About Justin

Builder first. Translator always.

I'm a software engineer and consultant who helps teams turn difficult product ideas into clear, maintainable systems.

My work spans frontend architecture, product development, legacy modernization, AI-assisted workflows, developer tooling, and emerging technology. I'm most useful where technical depth and practical product judgment need to meet.

United States · Working remotely

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8+ yearsprofessional engineering
Product + platformfrom interface to infrastructure
Hands-on deliverystrategy that ends in shipped work

Experience

A career spent making software more useful.

From healthcare and contractor platforms to blockchain products, shared frontend systems, and AI-assisted engineering.

Some(Scripting)

Software Engineering Consultant

  • Advised Paperstac on agentic software development workflows and designed prompts that produce reviewable work with human oversight and correction built in.
  • Optimized CI/CD pipelines and automated workflows to improve development efficiency and reduce manual intervention.
  • Designed and implemented project blueprints for rebuilding existing applications from scratch.

Paperstac

Software Engineer

  • Built shared UI and Storybook libraries in a Turborepo supporting three or more applications.
  • Developed reusable React components for Next.js products.
  • Maintained legacy applications, resolved production issues, and integrated AI-driven features.

Bridge Discussion/Job Searching

Software Engineer

  • Developed using a JavaScript stack (React/Next.js) with GCP/Firebase
  • Designed and implemented product features for Bridge Discussion
  • Built functional demos for funding presentations

Cardano Goat

Software Engineer

  • Developed WASM-integrated applications for seamless interaction with Cardano blockchain
  • Worked with React, Next.js, TypeScript, TailwindCSS, Rust, WebAssembly, IPFS, and Cardano wallet extensions
  • Integrated cutting-edge open-source tools to maintain a competitive edge
  • Designed customer-focused products from 3D-rendered NFTs to full web applications

Freelance Contracts

Software Developer

  • Adapted to client requirements using Angular, React, Wix, GoDaddy, Google Firestore
  • Built full-stack websites from design wireframes, offering up to 3 revisions
  • Optimized website performance, reducing load times from 12s to 1-3s (90% faster) following Google's recommendations

Proxify

Angular Developer

  • Fixed a critical production login issue, restoring full application functionality
  • Developed and maintained Angular 5 frontend for a contractor job-finding platform

Therigy

Junior Software Developer

  • Built user-centric web applications using AngularJS 1.6
  • Maintained and upgraded three legacy software systems for specialty pharmacy prescription and appointment management
  • Developed testing suites for Quality Assurance, boosting efficiency by 60%

Sky Pirates

Frontend Developer

  • Developed and optimized an Angular 6+ frontend, achieving an 95% Google Lighthouse performance score
  • Fostered an inclusive work environment training new skydivers

Technical range

Broad enough to see the system. Deep enough to build it.

Languages

JavaScript, TypeScript, Rust, Golang, Python, PHP

Frontend systems

HTML5, CSS3, React.js, Next.js, TailwindCSS, Bootstrap, Redux, Angular, AngularJS

Backend & data

Node.js, Express.js, MongoDB, SQL, NoSQL, GraphQL, RESTful APIs, Google Firestore

Cloud & delivery

AWS, Google Cloud (GCP), Firebase, CI/CD, Docker, Kubernetes, Serverless, UNIX, Linux, Turborepo

Specialties

Microservices, Distributed Systems, Anthropic Prompting, Ollama Prompting, OpenAI Prompting, PWA, WebAssembly (WASM), Unreal Engine, Storybook, IPFS, Cardano (Blockchain), Wix, GoDaddy

Independent project

Some(Scripting)

A Markdown-powered engineering journal and testing ground for ideas in Next.js, TypeScript, accessibility, developer tooling, and the occasional deep dive.

Opinions shared here are my own and do not represent any employer.