Software Engineer, Freelance
Aug 2026 – Present- Sole engineer on a Next.js, TypeScript and Supabase/PostgreSQL operations platform for a 4-person firm that gets restaurants through New York liquor license, food permit and sidewalk cafe approvals. It replaces spreadsheets, email, Dropbox and memory; the client projects it will save 5 to 10 hours a week once fully adopted.
- Modeled the state liquor license process as an 8-stage workflow, from application sent to final license, with fixed rules for stage changes, task links and next steps. This part is plain code, not AI, so it behaves the same way every time.
- Gave AI one narrow job: improving the wording of follow-up emails based on the application’s confirmed stage. It can’t change records, pick recipients or send anything. Staff review and send every message.
- Ran discovery with the owner and staff, cleaned and imported years of client data, and reworked the data model when interviews showed ownership belonged on each task, not the whole application. Built role-based access, private document storage, end-to-end tests and automated deploys.
- Presented it at Google HQ. Now leading the rollout: training staff and fixing what trips them up.