I am a Site Reliability Engineer at MongoDB NYC. I design and build mission-critical infra for a global, multi-cloud DBaaS service that supports products like MongoDB Atlas, Realm, and Data Lake, across major cloud providers: AWS, Azure, and GCP.
I own my childhood home in Edison, NJ. I constantly manage renovation projects and improvements to the property that I had only dreamt about as a kid. I'm particularly fond of my media room, smart grill, and heated, in-ground pool.
I was a Production Engineer at Facebook MPK. I scaled the core traffic infrastructure backing Meta products like Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, etc. I was a First Responder to planet-scale outages that directly affected billions of users.
In 2021, I directed the hackNY Fellowship Program alongside Kevin Liao and Diane Phan. We laid the groundwork for a model to run the nonprofit through a network of distributed volunteers. I continued to direct Admissions in 2022 onwards.
I ran a 3-year long COS campaign for 5 friends on a Hybrid setup with FoundryVTT. It was my first time DMing. I learned a lot about powerful storytelling and fantasy worldbuilding. I wrote 100 pages of Campaign Notes that, one day, may turn into a novel.
6000 hours later, I maxed out my account on OSRS. The Inferno took me 31 attempts over 3 weeks and was the hardest thing I've ever done. The infinitely talented Tanya made me this amazing embroidery to celebrate my Infernal Max.
Before COVID-19 hit, I lived in San Francisco, CA and volunteered for the SF SPCA. I trained to be a Cat Volunteer and spent time every week socializing and caring for the cats at the shelter. I would have loved to foster, but I flew cross-country too often.
During COVID WFH, I learned to cook with my little brother. I like fusing standard American dishes like burgers, pastas, snacks, etc. with South Asian flavors and spices. People seemed to really like my spinach puffs. I also hosted brunches at my house.
I road biked from New Jersey to Florida in Summer 2018 to raise money for charity. I stayed in congressional mansions, hurricane shelters, river banks, and nice peoples' houses. I also did service work in the major cities I passed through.
I worked with the HTRU of NYC to build applications that helped automate the work of investigators and analysts working to counter human trafficking. It's amazing how impactful engineers can be on the right projects.
I was a hackNY Mentor in NYC in Summer 2017+2018, where I coordinated events for 30 technical students from around the country. I also interned at Oscar, ate a lot of awesome food at Michelin-starred restaurants and met the coolest people ever.
I was the President of the CS student organization for 2 years. My team and I coordinated weekly tech events, mentorship programs, K-12 outreach, alumni engagement, massive hackathons, and diverse/inclusive community spaces.
I bought this Alhambra classical guitar in Spain and every Saturday I trekked to NYC to play with the talented Nancy Huang and the brilliant Kathy Chen.
My big brother and I road tripped through the Australian Gold Coast. We flew up to Cairns, scuba dived for three days and nights and got our Adventure Diver certifications.