Hire Me #

For recruiters: #

Roles I would match: Senior Software Engineer, Senior Product Engineer, Senior Full-Stack Engineer, Senior Front-End Engineer

Industries I am interested in: MedTech, HealthTech, BioTech, Life Sciences

Skills: React, TypeScript, Node.js, Python, Java / C#, MongoDB, SQL

Years of Experience: 7

Size of company: I am open to anything from 3 engineers to 1000+. I am never going to be a matching fit for a pre-seed founding engineer! I am likely the best fit for a Series B or Series C startup.

Location: San Francisco Bay Area, open to NYC and LA. Strongly prefer the office to not be in South Bay, but I'll compromise for the right place and a hybrid work environment.

In-office?: Yep! My preference is to be in an office 4 days a week, but I am open to 5.

Open to remote?: You can probably find someone who's way more invested in that kind of set-up. Let's be honest, you're only looking at me because I'm based in SF.

Actively interviewing?: No, I'm only open to the right opportunity.

Visa Status: I'm a U.S. citizen. I don't have security clearance, though.

RESUME: Here's a link.

TO GET A REPLY: I promise you I respond to your email if you include the word stardust somewhere in your email or LinkedIn message. My email is hi@[thisdomain].com.

For hiring managers: #

I genuinely don't know if any hirng managers will ever read this, but if you are, thank you! Here's a more honest assessment of the above:

I have been working in restaurant tech for a long time, but whenever I part ways with my current company, I will only be looking for roles in medical / health / bio / science. I am extremely passionate about this switch and will outpace anyone who's just looking for a job in general.

What skills do I really offer? What's the ramp up time? #

Hit the ground running:

• React
• TypeScript
• Node.js

Need a week or two to get some momentum again:

• Any other front-end framework (Next.js, Vue, Svelte)
• Python / Java / C#
• MongoDB
• LLM-based development

Can't be trusted as the primary engineer, but very open to learn:

• SQL and Databases
• AWS / GCP
• Computer Vision / any other AI (not LLMs)
• Most anything else you throw at me

If you put me on this, I will complain and probably loudly:

• Kubernetes (or really, anything to do with infra management)

What makes me stand out? Why should you want me on your team? #

• I routinely become a go-to person for the codebases I join within 6 months.
• I make thoughtful decisions at all levels -- from PRDs to tech designs to code reviews.
• I excel in greenfield projects with small-teams. Build a new flow within a month with 3 total engineers? Consider it done.
• I can build things end-to-end (but, you probably don't want me handling the infra).
• I care.
• Maintainability and readability are core priorities.
• I get better every day.
• I leave things better than I find them.
• I don't care about tech for the sake of tech. It's always about the product, users, and our future selves.
• I read the code. I read the docs.
• I actively spend time trying to learn the fundamentals. The tools themselves are easy to pick up and put down.

What are my values for a good engineering environment and company? #

• Strong opinions, loosely held.
• Product engineers (full-stack) are the best way to move fast and gain a competitive advantage.
• Pairing and code reviews are awesome.
• We're probably not as special as we think we are -- I bias towards the most popular tool.

What have I been working on? #

Unfortunately, I am unable to show you any direct code right now. I am part of a small front-end team building and maintaining the internal admin dashboard for 60k+ restaurants. Here's a video I found from 8 years ago(!?) before I was on this team showing the product I'm working on. A lot has changed since, but you get the idea.

Note that I am also learning on the side, so I'll update this if I end up making some nice side projects someday. Right now, I am working through teaching myself CS, so most of that isn't super impressive to show off.

My only advice to you is to read this blog. You can see that I care and I'm working on improving myself as an engineer every day.

How should you get in touch? #

If you've actually gotten this far, I am in awe. You're awesome and we should talk. Send an email to hi@[thisdomain].com and be sure to include stardust in the email somewhere so I know you've actually read this.

This says more about me than my resume, but if you still need that internally, here's a link.

Last updated October 5th, 2025.