Technical & Business Consulting for the Rest of Us

A former FAANG Staff Engineer combining practical founder experience with Silicon Valley strategy expertise for scaling startups. I’m passionate about bridging the gap between business, community-building, and engineering—helping teams grow sustainable products by balancing their business and technical goals with those of their users.

Currently available at a target rate of $350/hr.

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Where I Can Help

Having been on both sides of the table, I understand the challenges of finding reliable technical partners who can independently own and drive projects forward. Whether as an individual contributor or as a team lead, I can help you:

End-to-End Technical Leadership

  • Independent project ownership and execution
  • Clear, actionable deliverables
  • Strategic decision-making
  • Regular, meaningful updates

Technical Strategy & Architecture

  • API design validation
  • Stack selection advice
  • Scaling strategy review
  • Make-vs-buy decisions
  • Technical debt assessment

MVP Development Strategy

  • Feature prioritization
  • Risk assessment
  • Resource Allocation
  • Launch planning

Organizational Culture & Practices

  • Code review processes
  • Documentation systems
  • Technical evaluation and hiring
  • Mentoring programs

Experience That Matters

I’ve worn many different hats throughout my career. Here is a selection of relevant work that shows my breadth of skills and experience.

Founder Perspective

I spent my last 4 years building FujoCoded, an independent small-tech company bridging technology, education and fandom. As part of this I:

  • Built and launched multiple real-world project from concept to production, both independently and with a team
  • Managed distributed, contractors and volunteers teams across multiple time zones and expertise levels
  • Successfully raised $27k across two crowdfunding campaigns targeting niche markets
  • Balanced technical decisions with business constraint with uncommon technical and business requirements
  • Developed expertise across key business functions including technical leadership, strategic planning, team development, and stakeholder communications

Big Tech Experience

I spent 10+ years working in FAANG, developing and scaling cross-organizational systems for products used by millions. As part of this I:

  • Made high-scale system architecture decisions producing and reviewing highly technical design documents
  • Developed internal and external infrastructure balancing the needs of multiple stakeholders across multiple functions
  • Created maintainable, well-documented code spanning frontend, backend, and infrastructure development, including large-scale Machine Learning systems
  • …and more!

Technical, Business and Community Leadership

I’ve worked with and mentored a wide variety of people from many backgrounds, and led communities of all types. As part of this I:

  • Built and mentored remote teams, with an emphasis on growing junior and hobbyists developers, guiding them past time and skills constraints
  • Developed and implemented multiple roadmaps for ambitious projects successfully delivered within a limited timescale and limited resources
  • Founded and managed multiple small communities, including a 300-people technical community covering hobbyists, student, junior and senior developers
  • Currently scaling multiple organizations I founded which include both a technology-focusedy business and a technology-related non-profit initiative
  • Wrote an accessible guide to Git, GitHub and general Version Control for a non-traditional non-technical public

Technologies I Know

I’m extremely knowledgeable about the TypeScript ecosystem, and I’ve been leading projects using React, NextJS, React Query, Storybook, and Astro for the past 5 years. I love building plugins, and I’ve done so for Storybook, Vite, MDX (UnifiedJS), Astro, Jest, Express, Zod and more. I also love integrating software together, and I’ve done work with PayPal, Stripe, Discord, social sites including Twitter and Tumblr, GitHub (including Actions) and others.

I have experience across the full webdev stack, including both backend (Express, PostreSQL, SQLite, Redis, Drizzle, and others), frontend (including mastery of CSS), and NPM libraries (both utilities and design systems). I love building libraries on NPM and REST APIs.

I have some experience with system administration, including NixOS and NGINX.

I love trying new technologies and working across their boundaries to make them work together. Even if I’m not familiar with what you use, I can catch up to speed quickly.

In my professional career, I’ve also worked with Python, Java, and C++.

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