Works
Founder-minded engineering lead with a focus on AI, reactive UX, and high-output teams.
Experience
Head of Engineering — Graam, Inc.
Dec 2021 — PresentLed engineering across generative AI apps; authored OSS (SnowPack, Pulse, Shuttle); shipped fast and scaled reliably.
- Shipped two apps in under five weeks; scaled a mobile app to 8k DAU.
- Optimized cold start 7s → 0.3s; supported 350 concurrent tenants at ~300ms avg load.
- Cut non-technical prototype cycles from 2 days to ~1 hour.
iOS Engineer — Albert
Sept 2021 — Dec 2021Rebuilt notification and modal systems for modularity and reliability.
iOS Engineer — Spotify
Apr 2020 — Jun 2021Re-architected Concerts feature using Mobius; enabled backend-driven UI and virtual events.
iOS Engineer — Grubhub
Aug 2017 — Apr 2020Owned ad delivery; modernized Orders tab and networking across a large legacy codebase.
Co‑Founder — BiteCode, LLC
Jan 2016 — Mar 2019Bootstrapped iOS products and client apps; wore many hats from product to infra.
Lead Software Engineer — Tube Alert
Jan 2015 — Jan 2016- Oversaw research and development; led iOS platform.
- Directed technical development across the broader product.
Selected Launches
Channel42.co (2025)
LLM video storytelling; cut explainer production from 5 days to ~50 minutes at ~$4/video.
Webclips (2024–2025)
Next.js multi‑tenant LLM app builder; ~900 projects; ~300ms avg page load; 350 simultaneous tenants.
Monologue (2024)
Voice‑first LLM experiments around narrative and memory. Rapid prototyping toward companionship interfaces.
Trace — iOS Pivot (2023–2024)
SwiftUI + LLM code‑gen; reduced founder prototype time from 2 days to ~1 hour.
Introspect (2023)
GPT‑3 journaling app; ~1.5k downloads/36h; 65% 7‑day retention; shipped to App Store in under 3 weeks.
WAPP — Water App (2023)
Hydration selfies; ~80 launch users. Hydro Score drove activation; ~5 photos/day/user. Built in 5 weeks.
Rememe (2021–2023)
UIKit + Go/AWS social network; peak 8k DAUs. Re‑architected MVC → MVVM; cold start 7s → 0.3s.
BiteMe (2014)
Restaurant recommendations that learned your tastes over time. Built at BiteCode; ~800 total users.
Libraries
SnowPack ❄️
GitHubSwift library of UI components, utilities, and Core Data helpers for iOS & macOS.
- UI: Custom alerts, toasts, time picker, blur effects, image utils (Nuke).
- Core Data:
PersistenceManager
,PersistentDataSource
, managed request wrapper. - Utilities: DI container, LRU cache, local notifications, ViewModel base (Combine).
- Platforms: iOS 15+, macOS 11+.
Pulse
GitHubLightweight networking layer for quickly defining APIs, endpoints, and requests.
- Auth styles: parameter, bearer, header, or none.
- Simple
API
andEndpoint
DSL; asyncNetworker.execute
orEndpoint.run
. - Streaming support with pluggable
StreamParser
.
Shuttle
GitHubNano‑library for ergonomic concurrency patterns and event streams in Swift.
@Event
,@EventStream
wrappers and aSubscribing
protocol for quick wiring.- Threading helpers:
@MainThreaded
,@Delayed
. - Designed to pair with MVVM and Combine.
Skills
Languages: Swift, TypeScript, JavaScript, Go, Python
Mobile: UIKit, SwiftUI, Combine, SnowPack, Pulse, Shuttle, Realm, Moya
AI/LLM: GPT Product Family, Claude, OpenAI APIs, ElevenLabs, LangChain, MCP servers, RAG, generative image/video pipelines, prompt design
Web: React, Next.js, Node.js, SvelteKit, Supabase, Vercel
Infra: AWS, Docker, Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Bitbucket Pipelines, XcodeGen, CI/CD for iOS
Education
NYU Tandon School of Engineering
2018B.S. Computer Science