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Jonathan McGrath - Founding AI Engineer in San Francisco, CA

Jonathan McGrath

Senior Full-Stack/AI Engineer specializing in mobile and web product development

Sip AISan Francisco State UniversitySan Francisco, CA14 Years ExperienceSenior LevelWorks On-Site

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Built an end-to-end mobile + web Q&A marketplace connecting users with professionals, including real-time chat and Stripe-based monetization (products/subscriptions). Hands-on with scaling Firebase/Firestore (subcollections, composite indexing, pagination) and mobile caching/sync challenges. Also created an internal AI-driven report generator that turned chatbot outputs into curated graphs and PDFs for marketing, iterating based on stakeholder feedback.

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Key Strengths

  • End-to-end ownership of mobile + web customer-facing products
  • Rapid iteration driven by direct customer interviews and feedback
  • Performance optimization in mobile/database environments (caching, sync, reduced DB calls)
  • Real-time chat/messaging implementation with WebSockets; resolved REST race conditions
  • Scaling Firebase/Firestore data models using subcollections, composite indexes, and pagination
  • Payments and monetization implementation across platforms using Stripe (products, subscriptions, purchase history)
  • Built and drove adoption of an internal AI report generator (graphs + PDFs) for marketing
  • Strong follow-through on user feedback to improve UX/visual design of internal tools

Reference Highlights

Moderately Recommended
  • Strong sense of ownership
  • Willing to fix issues outside normal hours
  • Fast learner
  • Quickly picks up new languages
  • Proactive systems thinking (considers upstream/downstream features)
  • Works tirelessly toward deadlines
  • Reduces ambiguity through feedback and discussion
  • Provides valuable cross-functional feedback
  • Competent worker
  • Enabled company to start generating revenue via fast Stripe setup

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Experience

Founding AI EngineerSip AI · Jan 2025 – Present
Systems EngineerClockwork · Apr 2023 – Feb 2025
Mac GeniusApple Inc. · Jan 2018 – Dec 2022
Technology ManagerGeorge Lucas Education Foundation · Apr 2016 – Oct 2017
Sonar TechnicianU.S. Navy · Jun 2007 – Jun 2012

Education

San Francisco State Universitybachelor, Computer Science (2021)
City College of San Franciscoassociate, Computer Science (2015)

Languages

English

Certifications

Certified SubmarinerCertified Submariner - Naval Submarine School

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Jonathan McGrathSenior Full-Stack/AI Engineer specializing in mobile and web product development