Experience

My professional journey in development and research

Full Stack Engineer

Invene

February 2022 - Present
McKinney, TX

Lead full-stack engineer developing AI-powered clinical platforms using FastAPI, React, and PostgreSQL. Integrated advanced LLM capabilities and real-time data processing systems while maintaining high performance and compliance standards.

Key Achievements:

  • Developed TypeScript-based REST and WebSocket APIs powering real-time EEG monitoring tools for ICU devices
  • Engineered and deployed backend services using Node.js, Docker, and AWS (EC2, S3, CloudWatch), with sub-200ms latency targets
  • Built internal tools using React + Redux to visualize live biosignal data and segmentation overlays
  • Implemented secure service-to-service communications and access controls in a distributed system architecture
  • Provisioned infrastructure with Terraform and managed CI/CD using GitHub Actions for fast, reliable deployments

Full Stack Engineer

Axxess Technology Solutions

October 2020 - January 2022
Dallas, TX

Full-stack engineer focused on developing healthcare applications using Django and FastAPI. Implemented NLP features and ML model deployments while optimizing frontend performance with React.

Key Achievements:

  • Built and deployed scalable backend APIs using FastAPI (Python) and Node.js, supporting dynamic ML workloads in production
  • Led the integration of fine-tuned NLP models into a React-based web platform for customer support automation
  • Established CI/CD pipelines with GitHub Actions and monitored application health using Prometheus and Grafana
  • Collaborated with DevOps to design secure message queue-based systems for internal service orchestration

Software Engineer

Iodine Software

June 2018 - September 2020
Austin, TX

Backend engineer specializing in healthcare API development and ML model deployment. Enhanced system performance and integration with EMR systems while supporting NLP and predictive modeling initiatives.

Key Achievements:

  • Developed logistics forecasting APIs in Node.js with PostgreSQL, deployed via AWS Lambda and monitored using CloudWatch
  • Delivered real-time UI dashboards using React and Redux to visualize delivery tracking and forecasts
  • Designed scalable microservices with built-in observability and fault-tolerant queue processing
  • Introduced performance improvements by profiling API bottlenecks and implementing caching with Redis

Data Science Intern

Regional Healthcare Analytics Firm

January 2015 - May 2015
Beaumont, TX

Contributed to healthcare analytics projects focusing on predictive modeling and data pipeline development. Assisted in creating and validating risk stratification tools for hospital partners.

Key Achievements:

  • Supported development of predictive dashboards for hospital partners
  • Created data pipelines for clinical time-series datasets and applied statistical modeling
  • Collaborated on early-stage risk stratification tools and helped validate predictive features

Blake Sonnier

Full Stack Developer & Machine Learning Enthusiast based in Texas, specialized in creating modern web and mobile applications.

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