Hi, my name is

Richard.

I build things for the web.

I'm a software engineer who enjoys turning hard problems into simple, well-crafted products. I care about clean architecture, thoughtful details, and shipping work that lasts.

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01. About me

Hello! I'm Richard, an engineer who likes building software that people actually want to use. My focus is on the full lifecycle of a product — from the first sketch to the deploy that makes it real.

Over the years I've worked across the stack: designing APIs, shaping data models, and sweating the front-end details that make an interface feel effortless. I'm happiest when I'm learning something new and turning it into something useful.

Here are a few technologies I've been working with recently:

  • TypeScript
  • React
  • Node.js
  • Python
  • PostgreSQL
  • AWS

02. Things I've built

Pulse Analytics

A real-time analytics dashboard that streams millions of events a day and renders them with sub-second latency. Built a custom aggregation layer to keep queries fast at scale.

  • TypeScript
  • React
  • ClickHouse
  • WebSockets

Drift CMS

A headless content platform with a block-based editor and a typed content API. Designed the schema engine that lets teams model content without writing migrations by hand.

  • Node.js
  • GraphQL
  • PostgreSQL
  • Next.js

Trailhead

An open-source CLI that scaffolds production-ready services from a single config file. Bundles linting, CI, and deploy templates so new projects start with sensible defaults.

  • Go
  • Cobra
  • Docker
  • GitHub Actions

03. Where I've worked

  1. Senior Software Engineer · Northwind

    2022 — Present

    Lead engineer on the core platform team. Drove a migration to a service-based architecture and cut p95 latency by 60%. Mentor two engineers and shape technical direction across the product.

  2. Software Engineer · Loomis Labs

    2019 — 2022

    Built customer-facing features end to end and owned the design system that unified the product's UI. Introduced automated testing that took the team from ad-hoc QA to confident weekly releases.

  3. Junior Developer · Brightside

    2017 — 2019

    Cut my teeth shipping web apps for a range of clients. Learned how to translate fuzzy requirements into working software — and how to ask the right questions early.

04. What's next?

Get in touch

I'm always open to a good conversation — whether it's about a new opportunity, a project idea, or just to say hello. My inbox is open.

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