Vetted Founders in the Los Angeles Metro

“Front-end/product engineer who has built an AI-assisted browser discussion platform combining vector-search-backed LLM responses with real-time chat, plus high-scale analytics interfaces for business users. Stands out for blending modern UI engineering with browser internals knowledge, including cross-browser extension behavior and tricky iOS Safari viewport/rendering issues.”

“Finance professional with IPO, capital raising, and PE-adjacent transaction experience who is also building Lungkindred, a caregiver matching platform inspired by her own experience as a lung cancer caregiver. She has shown early founder traction by sourcing users through niche patient communities and converting them into onboarded matches while navigating trust in a highly sensitive healthcare context.”

“Backend engineer who has built end-to-end data and platform systems across domains: a Scala/Java media data warehouse with a custom query language and Elasticsearch search, plus production security patterns (RBAC, RLS, audit trails) including a telehealth platform. Also demonstrated strong operational rigor by using feature-flagged side-by-side migrations and by catching ecommerce checkout edge cases that were dropping revenue.”

“Beauty category/program manager with experience running end-to-end brand campaigns across subscription/assortment and eCommerce, including line planning, inventory pacing, and demand generation. Has negotiated directly with a global beauty conglomerate using pricing tests and scale-based proposals, sustaining the partnership through regular reporting/insights and helping drive onboarding of additional brands.”

“Growth creative marketer at Ampure focused on paid efficiency for portable EV chargers; ran a controlled Meta creative test reframing spec-heavy messaging into real-world EV use cases, delivering ~22% lower CPA and ~28% higher ROAS. Operates with a modular, rapid-iteration creative system across Meta/TikTok/YouTube and provides tight, performance-driven briefs to creators/editors.”

Vinicius Leite

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Staff/Lead Game Engineer specializing in gameplay systems and VR

Los Angeles, USA22y exp

“Unity gameplay programmer with hands-on multiplayer networking experience (Photon Fusion, Mirror, SmartFox, Unity networking), including client-side prediction and rollback to smooth networked movement under lag/packet loss. Recently improved a fast-paced 2D platformer’s feel by adding momentum/velocity “gears,” validated through internal cohorts and volunteer/friends-and-family playtests. Comfortable in both startup and large-company environments and currently seeking a high-impact, intensive project.”

Antonio Walker

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Senior Technical Lead and Full-Stack Engineer specializing in cloud, AI, and enterprise platforms

Irvine, CA13y exp

“Engineering leader and player-coach who says he joined Freeing Returns during a transition from sales-led services to SaaS, architected the platform from the ground up, and helped hire a 10+ person team across engineering, product, and delivery. He also describes leading an AI-based fraud detection system on Salesforce with data lake and pipeline architecture, combining startup build-from-scratch execution with hands-on technical leadership.”