Aldrich
Software Engineer · Minimalist · Food Enthusiast
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Experience
Senior Engineer
2023–PresentAcme Corp · Remote
Led the platform team. Shipped infrastructure that serves 1M+ requests per day. Reduced deployment time from 45 minutes to under 2 minutes.
Software Engineer
2020–2023Widget Inc · San Francisco
Full-stack development across the product suite. Built the analytics dashboard and real-time notification system.
Junior Engineer
2018–2020Startup Co · Remote
First engineering hire. Built the initial product from scratch. Wrote the internal tooling guide that's still in use today.
Projects
Project One
TypeScriptA minimal, performance-oriented library for doing something useful. Zero dependencies. ~2k stars on GitHub.
Project Two
GoA CLI tool that makes something easier. Fast, simple, and well-documented. I use it daily.
Project Three
RustAn experimental compiler for a domain-specific language. Compiles a DSL to native code in under 100ms.