Fremont, California, United States
I lead the engineering vision and day‑to‑day execution of an AI‑powered interactive storytelling studio, architecting both front‑end and back‑end systems to deliver a polished, user‑first experience.
Architected & Developed Studio Workflow Tooling: Designed a modular, drag‑and‑drop story editor using TypeScript, Next.js, and React Flow—empowering users to visually build and link narrative nodes with real‑time previews.
Built Scalable Server & API Layer: Implemented RESTful endpoints in TypeScript on Bun, backed by AWS DynamoDB for low‑latency data access and S3 for media storage.
Secured Authentication & Authorization: Integrated JWT‑based auth flows, role‑based access controls, and token management to protect user data and enforce permissions.
Owned Cloud Infrastructure & Deployment: Deployed and maintained production environments on AWS EC2, optimized CDN distribution via CloudFront, and configured Cloudflare for edge security and performance.
Cross‑Functional Leadership: Collaborate daily with the CEO, product manager, and design team to translate business requirements into technical deliverables; mentor and delegate tasks across front‑end and back‑end engineers to ensure alignment, code quality, and on‑time delivery.
Demonstrated strong stewardship of project architecture, driving continuous improvement in code maintainability, deployment automation, and team productivity.