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Authentic Brands Group· New York, NY

Product Engineer

Systems that scale.
Tools that ship.

I ship Shopify Plus storefronts for nine global brands at ABG. I also build open-source MCP servers and dev tools for working with Claude and other LLMs.

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Featured Work

What I Build

Knowledge Base

Textrawl

Personal Knowledge MCP Server—semantic search over your documents from Claude. Hybrid vector + full-text search with reciprocal rank fusion.

  • Multi-format support: PDF, Word, Markdown
  • File conversion: emails, HTML, Google Takeout
  • Smart chunking with context overlap
TypeScriptPostgreSQLpgvectorSupabaseOpenAIMCP
WebsiteGitHub
Developer Tool

logpare

Semantic log compression for LLM context windows. Reduces repetitive logs using the Drain algorithm for template mining.

  • Automatic template discovery from log patterns
  • Severity-based grouping for prioritized output
  • MCP integration for Claude
TypeScriptDrain algorithmMCP server
WebsiteGitHubnpm
E-commerce Library

guardrail-sim

Policy simulation for e-commerce. Test discount rules, shipping constraints, and promotional logic before they hit production.

  • Synchronous policy evaluation
  • Multiple constraint types supported
  • Think unit tests for business rules
TypeScriptPolicy EngineMCP ServerConstraint System
WebsiteGitHub
Commerce Platform

ABG Multi-Brand Storefronts

Feature development across 9 global brand storefronts on a shared Shopify Plus framework. Third-party SDK integrations (Klaviyo, Fast Simon) for PLP, PDP, and search. Vendor collaboration on app performance and theme API connections.

Brands

Reebok · Champion · Vince Camuto · Juicy Couture · DC Shoes · Frederick's of Hollywood · RVCA · Roxy · Authentic

Vue.jsShopify LiquidNode.jsKlaviyo APIFast Simon SDK
ReebokChampionVince CamutoJuicy CoutureDC ShoesFrederick's of HollywoodRVCARoxyAuthentic
Internal Tool

Store Operations Platform

Internal platform for multi-store operations—theme management, deployment pipelines, and automated workflows. Built to validate patterns before broader rollout.

  • Dual-mode interface: CLI for devs, GUI for non-technical users
  • Playwright browser automation for Shopify admin
  • Adapter pattern for environment portability
  • Real-time WebSocket progress updates
Node.jsExpressReact 18Socket.IOPlaywrightDockerGoogle Cloud Run
Internal Tool

E-Commerce Analytics Dashboard

Internal real-time analytics dashboard for e-commerce stores. Tested GraphQL cursor pagination, layered auth, and caching strategies across multiple stores.

  • Real-time metrics with client refresh and server caching
  • GraphQL cursor pagination for high-volume data
  • Defense-in-depth auth (IAM + middleware)
  • 7 customizable color schemes
Next.js 14TypeScriptGraphQLTailwind CSSRechartsGoogle IAM
Native macOS App

Native Media Optimizer

Tauri 2.0 + Rust app for e-commerce asset optimization. GPU-accelerated video encoding and smart image compression.

  • Native WebView instead of bundled Chromium
  • GPU-accelerated video processing via VideoToolbox
  • Three-tier upscaling: HQx, Lanczos, Real-ESRGAN
  • Memory-optimized tiling for large images
Tauri 2.0RustFFmpegVideoToolboxMozJPEGReal-ESRGAN
AI/LLM Integration

Error-to-PR Automation

Captures errors from monitoring, analyzes with LLM, generates PRs via AI agents. Chrome extension, secure backend, multi-agent orchestration.

  • Chrome extension for error capture
  • Secure HMAC authentication + PII sanitization
  • Multi-agent LLM prompt optimization
  • Automated GitHub PR generation
TypeScriptExpressChrome ExtensionClaude APIHMAC AuthZod
Developer Tool

SDK Change Monitor

Monitors third-party JavaScript SDKs for changes. Hash-based detection, historical archives, MCP server for AI agents.

  • MCP server exposes change data to AI agents
  • SHA-256 hash-based change detection
  • Historical archive with auto-changelog
  • Multi-channel notifications (GitHub Issues, Slack)
Node.jsMCPGitHub ActionsSHA-256Slack API
Expertise

What I Do

Platform Architecture

Building scalable commerce and internal systems

  • E-commerce architecture at scale
  • Multi-store/multi-brand systems
  • Full-stack internal tooling
  • Core Web Vitals optimization for commerce

AI-Native Tooling

Developer tools for the AI era

  • MCP servers for Claude integration
  • Log analysis and developer tools
  • CLI tooling and build systems
  • Token-efficient context engineering
Writing

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Career

Experience

Authentic Brands Group

2024 – Present

Frontend Engineer

9 global brand storefronts, third-party SDK integrations

Brandito

2023

Frontend Engineer

8 WordPress sites, 4 Shopify stores

Virginia Commonwealth University

2014 – 2023

Frontend Engineer

$1M+ donations/year, 25+ analytics properties, WCAG compliance

COLAB

2013 – 2014

Frontend Engineer

WordPress themes, WooCommerce stores

Education

Virginia Commonwealth University

Capital CoLAB Digital Technology Credential in Software Engineering & Data Science

Software engineering and Python programming

Virginia Commonwealth University

Bachelor of Fine Arts in Graphic Design

VCUarts consistently ranked among top design programs nationally

Let's Build Something

I take on consulting, side projects, and speaking gigs. Got something interesting? Let's talk.

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