Developer Advocate · FAB L2 Judge · Church Leader · Writer
Austin, TX · UT Austin CS '19 · 🇺🇸🇹🇼
I'm a developer advocate at Global Payments, where I close the gap between what the SDK can do and what developers actually ship. That means building multi-language integration samples and guides (PHP, .NET, Node.js, Java, Python, Go), writing documentation that treats developers like engineers, and designing community programs that turn one-time integrators into long-term participants.
Before advocacy, I spent four and a half years as a full-stack software engineer at RetailMeNot — React, PHP, and Java across desktop and mobile. I've also worked at Shome, Khoros, and Audible, which gave me a wide surface area of languages and problem spaces early on.
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Day job: PHP · .NET · Node.js · Java · Python · Go
Background: React · Ruby on Rails · SQL · Cloudflare
Side projects: Next.js · TypeScript
I'm a Level 2 Certified Judge and the Judge Community Representative (JCR) for USA South Central — a regional role covering judge development, event operations, and community coordination. I also run a card business on TCGplayer (Creedo's Emporio), buying collections and selling singles. Currently playing Oscilio; building toward Katsu.
- Judge profile: judge.fabtcg.com/judges/ericjmlee
- Cards Instagram: @fabcreedo
- TCGplayer store: Creedo's Emporio
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I serve at HMCC Austin — playing keys for worship and leading a small group for working adults. I've been on short-term mission trips to the US, Latin America, and Asia. Faith informs how I think about work, community, and what I'm building toward.
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70+ posts since 2019 across faith, leadership, reflection, practice, relationships, purpose, and craft. Formerly ran Savvy Saturdays, a weekly newsletter (2020–2021).
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- Moodify — NLP tool that categorized songs by mood and built playback queues to match (Python, ML)
- TasteAI — AI recipe assistant built at MHacks X (Python, Flask, PostgreSQL, scikit-learn, Redis)
- Air Drum Glove — play drums without a drum set, via an Arduino-powered wearable (Java, Python, Arduino)
- Site: ericjmlee.com
- LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/ericjmlee

