# Ryan Leaf

> SWE @ Tetricus Labs | Mental Health Diagnostics

Location: New York, New York, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/ryanleaf

Hi, I'm Ryan! I'm currently building a precision psychiatric platform at Tetricus Labs. Connect if you're interested in mental health, software, running or cycling.

## Work Experience
### Senior Software Engineer @ Tetricus Labs
Jan 2023 – Present | New York, New York, United States
Precision psychiatry leveraging AI.

### Senior Product Engineer @ Fisherman
Jan 2022 – Jan 2023 | Remote (NYC)
Responsible for go-to-market and product at Fisherman.

Highlights:

- Co-built and launched a new salon-focused brand called Glammatic. This process involved extensive market research, collaboration with marketing, and the development of sales and customer success processes to support a new market focus.

- Established early product-market fit within the salon industry. Bolstered existing efforts in the restaurant industry.

- Managed a cross-functional product roadmap.

- Key decision maker on product strategy and company focus areas.

### Founder & Chief Architect @ StrategyHero: Strategy for Startups
Jan 2018 – Jan 2022 | United States
Primary product & engineering leader managing a team of 3 engineers. Responsible for all system architecture and design. Also responsible for UI/UX, user testing, customer interviews, prototyping, and product management.

Tech Stack: Rails, React (ES2019), PostgreSQL, Sidekiq, Redis, Hocuspocus, Kubernetes (EKS), Docker, GitlabCI

Our design stack: Figma, Invision, Canva, Icons8, Webflow

### DevOps Engineer/Backend Engineer @ Fisherman
Jan 2019 – Jan 2022 | New York, New York, United States
1st non-intern engineering hire.

Enabled user-driven asynchronous website generation by building Fisherman Automated Site Technology (FAST) backend and corresponding infrastructure. Co-created Fisherman's website generation monorepo. Technologies used: Node.js, Docker, Kubernetes/EKS, Gatsby, Amazon SQS

Built online ordering system for the #1 restaurant and hospitality POS vendor in the US with 2 other engineers over the span of 10 days. Technologies used: Django, PostgreSQL

Conducted extensive AWS security audit to ensure compliance with best practices, including least privilege principles, appropriate VPC configuration and restrictive IAM permissioning.

Migrated existing production Django backend from Elastic Beanstalk to EKS.

Set up and configured CI/CD pipelines for mission-critical business application. Technologies used: CircleCI

Established early engineering management processes, including the use of Agile planning processes and backlogging. Technologies used: Notion, Shortcut

### Software Architect @ Cobu
Jan 2017 – Jan 2018 | Boston, MA

### Consultant @ Cobu
Jan 2017 – Jan 2017 | Boston, MA

### Product Management @ Red Hat
Jan 2014 – Jan 2015 | Westford, MA


## Education
### Management Information Systems
Worcester Polytechnic Institute

### Wilbraham & Monson Academy


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/ryanleafpm
- Website: https://www.ryanleaf.org

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Last updated: 2026-03-22