Senior Software Engineer & Team Lead building backend systems that healthcare runs on.
Nine years of Java and Spring Boot at Evernorth (Cigna / Express Scripts): high-volume REST services, distributed integrations, and centralized security, plus an AI-enabled engineering tool I built solo. Off the keyboard you'll find me on a trail, on a ski slope, or with my kids.
Software Engineer – Team Lead · 2017 – Present · Cigna / Express Scripts
Architected the REST service for member address create, update, delete and validation. Orchestrates member, benefit and USPS Code 1 validation calls before handing off to IBM MQ for async processing.
Built with the principal architect: a Spring Boot API for users, roles, permissions and client access, wired to Okta tokens and MongoDB.
Moved React static assets to external AWS DMZ deployments while keeping backend API routing intact, opening a path to client-facing access.
Helped build the ground-up replacement for a legacy tool, then kept shipping: cart and payment, profiles, prescription views and order status across 50+ microservices.
Centralizes technical-debt campaigns, like a Splunk-to-Dynatrace migration, into one place to track rollouts. An AI chatbot answers from a knowledge store of past actions, Git release data feeds planning, and predefined changes open pull requests automatically. It can also apply SKILLS.md instruction files straight to repositories.
North Jersey is a good home base for all of it.
The most important job I have. My favorite riding buddy is already in training.
Dirt bike days on a 2026 KTM 250 XC, mountain bike when I want to earn the climb. Roots and rocks are the best debugging break there is.
Winters on the slopes, the rest of the year outside however I can get there.
A long-time grind I still love, and proof that patience and a good plan pay off.
My real stats on Wise Old ManI'm interested in senior and lead backend roles where Java, distributed systems and thoughtful technical leadership matter.