Vetted Slack Professionals

“Unity/C# game developer who served as CEO and lead developer on the Unity 2D pixel RPG "Rum Runner's Revenge," owning technical direction, modular architecture, and core gameplay systems; the project earned a TIGA award nomination. Also shipped a commercial Unreal Engine title and built an adaptive difficulty system using player performance metrics, leveraging AI tools for rapid prototyping and debugging.”

Syed Mujtaba

Screened ReferencesStrong rec.

Senior Frontend Developer and MERN Stack specialist

Pakistan9y exp

“Frontend engineer experienced leading client-facing portals (including WebGL integrations) and admin panels, with a strong focus on scalable architecture (monorepo, shared design system/atomic design) and performance. Has built complex React+TypeScript workflows like multi-step user creation with dynamic forms, and ships major features (e.g., video recording) using feature-flagged, trunk-based delivery and E2E testing.”

“Former U18 AAA (Belle Tire Detroit) player who was drafted to the USHL (Muskegon Lumberjacks) and played a full NAHL season (Keystone Ice Miners), then pivoted to college golf. Uses his own adversity/transition experience to guide youth and junior players with a holistic approach (on-ice traits, consistency, character, and mental skills) and is comfortable producing educational social media content for hockey families.”

Samantha Portillo

Screened ReferencesStrong rec.

Director-level Talent Acquisition Leader specializing in scaling recruiting operations

Fort Worth, TX9y exp

“Talent Acquisition/Recruiting Operations leader who has repeatedly built and rebuilt TA infrastructure—writing end-to-end processes, migrating ATSs to Lever, and integrating with HRIS/background check systems. Has managed teams up to 30 (indirect) and delivered measurable outcomes, including doubling headcount in a year by standardizing and streamlining interview workflows while training technical hiring managers on best practices.”

“Frontend engineer who leads high-impact refactors and rebuilds end-to-end, including migrating a legacy Next.js frontend to React + Vite and consolidating fragmented styling into a single MUI Joy design system. Has deep experience improving performance and maintainability in complex, data-heavy UIs (orders/financial pages, multi-step editing flows) through modularization, query optimization, and shared context patterns, with strong QA discipline for sensitive financial actions.”

Alexis Gray

Screened ReferencesStrong rec.

Mid-level Digital Marketing Strategist specializing in SEO & PPC

Flint, Michigan3y exp

“Paid media specialist with hands-on ownership of $50K+/month Google and Microsoft Ads spend for a large brand, emphasizing disciplined manual optimization (Shopping/PMax + Merchant Center feed alignment) to scale without sacrificing efficiency. Maintained 3x+ ROAS while more than doubling revenue (~$100K+ to $210K+ in 12 months) and has a strong track record diagnosing performance issues (e.g., feed/title relevance) and communicating results in client-safe terms.”

“Unity/VR engineer with nearly 15 years of experience, specializing in multiplayer architecture, cross-platform systems, and developer tooling. He built and shipped a reusable Unity Netcode-based multiplayer stack with authentication, matchmaking, Vivox voice chat, and custom host migration that reportedly improved development speed by 70% to 80%, and has also supported releases across Meta Quest, consoles, and mobile-related ecosystems.”

“Entrepreneur with education administration experience now forming an AI-in-education startup concept focused on augmenting instruction with better AI tools. Previously opened and scaled a coffee roasting franchise in Asia into cafes and exited after strengthening the business financially, demonstrating international regulatory navigation and government relationship-building.”

“Built and marketed a live free-to-play web word game (Techies WordFinder) from scratch using the Lovable AI platform, reaching 100+ users in under a month. Iterated quickly based on player feedback, reporting a 28% UX improvement and +32 seconds average time per user, and demonstrates practical live-ops and F2P analytics/A-B testing knowledge.”

“Recruiting Operations leader with 5+ years managing a small team and owning end-to-end process improvements, including implementing a new ATS that cut time-to-fill by 30%. Built structured, role-specific interview feedback surveys (9 Microsoft Forms) and leveraged Lever reporting to diagnose funnel drop-off and improve candidate experience. Also designed an early-careers hiring roadmap that enabled 30 intern offers in a single quarter through assessments, campus outreach, and faster scheduling.”

Abdul Rehman

Screened

Senior Software Engineer specializing in Node.js/NestJS and FinTech platforms

Lahore, Pakistan8y exp

“Frontend engineer who led end-to-end development of the Neelum transportation admin panel (React + TypeScript + AntD), building scalable dashboards and multi-step workflows for users/roles/bookings/operational zones. Emphasizes maintainable feature-based architecture, typed API contracts, performance optimization for data-heavy UIs, and disciplined quality/rollout practices (regression checks, feature flags) in fast-paced environments.”

“Built GynAI, an end-to-end maternal clinical decision support platform for OB/GYN practices and hospitals in North America, combining predictive ML with RAG-based LLM explainability. The candidate emphasizes real production ownership across experimentation, deployment, monitoring, and iteration, with reported impact including fewer delayed interventions in high-risk pregnancies and a 15-20% reduction in false positives.”

Gabriel Estevez

Screened

Mid-level baseball operations and scouting professional specializing in player evaluation

Northern California, USA4y exp

“Former baseball player through junior college and current coach transitioning into an agency career, with hands-on experience advising families, scouting players, and building trust with athletes and coaches in Northern California. He has already helped influence meaningful player decisions, including school selection and securing state team exposure that led to Division 1 interest.”

“Marketing/brand designer with experience leading a social media campaign for Fresh Fare Farms and creating a brand style guide and logo during a Wix internship (including some student dashboard work on the Wix platform). Uses competitive audits and client collaboration to iterate toward approved brand assets, and has produced CapCut-edited marketing video content with film-look color grading for a local motorcycle group.”

“Senior frontend developer with end-to-end ownership of modernizing a legacy Laravel/PHP product into a Next.js 14 + React + TypeScript stack, using TurboRepo for incremental integration. Emphasizes quality and scale through unit testing, Datadog monitoring, and performance-focused UI work (dashboards with charts/usage analytics, minimizing re-renders).”

“Unity developer who implemented a cross-console (Nintendo/Xbox/PlayStation) UI navigation system that avoided interfering with mobile controls and became the project-wide standard after adoption. Also built Photon Fusion multiplayer test projects during COVID, handling core networking concerns like spawning, synchronization, projectiles, and damage.”

“Performance marketer managing high-spend ($50K+/month) accounts across Meta and Twitter/X with a full-funnel approach. Drove a ~73% CPL reduction on Meta by shifting to Instant Forms and optimized downstream outcomes like meetings booked and engagement letters signed. Comfortable structuring and testing campaigns across Meta, Google (Search/Display), and TikTok, with platform-specific troubleshooting experience.”

“Full-stack engineer operating in early-stage, high-velocity environments (OpGov.AI/UST Calibrate) who ships production Next.js App Router features end-to-end (RSC, Server Actions, SEO, RBAC, caching) and owns performance post-launch. Demonstrates strong data/infra depth—designed Postgres JSONB-based event models for DevOps/DORA analytics and tuned queries from ~2s to <50ms, plus built durable ingestion workflows with retries and idempotency on Azure.”

Fabio Silva

Screened

Senior UX/UI & Product Designer specializing in brand-led digital experiences

Lisbon, Portugal10y exp

“Product designer with 6 years of fully-remote experience who has designed data-heavy products across music analytics (Tracks—multi-platform song performance tracking, TestFlight-ready) and iGaming/sports betting (Oddsscanner). Known for building scalable Figma design systems and translating complex, high-volume data into clean, fast, user-friendly experiences through research and close dev collaboration.”