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Jarvis A. - Remote full-stack developer

Jarvis A.

Based in: 🇺🇸 United States
Timezone: Eastern Time (US & Canada) (UTC-5)

About

Staff/Principal Full-Stack & AI Platform Engineer — TypeScript, Node.js, React/Next.js, PostgreSQL, AWS, production LLM systems. 25+ years shipping cloud-native SaaS, payment systems, and AI-integrated products. Most recently designed and built BudgetBites, a four-service strict-TypeScript platform (Next.js 15, Express API gateway, Playwright ingestion, Prisma/Auth.js/Stripe) now live on AWS and taking paid subscriptions.

I work in the codebase: architecture, implementation, PR review, query optimization, auth and payment hardening, deployment. Uncommon pairing of engineering depth and interaction-design fluency — I take ambiguous problems through spec, user flows, architecture, and shipped code. Disciplined use of AI coding agents, with human ownership of system design, correctness, and security.

Available for full-time Staff/Principal roles and senior architecture/build engagements. Existing ventures are maintenance-mode and do not compete for attention.

Work Experience

Founder/Lead Engineer
BudgetBites | Apr 2024 - Present
Node.js
PostgreSQL
TypeScript
Stripe
Docker
React
Next.js
Prisma
Vite
Express.js
Claude
  • Designed and built a four-service strict-TypeScript platform: Next.js 15 / React 19 consumer app (Auth.js, Prisma, Stripe subscriptions), Express API gateway as the sole trust boundary for pricing data and AI calls, Dockerized Playwright/Cheerio ingestion of Publix, Kroger, and Aldi circulars, and a React/Vite operator console.
  • Architecture rule "rules compute, models explain": a deterministic engine owns pricing, macros, and health constraints; Claude classifies and writes narrative only after computation, with a full audit trail.
  • Schema-per-app PostgreSQL isolation; x-api-key BFF auth with a reserved per-clinic key path for a B2B clinic pilot.
  • Deployed on AWS EC2/PM2 with S3 asset delivery; Sentry and Prometheus on the ingestion stack; Vitest across services.
  • Shipped in roughly five weeks via specification-driven, agent-assisted implementation with human architectural review.
FOUNDER / LEAD ARCHITECT (SaaS)
AJ / JJ AI Trading Intelligence | Jan 2024 - Present
Node.js
MongoDB
PostgreSQL
React
Swift
Next.js
AI
Liquidity management
  • Built a multi-timeframe trading-analysis engine serving ~350 active traders, combining custom liquidity models, Wyckoff logic, and LLM narrative interpretation.
  • Node.js + AWS backend with real-time market-data processing and automated deployment; delivers trade plans in under 90 seconds across equities, futures, and crypto to Discord and web clients.
  • Built a multi-tenant white-label reseller tier on the same platform.
  • Own reliability, observability, and iteration of the live system.

Projects

BudgetBites
Node.js
MongoDB
PostgreSQL
OCR
React
Next.js
Express.js
AI
LLM
Built end-to-end as a four-service TypeScript platform (strict mode, no any): a Next.js 15 / React 19 consumer app with Auth.js, Prisma, and Stripe subscriptions; an Express API gateway that is the single trust boundary for pricing data and AI calls; a Dockerized Playwright scraper that ingests weekly circulars from Publix, Kroger, and Aldi with Sentry and Prometheus instrumentation; and a React/Vite operator console. Architecture rule: "rules compute, models explain" — a deterministic engine owns pricing, macros, and health constraints; Claude only classifies and writes narrative, after computation. Schema-per-app PostgreSQL isolation, x-api-key BFF auth with a reserved per-clinic key path for a B2B pilot, deployed on AWS EC2/PM2 with S3 plan packets.
GiveSync (formerly YAMS)
2015
Node.js
API
WebSocket
TypeScript
Stripe
Stripe Payments
Webhooks
Payment processing
API Integration
Designed and maintained a production payments API used by active clients, integrating multiple payment providers including Stripe, PayPal, Apple Pay, and legacy Braintree flows. Built provider abstraction, webhook handling, transaction-state management, authorization checks, error handling, and secure API workflows supporting real-world client payment operations.

Education

Florida State University
Bachelor's degree・Electrical Engineering
Aug 1991 - Apr 1997
Florida State University
Minor・Computer Science
Aug 1991 - Apr 1997