database projects.
Staff Engineer
EVA Automation
Oct 2014 – Apr 2016
Led technical architecture and engineering on automation systems. Mentored team, drove system design decisions.
Software Engineer
Oct 2007 – Aug 2013
Core platform and infrastructure engineering at scale. Worked on systems handling billions of users, deep experience with high-scale distributed systems and performance optimization.
Areas of depth
Technical expertise
- →Building products as a founding engineer (hands-on full-stack engineering)
- →Real estate tech and financial systems
- →AI-powered product development and integration
- →Full-stack SaaS architecture and scaling
- →Distributed systems and databases
- →Production systems at massive scale
- →Solo founder to seed-stage startup experience
Current interests
- →Building products as a solo founder
- →Real estate and capital markets technology
- →AI-powered workflows and automation
- →Scaling SaaS from 0→1
- →Production infrastructure and reliability
- →Mentoring founders and engineers
What I believe
Infrastructure is a moat
Early investment in the right infrastructure compounds over years
Good observability, monitoring, and deployment infrastructure let teams move 10x faster. It's not glamorous, but it's decisive.
Hiring is the hardest problem
Everything scales through people, not code
The right senior engineer can set direction for years. Hiring taste is more important than coding skill at the senior level.
Domain knowledge matters
Generic architecture is often generic for a reason
Understanding the domain—fintech regulations, agent design patterns, real estate deal structures—unlocks better technical decisions.