John R

Director of Engineering

Aug 2025 - Present • 1 yr 2 mos

Lead and oversee all engineering operations, driving technical vision, agile delivery, and project success. Act as both Scrum Master and Project Manager, directly collaborating with executive leadership to align development priorities with business goals. Champion customer integrations and nurture high-performing, cross-functional teams, while remaining hands-on in software development alongside the team. Key Achievements: - Promoted to Director of Engineering after successfully leading the Full Stack team and delivering critical projects on schedule. - Facilitate agile ceremonies as Scrum Master, removing blockers and ensuring continuous progress within the engineering team. - Serve as a primary technical liaison, supporting clients with API integrations and addressing technical inquiries to ensure customer satisfaction. - Implement and refine engineering processes, tools, and workflows to drive efficiency, scalability, and code quality across the organization. - Plan, delegate, and track project tasks, balancing development, QA, and customer integration priorities for multiple concurrent products. - Manage and mentor developers and testers, conducting code reviews and test plan assessments to guarantee robust deliverables. - Work closely with the CEO and founder to define, discuss, and prioritize strategic initiatives and next steps for the development roadmap. - Continue to contribute directly to codebases and technical solutions, collaborating with the team on complex development tasks.

Lead Full Stack Engineer

Apr 2024 - Aug 2025 • 1 yr 4 mos

Led a cross-functional engineering team to architect and deliver scalable web applications. Drove agile processes and CI/CD adoption to accelerate project delivery and ensure robust, high-performance solutions. Key Achievements: - Directed project architecture and team operations, ensuring timely, high-quality releases. - Implemented modern cloud infrastructure with Heroku, Netlify, React, Node.js, Express, PostgreSQL, Prisma, and GraphQL. - Enhanced application reliability and user satisfaction by proactively resolving performance issues. - Integrated Jira for agile workflows and streamlined deployments with CI/CD pipelines.