I start with the workflow: who needs visibility, what information is missing, where work slows down, and which system boundary should own the fix. Then I choose the technology that fits.
I build software that makes operational work easier to see.
My best work sits between backend engineering, product thinking, and real-world operations.
Engineering shaped by the operation.
Experience across enterprise backend work, operational data workflows, software development, and teaching.
Fiserv
Software Engineering Intern
Working on an enterprise file-tracking platform built to solve visibility gaps across large-scale file-processing workflows. Files move through multiple internal systems, and teams need one clear way to see where each file is, what stage it is in, whether it failed, and how it connects to related files, jobs, clients, and downstream processing steps. I contribute to backend services, event modeling, business-rule validation, SQL data modeling, and searchable APIs that expose file movement, status, failures, and relationships. I also contributed to an AI-assisted development workflow supporting code quality, documentation, and business-rule alignment.
- Contributed to backend services for a platform designed to process and monitor up to 1M file events per day.
- Helped model file movement, processing status, failures, and relationships using structured events and SQL-backed tracking records.
- Used Java and Spring Boot to support service-layer logic, API behavior, and business-rule validation for searchable file workflows.
- Supported event-driven architecture planning using Kafka concepts for scalable, asynchronous file updates.
- Contributed to an AI-assisted development workflow for code structure, documentation, and alignment with engineering standards.
- Connected technical design to faster issue detection and potential savings of up to $100K per month in manual investigation and processing expenses.
Dominion College
Software Developer & Math Tutor
Built a Python and SQL tracking workflow to organize student records, tutoring activity, and progress reporting when manual processes made it difficult to see who needed help and where students were improving.
Systems, Annotated
Real problems broken into events, workflows, APIs, data models, and user-facing tools.
Fiserv Enterprise File Tracking Platform
Files move across internal systems without one clear tracking view for state, failures, related jobs, clients, and downstream processing.
Designed around up to 1M file events per day, with potential operational savings of up to $100K per month by reducing manual investigation and helping teams find missing, failed, delayed, or misrouted files faster.
Grand Pilot
Small business owners need founder guidance but often lack access to trusted networks.
Makes mentorship and founder knowledge more accessible.
AY Logistics Drone Inspection
Manual truck inspections are slow, repetitive, and inconsistent.
Dominion Student Tracking
Manual tutoring records made student progress harder to review.
Reduced manual tracking effort and improved academic visibility.
Retail Intelligence Platform
Commerce systems need reliable transactions, fast catalog reads, and clear customer and admin workflows.
NFL QB Touchdown Predictor
Predictions are less useful when users cannot understand what influenced the result.
Connects ML prediction with explanation and a usable interface.
88% reported accuracyOrganizations & Involvement
Communities and programs shaping my leadership, technical growth, and career development.
Management Leadership for Tomorrow
Career Prep Fellow
Developing leadership, communication, professional readiness, technical interview preparation, networking, and product thinking through a high-accountability program. The experience strengthens how I communicate technical ideas and connect engineering decisions to business impact.
ColorStack
Member
Active member of a community supporting Black and Latinx computer science students through career development, technical growth, mentorship, and access to opportunities in technology.
National Society of Black Engineers
Member
Member of an engineering community focused on academic excellence, professional development, leadership, and increasing representation in engineering and technology.
Tools organized by the work they do.
I care about systems that are useful, not just impressive.
Backend
Building APIs, service layers, business logic, and system workflows.
Java · Spring Boot · C# · ASP.NET Core · REST APIs · GraphQLDatabases
Designing schemas, relationships, indexes, and query flows for application data.
SQL Server · PostgreSQL · MySQL · Oracle · JPA · JDBCEvent-driven systems
Modeling workflows as events and processing updates asynchronously.
Kafka · Event modeling · Workflow stateFrontend
Building clear interfaces that expose system capabilities to users.
React · JavaScript · TypeScriptCloud & DevOps
Packaging, validating, and delivering software through repeatable workflows.
Docker · GitHub Actions · GitLab · AzureAI & Data
Turning data into models, explanations, and developer-assisted workflows.
Python · Pandas · scikit-learn · Machine learning · AI-assisted toolsAsk Shelton AI
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Let’s build something useful.
I’m interested in software engineering opportunities where backend systems, real user problems, and strong engineering judgment matter.