Full-Stack Software Engineer
About
I'm a full-stack software engineer and an Applied & Computational Mathematics student at UC Irvine. I came to this as an Armenian immigrant, and I've been writing code for nine years — starting in game development, moving through Arduino and Raspberry Pi hardware projects, and landing on full-stack web development, where I now build and ship production applications end to end.
The way I build changed recently. AI development tools — Claude Code in particular — have become the core of my workflow. I run multiple agents in parallel across concurrent sessions, but the role I play isn't “prompter” — it's team lead and architect. I design the structure of a project, then direct the agents that fill it in, and I review every report and every change against real industry standards. The result is software built roughly 10x faster than I could alone, without the unreadable, unaccountable code that “AI slop” usually means. For years I had ambitious ideas I had no realistic way to build by myself in one lifetime. That constraint is gone. What's left is the part I'm genuinely best at: architecting a system and leading it to completion.
Education
University of California, Irvine
BS, Applied & Computational Mathematics — Minors: Statistics, Information & Computer Science
Expected Jun 2028
Glendale Community College
AS, Mathematics — Computer Science
Jun 2025
GPA 3.7/4.0
Experience
SLAUGHTERED — Band E-Commerce Platform
Freelance Full-Stack Software Engineer
Jan 2026 – Apr 2026
Los Angeles, CA
- Built and shipped a production e-commerce platform for a music client — merch storefront, checkout, and order management — as a paid freelance engagement.
- Integrated dual payment processing (Stripe and PayPal) with webhook-driven order tracking, plus transactional email and a Cloudflare Turnstile bot-protection layer.
- Delivered a full role-based admin CMS with rich-text content editing and a real-time support chat between customers and the client.
Polymorphic Software
Junior Software Developer Intern
Aug 2023 – Oct 2023
Glendale, CA
- Built reusable UI features in React and Angular, improving UI/UX and adding new functionality.
- Collaborated with an overseas team of eight in daily Agile standups across multiple time zones.
- Managed workflow with Git and Bitbucket, testing features and submitting pull requests for code review.
Professional Pathways
Lead Web Designer
Jul 2022 – Sep 2022
Glendale, CA
- Designed, built, and deployed a client website in WordPress, working in close daily coordination with the client.
- Iterated through multiple client revisions, focusing on responsive layout, mobile readability, and SEO.
Target
Electronics Department Consultant
Nov 2023 – Jun 2025
Glendale, CA
- Advised customers on electronics purchases, supporting sales and product engagement.
- Managed high-ticket inventory and backroom organization.
Projects & Skills
Each project below shows the technologies used to build it. Hover any tech to see how often it appears across my work, click any project for the full breakdown.
Activities
College Corps (California Volunteers by Office of the Governor)
Customer Service & Data Entry Volunteer
Aug 2024 – Jul 2025
Glendale, CA
- Led operations during 5 LA City Food Bank distributions, overseeing scheduling and record-keeping.
- Responsible for implementing automation for computerized tasks such as data input and scheduling.