# Ryan Trontz

> Technical Lead, Backend Platform @ Tinder

Location: Los Angeles Metropolitan Area, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/ryantrontz

Software Engineer (3+ years industry experience) architecting Elixir, Node.js, and Ruby on Rails backend services. Fiery passions for web app security @brom, TDD, the open-source community, ContextAPI (with or without Redux), and finding elegant solutions to inelegant problems through clearly articulated technical communication. "Master the vocabulary, and you will have power over the problem." | GitHub: https://github.com/tr00gle

## Work Experience
### Technical Lead, Backend Platform @ Tinder
Jan 2026 – Present | West Hollywood, CA

### Senior Software Engineer @ Tinder
Jan 2024 – Present | Los Angeles Metropolitan Area

### Infrastructure Engineer @ Tinder
Jan 2020 – Jan 2024 | West Hollywood, California, United States

### Software Engineer, Backend @ Dollar Shave Club
Jan 2018 – Jan 2020 | Marina Del Rey, CA

### Lead Online Instructor @ Codesmith
Jan 2018 – Jan 2020 | Venice, California

### Software Engineer @ brom
Jan 2018 – Jan 2019 | Los Angeles, California
- Highly configurable, HTTP transaction audit and analysis tool to pinpoint attack vectors throughout the development, continuous integration, and continuous deployment phases.
- Reduced load times and resource consumption by using Node Transform streams and a reverse proxy server to dynamically inject HTTP transaction tracking script into end-developer’s HTML files.
- Monkey-patched XHR object and Fetch API, allowing for complete monitoring of HTTP transaction across all AJAX libraries.
- Formulated dynamic server testing script that recursively traverses the developer’s Express server and its connected routers, cataloging all associated routes and methods.
- Architected lightweight React-Redux client, utilizing composition of reducers and granular state mapping throughout the development process, making the addition of subsequent components or views a seamless process.
- Established live client-server connection via WebSockets protocol with Socket.IO to dynamically capture new HTTP transactions, pushing  live updates to audit results and corresponding data visualizations.
- Created a robust rules syntax, effectively turning the program into a customizable testing-suite for HTTP transactions, ready for deployment with existing CI setups.
- Deployed static documentation site via CI routine to continually update an Amazon S3 bucket and redeploy automatically
- Built a comprehensive testing suite with Jest and Enzyme, used in both ad-hoc and CI/CD testing modes.

### Founder/Head of Data @ Rebel Learning Services
Jan 2013 – Jan 2019 | Las Vegas, Nevada Area
- Used pivot tables and custom VBA scripts for client management and company-wide analytics dashboard.
- Subjects taught: Discrete Math, Abstract Algebra, Matrix Theory+Linear Algebra, Combinatorics, Statistics.
- Instructed students in statistical analysis using R and Mathematica.

### Product Manager @ Gasket.io
Jan 2014 – Jan 2016 | San Francisco Bay Area
- Designed prepared SQL statements to query Salesforce mySQL database to reverse-engineer default reports.
- Wrote full specs and documentation for both web app and Google Sheets add-on and led Agile development process.


## Education
### Mathematics in Statistics, Actuarial Sciences
University of Nevada-Las Vegas
Jan 2013 – Jan 2015

### Mathematics in Economics, Spanish
UC Santa Barbara


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/trontz

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Last updated: 2026-03-22