Vetted Gradle Professionals

“Backend/platform engineer who has owned real-time reporting and streaming analytics systems end-to-end, combining FastAPI/Postgres APIs with Kafka consumers, Celery background jobs, and Redis caching. Strong DevOps/GitOps experience deploying Python/Node microservices to AWS EKS with Helm, ArgoCD/FluxCD, and CI pipelines, and has supported phased on-prem to AWS migrations using Terraform and traffic cutovers.”

“Frontend engineer focused on sophisticated, high-performance browser UIs for internal operations teams. They have owned real-time monitoring and transaction-tracking interfaces, combining deep browser performance knowledge with user-centered workflow design to deliver sub-second responsiveness, 60 FPS rendering, and a 30% improvement in task completion speed.”

“Backend/AI engineer currently at Stripe building Minions, an internal LLM-based developer agent that automates code generation, bug fixes, and PR creation. They combine strong production LLM architecture skills with reliability engineering, having improved routine PR merge times by ~40-45%, lowered post-merge bug rates by 12%, and previously built an invoice-processing pipeline that achieved 91% straight-through processing in a B2B payments context.”

Sona Petrosyan

Screened

Director-level Engineering Leader specializing in Identity & Access Management

San Ramon, CA20y exp

“Senior engineering leader with 20+ years of experience spanning hands-on engineering and 7+ years of management across startups and enterprise, including Salesforce/MuleSoft, Airbnb, and Insightly. Particularly strong in platform security and IAM, with a track record of leading high-scale foundational services, simplifying complex cross-platform trust models, and driving security-critical migrations across dozens of teams.”

“Fitbit engineer who has taken multiple projects from concept to release, including architecting a new warranty-evaluation system that achieved 100% accuracy and saved the company $6M. Interested in exploring startup ideas and emphasizes mission alignment and building strong cross-functional teams.”

Peter Gluck

Screened ReferencesStrong rec.

Principal Software Engineer specializing in scalable, secure multi-platform systems

La Crescenta, CA14y exp

“Engineering leader and former CTO/Disney|ABC engineering manager who built white-label mobile app architecture that supported a branded app and successful exit, and later scaled Disney Channel brand app teams across iOS/Android/web and major OTT platforms. Led kid-safety architecture for DisneyNOW (“Junior mode” with PIN) and partnered with product/legal on COPPA compliance, emphasizing maintainable tech choices and strong execution processes.”