Senior Staff Engineer at The Estée Lauder Companies, working across front-end architecture, shared platforms, design systems, digital commerce and applied AI. Contributions to ELC digital infrastructure since 2012, alongside independent products shaped by hands-on testing and clear engineering direction.
Senior Staff Engineer, Brand ExperienceApr 2023 - Mar 2025
Senior Staff Engineer, Global OnlineMay 2022 - Apr 2023
Expanded GitHub Copilot code review across 30+ repositories, then adjusted a few repositories to skip drafts or use reviewer-triggered final sweeps, balancing review coverage with developers’ usage allowances.
Supported Tom Ford and Lab Series launches on Shopify through engineering enablement, bidirectional Jira/GitHub issue linking and an integration preserving existing embedded quizzes and tools.
Defined shared-services architecture across four AI quality initiatives: audit trails, workflow orchestration, events, configuration and controlled write-back, with human review before enterprise-system updates.
Provided engineering oversight of vendor delivery for a GCP-based agentic AI platform targeting regulated quality workflows, aligning architecture, AI/ML and delivery teams.
Enabled Figma MCP with Copilot Agent for design-to-theme review; advanced design-library tooling and delivered short-notice UX enhancements to Jo Malone’s AI Scent Advisor.
Front-end architecture across ELC’s global beauty portfolio; graduated from the 2024 ELC Emerging Leaders Program.
Cognizant Softvision
Sep 2012 - May 2022
Senior Platform Architect, Front EndJan 2019 - May 2022
Senior Front-End ArchitectFeb 2017 - Jan 2019
Senior Drupal Engineer / Front End Team LeadDec 2015 - Feb 2017
Drupal EngineerSep 2012 - Dec 2015
Front-end platform architecture for ELC’s global beauty portfolio. Brand experience includes Estée Lauder, Clinique, M·A·C Cosmetics, La Mer, Jo Malone London and Tom Ford Beauty.
Independent product work began with Mock Band in August 2025; Signal & Habit became the shared studio identity in October 2026. I direct product and architecture, review changes and retain release approval; AI agents accelerate implementation and automated checks.
Mock Band — Adjustable browser backing band. Owned product direction, platform choice, requirements, hardware acceptance testing and merge decisions; agents implemented changes and ran automated checks.
Campare — Recreate an earlier photo with matching framing and angle, then compare before and after.
Scantrast — Scan food products and interpret nutrition against your saved daily targets.
KitchenGrade — Dated public restaurant inspection records and independent grades for Lake and Orange counties, Florida.
WaterGrade — A taste tool. Rate restaurant water and share water type, vessel and dispenser; taste does not establish safety.
Additional experience
Independent consulting
Sep 2006 - Sep 2018
Freelance ContractorSep 2006 - Sep 2018
Client work included Indian River Medical Center Foundation, Metal Injection, Junior Achievement of Central Florida and Foreclosures Daily.
Earlier experience
Bluespark Labs Drupal Themer, UI & Design Jun 2010 - Jun 2012
XOS Digital Front-End Web Developer Jul 2011 - Oct 2011
Bonnier Corporation Lead Web Developer Oct 2008 - Jun 2011
TV4, Stockholm Web Designer, Internship Feb 2011 - May 2011
AKT Enterprises Web Developer May 2008 - Nov 2008
EuroRSCG Web Developer Jul 2008 - Aug 2008
Education & development
Colorado State University Global B.S., Interdisciplinary Professional Studies · 2025 Summa cum laude · GPA 4.0
Valencia College Associate of Arts, General Studies · 2016 GPA 4.0 · Phi Theta Kappa · President’s List
Udacity React Nanodegree · 2018
Scaled Agile SAFe for Teams · 2019
Prepared from Paul’s LinkedIn profile, verified October 7, 2026.