FULL-STACK SOFTWARE ENGINEER · FRISCO, TEXAS

April
Vanderslice

Full-stack software engineer with experience across JavaScript, REST APIs, and AWS cloud services. Currently building an independent, AI-integrated iOS app. Based in Frisco, Texas.

Feb 2026 — Present
Frisco, TX

Independent iOS Developer & Software Engineer

Self-Employed

Building an AI-integrated grocery-spending tracker end to end.

  • Designing a SwiftUI app that parses receipts (PDF or photo) with PDFKit text extraction and AI-based parsing to identify item names, prices, and quantities.
  • Built a data-visualization layer that surfaces category-level spending patterns so users can spot high-cost areas and make informed budget decisions.
  • Own the full product lifecycle, architecture, UI/UX, and iteration, deepening SwiftUI, on-device document processing, and applied AI/LLM integration.
May 2025 — Feb 2026
Dish account · Contract

Software Engineer

Tech Mahindra

Event-driven architecture across production AWS systems.

  • Designed and built event-driven architectures on AWS with EventBridge — configuring buses, rules, targets, and schemas.
  • Integrated Lambda, Step Functions, SQS, SNS, and DynamoDB to meet architecture best practices and improve reliability.
  • Delivered dead-letter queue, retry, and error-handling improvements that increased the reliability of event-driven services.
  • Coordinated across engineering teams to support active releases with minimal downtime.
Jan 2024 — May 2025

Parental Leave

Took leave following the birth of my child.

Sept 2022 — Jan 2024
Plano, TX

Software Engineer

Dish Network

Converted from contractor to full-time on demonstrated domain expertise.

  • Recognized for mobile device management domain expertise and hired full-time.
  • Identified and resolved production issues through proactive monitoring, improving system stability.
  • Partnered with the architecture team to bridge system-design intent and business requirements.
May 2022 — Sept 2022
Dish account · Contract

Software Engineer

Tech Mahindra

College-hire cohort supporting Dish's MVNO expansion.

  • Gained hands-on Agile and full SDLC experience as part of a college-hire cohort.
  • Configured Google Cloud Platform, Apigee, and serverless Lambda functions to support MVNO product features.
  • Collaborated with solution architects to understand end-to-end systems and inform feature development.

B.S. Web Design & Development

Full Sail University · 2020–2022 · Salutatorian, 3.9 GPA

LANGUAGES & UI
Node.js
React
HTML / CSS
SwiftUI
C#
CLOUD & BACKEND
AWS
Express
PostgreSQL
REST APIs
Event-Driven Architecture
Totalist v2

Totalist v2

Full-stack rebuild — custom API, PostgreSQL, JWT auth.

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Quizzes

Quizzes

GitHub OAuth login with Twig SSR + React front end.

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Home Library

Home Library

Book catalog using the Open Library API + Context.

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User Dashboard

User Dashboard

React Router dashboard with Recharts + live API data.

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Totalist v1

Totalist v1

First version — HTML, Bootstrap, and JavaScript.

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Babyland Recreation

Babyland Recreation

Template rebuild using floats and pseudo-classes.

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