Database Engineering

Database Engineer.

Relational design, SQL, schema discipline, migrations, performance and database-backed application architecture, with enough application context to keep the model useful in production.

Databases
MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQLite
Focus
Schemas and migrations
Concern
Data integrity
Location
Trinidad, W.I.

01 / Professional profile

Data structures that hold up under product pressure.

Builds around relational models, predictable state changes and database choices that make applications easier to support.

Data design keeps application behaviour, reporting and operations coherent.

04 / Selected work

Systems where data modelling matters.

Selected systems where schema shape, transactional state and query behaviour matter.

01

Financial platform

Archimedes Finance

Relational modelling and account-state consistency mattered throughout.

A financial management product with account workflows, reporting, secure authentication, identity checks and role-based client and manager experiences.

  • Vue
  • Node.js
  • PostgreSQL
  • Fintech
02

Workforce management

Staff Management Portal

Structured staff, attendance and certification data around practical workflow rules.

An end-to-end HR and workforce platform integrating Drupal, PHP, a custom Linux server and Vue CLI mobile applications for attendance, leave, certification and staff administration.

  • Drupal
  • PHP
  • Vue
  • Linux
  • Mobile
03

Cryptocurrency payments

F18 Pay

State handling around balances, addresses and transaction history relied on disciplined data flow.

A lightweight Node.js payment-processing platform using a central Bitcoin node and managed node providers for resilient address, balance and block-history checks. Expanded from Bitcoin to Ethereum and selected ERC-20 tokens, and informed bespoke systems delivered for at least three clients.

  • Node.js
  • Bitcoin
  • Ethereum
  • ERC-20
  • Payments
04

Outbound operations

Campaign Desk

Campaign entities, follow-up state and analytics benefit from disciplined schema design.

A campaign and prospect-management workspace for structured outreach, messaging, follow-ups, analytics and reusable workflows.

  • Vue
  • Cloudflare
  • D1
  • Workflow design
05

Privacy-focused analytics

Signal Map

Analytics, aggregation and explanation require careful modelling of metrics and events.

A cookie-free analytics platform built through agentic development workflows, pairing performance results with interpreted insights instead of invasive visitor tracking.

  • Vue
  • Privacy
  • Analytics
  • Agentic development
06

Social publishing

Social Publisher

Publishing queues, drafts and schedules need predictable relational state.

A Codex-built multi-platform publishing product for creating, previewing, scheduling and distributing platform-aware content from one interface.

  • Next.js
  • Codex
  • Automation
  • APIs

02 / Professional experience

Professional history.

Roles that emphasise schema design, SQL and the operational consequences of stored state.

Database Engineer

2014-2016

Micronet · United Kingdom

Worked within engineering teams developing SQL databases and applications for finance and healthcare clients.

  • Focused on SQL database work and application data design for client systems.
  • Built habits around query discipline, schema clarity and dependable stored state.

Software Engineer

2018-Present

Flat 18 Microsystems Development · Trinidad and Tobago

Designs and delivers bespoke applications, databases, infrastructure and deployment environments for clients across HR, finance, marketing and blockchain.

  • Shapes relational models, queries and migrations that support the product and infrastructure work above.
  • Keeps transactional and operational data reliable enough to support production decisions.

IT Specialist

2016-2018

Advanced Weighing Systems · Trinidad and Tobago

Built inventory, certification, HR and salary systems while improving office infrastructure and local administration.

  • Handled business data structures for stock, staff and payroll-adjacent workflows.
  • Kept operational records coherent across user-facing screens and back-office reporting.

03 / Technical expertise

Data before decoration.

Relational design, migrations and integrity work used in production.

Data

Relational design, migration strategy and integrity checks are the primary focus.

MySQL · PostgreSQL · SQLite · Database design · Data modelling

Applications

Application frameworks sit on top of the schema and query layer.

Vue · React · Next.js · Node.js · Drupal · WordPress · NativeScript

Languages

SQL sits alongside the application languages used around it.

JavaScript · TypeScript · PHP · Python · SQL · HTML · CSS · Sass

Infrastructure

Infrastructure decisions matter when data services must stay reliable.

Ubuntu Server · Linux · Docker · Apache · Nginx · Cloudflare · Vercel · Windows Server

Networks & systems

Stable connectivity and controlled access support dependable database operations.

Ubiquiti · EdgeOS · OpenWrt · Samba · Raspberry Pi · Self-hosting

AI-assisted engineering

AI-assisted workflows are useful for migrations, queries and schema exploration when checked carefully.

Claude Code · Codex · Ollama · Agentic workflows · Architecture supervision

05 / Education

Education and training.

Formal study that helps frame the data layer and the systems around it.

South Trinidad
Secondary education · 2004-2011

POS Trinidad
Undergraduate studies in Radiography · 2013-2014

IoT Ireland
Studies in graphic design, web design and database architecture · 2013

06 / Availability and contact

Need someone to shape the schema before the application starts to drift?

Available for database work where modelling, integrity and maintainability are the primary concern.