Software Engineer
Open-source AI agent devtool
A local provenance layer for AI coding agents. ARI connects MCP-capable clients through a proxy, forwards tool calls to Merge Agent Handler, and records the context, action, model, and audit path in a dashboard.
Sift
2025 - Present
AI Engineer
Building AI platform systems for social and community operations: knowledge graphs, intent routing, deterministic tool execution, response contracts, and Slack/dashboard surfaces.
Klysera
2025
R&D Lead
Built research systems for a talent acceleration company, including engineering hiring research and evidence workflows for turning messy market questions into usable product and content assets.
Cilia / Ory
2025
Technical Documentation Engineer
Redesigned Ory welcome and quickstart documentation for new adopters of OAuth2, identities, and permissions, with Docusaurus, Playwright, and CI/CD quality workflows.
Freelance documentation engineering
2020 - 2025
Technical writer and docs engineer
Published 200+ developer articles and documentation projects across Earthly, Kosli, Speedscale, Soshace, Draft.dev, Section.io, DEV, and Hashnode.
OSS AI provenance devtool
Local devtool for connecting AI coding agents through an MCP proxy and inspecting the provenance of every tool call.
AI platform work
AI platform work across knowledge graphs, decision traces, permission-aware retrieval, and agent workflows.
R&D work
Research-backed talent acceleration work and market-facing assets.
Documentation engineering
Welcome and quickstart documentation for an open-source identity platform.
Earthly
Practical Docker guide for a high-intent developer query.
Kosli
End-to-end Backstage guide with working implementation context.
Documentation system
Mintlify documentation site with structured framework guides.
Selected case studies
A focused archive of documentation projects, case studies, and philosophy.
I write at the intersection of engineering, research, and practical explanation. Bearblog is the active blog; this site keeps the public work index.
View writing archiveChristian essays and reflections
Christian essays and reflections. This is the main home for that writing.
Spotify
A recent gospel playlist from a Children's Day party.
Faith writing archive
Older Christian essays, including reflections like 'What Is In Your Hands?' and 'Jesus Calls You Friend.'
Developer experience work
A focused portfolio for documentation systems, API guides, and developer-facing case studies.