Full-stack engineer · New York, NY
— software engineer
I build full-stack systems where chess, software, and markets meet — coaching tools for classrooms, a platform for a 1,600-member chess club, and bots that trade prediction markets.
I'm a software engineer based in New York with a computer science degree from Hunter College and a long-running chess habit. Most of what I build lives somewhere between the two.
I keep the Marshall Chess Club running — one of the oldest chess clubs in the country. Its 1,600+ members register, renew, pay, and get tournament updates through a full-stack platform I maintain at 99% uptime. I also co-founded East Coast Chess, a tournament platform with real-time registration, Stripe payments, and live WebSocket pairings for competitive events up and down the coast.
On the side, I build things that trade. The latest is a fleet of 35+ Claude-powered bots on Kalshi's Bitcoin prediction markets — between the fleet and my own account, 7,399 trades at a 60% win rate. Same discipline as chess: calculate deep, trust your preparation, and never bet on hope.
Every few pixels of scroll drops a ball through the pegs. Each one is a cascade of coin flips — individually random, together a bell curve. It's the world my trading bots live in: thousands of small, probabilistic bets where the edge only shows up over the long run.
Maintain the full-stack platform for 1,600+ active members — registrations, tournaments, payments, and SMS — at 99% uptime. Architected an automated SMS engagement system for reminders and renewals that lifted member participation 25%, and built a scalable chess-camp registration module that's processed $200K+ in revenue across 100+ annual participants.
Co-founded and architected a full-stack tournament management platform for competitive chess. Built real-time registration and payments, a WebSocket-based live pairing system for 50+ concurrent players, and a containerized deployment on AWS Lightsail with automated CI/CD.
Mentored 20+ students through weekly algorithm cohorts, focused on optimization and problem-solving patterns. Selected to lead remedial instruction on the strength of student feedback, and raised mock-interview success rates by 40% with targeted, personalized practice.
The full-stack system behind one of the country's oldest chess clubs. Member and tournament registration, payment processing, customer service, and automated SMS for 1,600+ members — plus a camp-registration module that's handled $200K+ in enrollments, all at 99% uptime.
Co-founded and architected a full-stack tournament platform for competitive chess. Real-time registration and Stripe payments, plus a WebSocket-driven pairing system that pushes live bracket updates to 50+ concurrent players. Containerized on AWS Lightsail with automated CI/CD.
A fleet of 35+ Claude-powered bots trading Kalshi's fifteen-minute Bitcoin prediction markets. Developed and backtested 100+ signal methods; between my own account and the fleet, 7,399 trades placed at a 60% win rate.
Always up for a good problem — full-stack, AI, chess tech, or markets. And I'll never turn down a game.
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