AI-Native Full Stack Engineer & Technical Leader

Hey, I'm Ernie

AI-native Full Stack engineer with 9 years scaling startups to tens of millions in revenue. Power user of Claude Code, OpenAI Codex, GitHub Spec Kit, and LLMs - helping teams adopt AI development workflows.

I lead engineering teams and ship polished user experiences through hands-on technical leadership.

Open for long-term remote engagements and visa sponsorships.

Experience: 9+ years
Location: Remote

Skills

Deep experience across the full stack

Frontend

React

TypeScript

Next.js

Redux Toolkit

Ant Design

Shadcn

Backend

Ruby on Rails

PostgreSQL

Redis

Node.js

GraphQL

Elasticsearch

AI/ML

Vercel AI SDK

GitHub Spec Kit

Braintrust

DevOps/Tools

Docker

GitHub Actions

Vercel

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Philosophy

Principles & Practices

Development

Functional Programming

Leveraging pure functions, immutability, and composability to build predictable and maintainable systems.

Purity & Immutability

Writing side-effect-free code with immutable data structures for easier testing and reasoning.

Strong Typing

Using TypeScript's type system to catch errors at compile time and improve developer experience.

AI-Enhanced Development

Extensively using Claude Code, Codex, and other AI tools to accelerate development and improve code quality.

Developer Experience First

Prioritizing great tooling, powerful linting setups, and smooth workflows that make development a joy.

SOLID Principles

Following object-oriented design principles (Single Responsibility, Open-Closed, Liskov Substitution, Interface Segregation, Dependency Inversion) for maintainable code.

Architecture

Feature-Sliced Design

Organizing code by business features with clear layer boundaries for scalable frontend architecture.

Domain-Driven Design

Modeling software architecture based on business domain complexity and ubiquitous language.

Favorite Articles

Parse, Don't Validate

A type-driven approach to data validation that makes invalid states unrepresentable at compile time.

Making Invalid States Unrepresentable

Designing data structures and types so that illegal states cannot be constructed in the first place.

You Might Not Need an Effect

Essential React guidance on when to avoid useEffect and use more appropriate patterns for better code.

Choose Boring Technology

Dan McKinley's influential piece on why you should prefer proven, stable technology over shiny new tools.

Inspiration

Favorite Videos

Portfolio

Selected product partnerships

Marketing automation for social and community teams. Scaled to an $80M valuation in year one.

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Websites for creators powered by their social tokens and NFTs.

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Global marketplace for intercity bus travel.

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Telegram advertising marketplace for creators and brands.

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Escrow platform enabling safe investments into crypto startups.

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Marketplace for curated travel and local experiences.

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Performance marketing exchange for mobile growth teams.

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