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Hi, I'm Charles!

Solution Architect | System Design | Cloud, Security, and Modernization | Software Engineer

I design and build scalable, secure systems with hands-on expertise in payment integrations, legacy modernization, and cloud-native architecture on Azure.

I'm an AI-assisted coding enthusiast with extensive hands-on experience using GitHub Copilot and Claude Code to accelerate delivery and improve engineering workflows.

πŸ… Certifications

Azure Solutions Architect Azure AI Engineer Azure DevOps Engineer Azure Developer


πŸ”§ What I Work With

Cloud & DevOps

Azure Kubernetes Docker Azure DevOps GitHub Actions

Backend

Java J2EE/Jakarta EE Spring Boot Spring Security

Frontend

Angular TypeScript JavaScript

AI & Data

Azure OpenAI Python


🎯 Areas of Focus

  • Payment Integration - PCI-compliant payment gateways, CyberSource, Authorize.Net, secure transaction processing
  • Legacy Modernization - Migrating monoliths to microservices, strangler fig pattern, cloud-native transformation
  • System Design - Architecting distributed systems, microservices, and event-driven architectures
  • Azure Development - Building cloud-native applications with Azure services
  • AI & RAG - Implementing Retrieval-Augmented Generation patterns with Azure OpenAI
  • Identity & Security - OAuth 2.0, OIDC, Spring Security, secure coding practices
  • DevOps - CI/CD pipelines, containerization, Kubernetes orchestration

πŸ—οΈ Architecture Signals

  • Design for non-functional requirements: scalability, resilience, security, and operability
  • Apply reliability patterns: retries, idempotency, circuit breaking, and failure isolation
  • Build observability in from day one: structured logging, metrics, tracing, and alerting
  • Use API-first and event-driven integration patterns for evolvable systems
  • Drive modernization using incremental migration strategies (strangler pattern)

πŸ“Œ Featured Projects

Project Description Tech Stack
ShopEase AI Experiment AI-assisted e-commerce build comparing GitHub Copilot and Claude Code with architecture and delivery learnings Angular, TypeScript, Node.js, Azure B2C
Azure Functions OpenAI RAG Chatbot Serverless RAG chatbot using Azure OpenAI + Azure AI Search with deploy-ready architecture and documentation Python, Azure Functions, Azure OpenAI, Azure AI Search
Task Manager Full-stack task manager built as a rapid GitHub Copilot experiment with architecture and implementation docs Angular, Spring Boot, MariaDB, GitHub Copilot
Angular SPA API-driven SPA demonstrating service integration and frontend-backend contract design Spring Boot, Angular, TypeScript
Snake Game Lightweight interactive project demonstrating clean state management fundamentals JavaScript, HTML5 Canvas

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Currently exploring: Azure AI Services, CKAD certification, and distributed system patterns

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