Software Engineer III at McDonald's · Open-source builder
By day I'm a Software Engineer III on McDonald's global web ordering platform. Outside of work I ship open-source AI agents, MCP servers, and Next.js performance tooling—and write up what I learn along the way.
Featured work
Work
Software Engineer III (Day-1 Engineer & Code Owner)
Single-codebase global web ordering platform serving multiple international markets and millions of possible store and menu pages.
Software Engineer
Travel, hotel, and show ticketing for Las Vegas.
Filesystem-first personal operating system for Cursor & Claude Code — persistent memory.md correction loop, 3-layer research archive, and SKILL.md workflows.
AI Agents & MCP
MCP server & CLI that fetches timestamped YouTube transcripts and compiles technical talks into structured Cursor SKILL.md files.
AI Agents & MCP
Multi-step AI editorial pipeline built on the Vercel AI SDK (generateObject + generateText) with Zod brief validation and an automated anti-slop quality gate.
AI Agents & MCP
Zero-dependency CLI auditor for Technical SEO & Generative Engine Optimization — scores JSON-LD entity graphs, AI bot rules, /llms.txt, and semantic HTML.
SEO & Performance
Next.js App Router client bundle & Core Web Vitals CI gate — measures real gzipped chunk sizes in .next/static/chunks to catch 'use client' regressions.
SEO & Performance
Zero-config CLI for Markdown & MDX blogs — pulls landscape Pexels photos, crops to 1600x840, and patches frontmatter + photographer credit.
AI Agents & MCP
What I do
Next.js App Router and React 19 platforms with clean server/client boundaries, typed state, auth/session handling, and Postgres-backed APIs.
Core Web Vitals budgets, structured data, sitemap and crawl hygiene, internal-link systems, and WCAG-minded component design.
Production LLM workflows: structured generation, Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers, durable pipelines, and automated quality gates.
Blog
AI · · 4 min read
I was paying $200 a month for Cursor plus $600 to $1,000 in overages and ChatGPT on top. Here is why I moved my entire coding workflow to Google.
Architecture · · 5 min read
Why Next.js 16.4 leads for e-commerce and web apps: Cache Components, Partial Prefetching, Suspense streaming, Zustand state, and Supabase auth.
AI · · 3 min read
How to ship fast with Claude Code and Cursor without vibe-coding regressions: AGENTS.md rules, client bundle budgets, and automated SEO/GEO gates.
Experience
Software Engineer II → Software Engineer III
Feb 2024 – Present
Software Engineer
May 2022 – Mar 2024
Freelance Software Engineer
Feb 2020 – Mar 2022
FAQ
Contact
Reaching out about a software engineering role, open-source tooling, or technical collaboration? Send a note and I'll get back to you.
