# Albert Portnoy

> Senior Software Engineer at Canopy Connect

Location: Chicago, Illinois, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/albertportnoy

I'm an experienced full-stack developer with 5+ years of expertise in building scalable SaaS applications and contributing to open-source projects.

My accomplishments include:

- Developing a highly scalable bot and communications application that managed 15k customers, 6k daily users, and 250k daily requests.
- Contributing to over 30 GitHub repositories, encompassing personal initiatives, SaaS applications, and active open-source projects.

My technical skills include proficiency in:

NodeJS, TypeScript, React, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Svelte, Mongo, Git, GitHub, Docker, Bash, PostgreSQL, and Linux.

I also have moderate experience with Rust and Python.

If you need a skilled full-stack developer to build your SaaS application or contribute to your open-source project, I'm here to help.

## Work Experience
### Senior Software Engineer @ Canopy Connect
Jan 2022 – Present

### Software Engineer @ Code ETHS
Jan 2018 – Jan 2022
- Designed and developed scalable web apps for 85,000 weekly active users with agile responsiveness
- Integrated REST APIs for related downstream apps and ensured 99.99% uptime in production
- Created seamless browser extensions and designed UI and backends based on user needs
- Built Google integrations for authentication and search functionality
- Conducted usability and beta testing for quality assurance
- Worked with TypeScript/NodeJS, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Rust, Svelte, and MongoDB.

### Software Engineer - API and bot development @ Kable
Jan 2020 – Jan 2021
- Grew user base to 15,000 user groups and converted 100 customers to paid service through targeted feature releases and usability improvements
- Developed web scraping capabilities to handle over 250k daily requests from TikTok without being blocked, utilizing commercial proxy services and creative IP rotation logic
- Optimized application for speed, efficiency, and reliability with multithreading and rolling restarts, ensuring minimal downtime
- Provided responsive customer support with a 12-hour SLA for issue resolution, bug fixes, and feature requests
- Utilized a combination of free and paid promotions and SEO optimization to increase customer acquisition rate
- Measured usage with Google Analytics and a dashboard to prioritize feature development roadmap and evaluate promotion effectiveness
- Worked with TypeScript, NodeJS, MongoDB, HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/asportnoy
- Website: https://albertp.dev

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Last updated: 2026-03-22