# Robert Guss > Freelance Senior Software Engineer & Educator. Top 1% TypeScript engineer globally on GitHub. I’ve taught over 50,000 developers through my courses, books, tutorials, and podcast. Location: Greater Philadelphia, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/robertguss I build production-ready MVPs in 2 weeks. ⚡ Using AI-native development workflows, I ship 5-10x faster than traditional development—without cutting corners. Full-stack applications with auth, payments, admin dashboards, and 85%+ test coverage. You own everything. 📊 The receipts: → Top 1% of TypeScript developers globally on GitHub → 4,600+ contributions in 2025 alone → 50,000+ developers taught through HowToCode.io → 3 books written Shipping fast means nothing if you can't understand what's being built. I've spent years teaching complex technical concepts to thousands of people—so you'll always know exactly what's happening with your project and why. 🛠️ Two ways to work together: - DevFast → A complete MVP delivered in 2 weeks. Ideal for founders who need to validate fast and ship faster. - Contract Engineering → I embed with your team as senior engineering capacity. Architecture reviews, AI integration, and code that ships. I treat every project like my own—because I've built my own products, courses, and businesses. Your urgency is my urgency. 🚀 Ready to ship? DM me or book a call at robertguss.com ## Work Experience ### Staff Software Engineer & Technologist @ Westminster Theological Seminary Jan 2024 – Present | Glenside, PA Currently building an AI automation for auto assigning small groups for our online students across various time zones. Solving one of our most complex and persistent student support issues. Automate our course creation process saving over 120-160 hours of manual work Automate student onboarding processes reducing support tickets by 30% Automate support ticket triage which has significantly reduced the need to manually check all incoming tickets. Create & maintain ETL pipelines for data analysis & BI Create custom sentiment analysis app for measuring student satisfaction surveys Discover & surface rich data sources previous unknown to my team and the organization as a whole which has provided tremendously valuable insights for making data-driven and informed decisions ### Technology/Learning Experience Specialist @ Westminster Theological Seminary Jan 2024 – Jan 2024 | Glenside, Pennsylvania, United States Technical support for faculty, staff, and students Create internal tools to automate various tasks to support our online students Skills: Python, Troubleshooting, Problem-solving, Help Desk ### Creator & Educator @ HowToCode.io Jan 2017 – Present | Hatboro, PA Teach over 50,000 developers through my Udemy courses with over 2,000 reviews Author of three books on Astro, The Go programming language, and Jamstack Host of the HowToCode podcast with over 20,000 downloads Creator of howtocode.io, which has over 70 tutorials on various web development topics and technologies with an average of 3,000 new users per month ### Senior Frontend Developer / Solutions Engineer @ Airplane Jan 2023 – Jan 2024 Acquired by Airtable in January 2024 Developed landing pages (including the landing page used to launch on Product Hunt) Integrated a custom Salesforce API with our “book a demo” form for sales engineers and account executives Developed custom views, tasks, and templates to expedite customer onboarding Provided technical customer support, achieving an average response time of under 8 minutes Redesigned documentation information architecture Skills: Next.js, React, TypeScript, Tailwind CSS ### Senior Frontend Developer / Developer Experience Engineer @ Cypress.io Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 Developed new landing pages for the redesign of our marketing site Created and maintained various repos and plugins in the Cypress ecosystem, like our GitHub Action, CircleCI Orb, VSCode plugin, and the "Real World App" Accelerated the launch of Cypress component testing through rigorous testing, debugging, and API design by creating demos and examples apps Led the migration from Nuxt.js to Docusaurus for our documentation site Co-authored the Real World Testing with Cypress curriculum, which teaches developers how to test modern web applications Created instructional videos, tutorials, documentation, and example apps Skills: Next.js, React, MDX, Xstate, TypeScript, Tailwind CSS, Cypress, GitHub Actions, Circle CI, Docusaurus ### Senior Frontend Developer @ InsureMyTrip Jan 2018 – Jan 2021 | Warwick, Rhode Island Led the initiative to revamp front-end tooling for the engineering team, increasing code quality and developer productivity Drove cultural shift toward automated testing, which significantly reduced customer-facing issues and bugs Partnered with product managers and UX to design and launch a new quote form, enhancing the travel insurance purchase process ### Senior Frontend Developer @ Unknown Jan 2014 – Jan 2019 Design & develop custom sites and applications Develop custom WordPress themes and child themes Custom integrations with 3rd party APIs and services Optimize sites for performance, page speed, SEO, image optimization, etc. ### Web Developer @ DNL OmniMedia, Inc. Jan 2017 – Jan 2018 | Arlington, NY Created and maintained several websites and applications for various nonprofits Migrated our tooling and build system from Gulp to Webpack ### Front-End Developer @ inMusic Brands Jan 2015 – Jan 2017 | Cumberland, RI Led front-end development across a portfolio of 14+ company websites Built high-converting microsites and landing pages for product launches Developed responsive HTML emails ## Education ### BM in Composition Berklee College of Music Jan 2009 – Jan 2013 ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/rguss - Website: https://www.robertguss.com/ --- Source: https://flows.cv/robertguss JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/robertguss/resume.json Last updated: 2026-03-29