# 🍕 Andy Aragon > Senior Software Engineer @Babylist | AI-Native Development | Full Stack Location: San Francisco Bay Area, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/andyaragon I'm a full-stack engineer with 20+ years of experience who bridges the gap between engineering and design. Currently, I'm a Senior Software Engineer at Babylist, where I've been pioneering AI-driven development workflows over the past year. I use LLMs to fundamentally transform how our small team maintains velocity without compromising quality, leveraging AI for project scoping, debugging, and feature development. Beyond AI tooling, I build frontend and backend services that impact millions of families. I care deeply about developer productivity that helps teams ship consistently and sustainably. Technical expertise: React/TypeScript, JavaScript (ES6+), Ruby/Rails, Node.js, AWS, GraphQL, Docker, Redis. Background: UX/UI design, user research, developer tools, project management, team leadership. In my free time, I'm constantly experimenting with AI tools, tweaking my homelab, and automating everything I can. ## Work Experience ### Senior Software Engineer (Full Stack) @ Babylist Jan 2021 – Present | Remote I build registry and commerce features that help millions of families navigate one of life's biggest transitions. Working across the full stack, I partner with product, design, and leadership to ship high-impact features that drive the business forward. Pioneer AI-augmented development workflows that enable our lean team to maintain velocity through careful planning and context management while leveraging LLMs for implementation. Ship full-stack features across React/TypeScript frontend and Ruby/Rails backend, serving millions of users at scale. Own projects end-to-end using Shape Up methodology: scope technical feasibility, architect solutions, ensure exceptional user experience across 6-week cycles. Established documentation standards, improved tooling, and streamlined development processes that keep us shipping consistently. Mentor junior engineers on development practices, including effective approaches to AI-assisted development. Maintain system reliability and scale infrastructure for growing user base. ### UX Engineer @ Babylist Jan 2018 – Present | Oakland, CA ### Product Designer & Developer @ Freelance Jan 2004 – Present | San Francisco Bay Area Freelance multi-disciplinary design and development at your service. ### Co-Founder @ Dolo (Tea Time Labs) Jan 2016 – Jan 2018 | San Francisco Bay Area Dolo is a privacy-focused location-based message board for uncovering conversations happening right around you. Backed by Floodgate and select angel investors. ### Lead UX Designer @ Chronicled Jan 2015 – Jan 2017 | San Francisco Bay Area Executed and delivered IoT experiences focused on the organization’s open source platform, leveraging cryptographically secure NFC/BLE chips registered to the ethereum blockchain for authentication, e-commerce, provenance, supply chain, and finance-related use cases Engineered and launched the Chronicled iOS app, enabling users to verify the authenticity and provenance of luxury goods and other physical items on the blockchain. Planned and launched the chronicled.org website featuring Chronicled's open source initiative, case studies, and live demo. Launched a smart art gallery exhibition at 111 Minna Gallery, allowing guests to connect mobile phones to BLE-enabled works of art to discover more about the artwork. Created a cohesive design language across branded materials: pitch decks, prints, white papers. Ideated and implemented a cohesive design language across branded materials, including pitch decks, prints, and white papers. ### Senior UX Engineer @ Wunwun Jan 2014 – Jan 2015 | Greater New York City Area Spearheaded the design and development of the business’s logistics and operations platform. Redesigned a system that enables a fleet of bike messengers in NYC and SF to deliver products to customers in under an hour. Undertook extensive user research, resulting in UX improvements to the business’s delivery app. Collaborated across teams to engineer and develop an iPhone app using AngularJS, providing bike messengers with the information necessary to complete orders with a high degree of efficiency. Handled complex projects from content to completion by working directly with key stakeholders with aggressive deadlines in an agile environment. Wunwun was acquired by Alfred (helloalfred.com) in 2015. ### Creative Director @ Gracenote Jan 2013 – Jan 2014 | San Francisco Supported the strategic acquisition of Gravity Mobile, which now operates as Gracenote's global creative services agency. Demonstrated expertise leading and mentoring a 4-person team, with the focus of creating interactive experiences for international clients and internal business initiatives. Oversaw the design of user interface concepts, deliver products for automotive headsets, and produced second-screen, 10-foot, mobile, and web platforms. Partnered with clients and product owners to define project requirements, implement interfaces with design and engineering teams, and develop wireframes, prototypes, and visual designs. Defined and established all aspects of UI design from start to completion, including resourcing, schedules, budgets, and deliverables. Gracenote was acquired by Tribune Media Services in 2014. ### Director of UI Design @ Gravity Mobile Jan 2008 – Jan 2013 | San Francisco, CA Led the concept and development of mobile applications across iPhone, iPad, Android, Blackberry, Brew, Java, and Windows. Streamlined and generated interactive web applications for clients including ABC, Adobe, AT&T, Fox, MLB, Nielsen, NTT, Pandora, Qualcomm, Sony, Sprint, Wikia, and Verizon. Organized, facilitated, and defined the user experience through wireframes, interaction flows, storyboards, sitemaps, and functional HTML prototypes. Recognized for strong leadership skills in motivating diverse visual design teams to generate pixel perfect designs. Gravity Mobile was acquired by Gracenote in 2008. ### Senior UI Engineer @ Gravity Mobile Jan 2007 – Jan 2008 | San Francisco, CA Built the backend infrastructure for Shazam (music recognition app)—an Apache Tomcat service which accepted audio files and returned a song match with relevant information like links to song downloads and lyrics. Created a metrics dashboard for Shazam to track growth, usage, and trends. Designed the user interface for MusicID, Gravity Mobile's in-house music recognition app, and ported the design across BREW, Blackberry, Android, and iPhone using a custom cross-platform UI framework. Worked intimately with Verizon to design their VCAST App Store experience on Android. Collaborated with Fox Mobile to create Bitbop, a streaming video service on Blackberry, iPhone, and Android — developing a strategy for the user experience and addressing the limitations and characteristics of each platform. ### Interaction + Visual Designer @ Six Apart Jan 2005 – Jan 2007 | San Francisco, CA Developed wireframes, task flows, and visual design concepts for Vox, LiveJournal, TypePad, and MovableType. Created working user interface prototypes (HTML/CSS/JS) for usability testing. Worked closely with the LiveJournal community — organizing events, copy writing, and reaching out to users for feedback. ## Education ### Bachelors of Fine Art in New Media / Graphic Design Academy of Art University ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/andyhmai --- Source: https://flows.cv/andyaragon JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/andyaragon/resume.json Last updated: 2026-04-13