Jonathan McGrath

About

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.

Experience

Education

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

• 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