With nearly a decade in the startup ecosystem I've been as early as the first employee as well as founded my own company. I’m best described as a product engineer, or a full-stack engineer with a user and front-end focus.

Experience

Senior Software Engineer, Flexa

Aug 2024 - Present

Co-Founder & CTO, LIQ Auctions

Jun 2023 - May 2024 (1 year)

LIQ Auctions is a fully on-chain auction protocol and auction house for real-world assets (RWAs). It features instant liquidity for sellers and a bid-to-earn model.

Co-developed the Liquid Auction Protocol on EVM-based blockchains
Completed Outlier Ventures Polygon Base Camp accelerator program
Architected and built the full web application
Lead UI/UX design

Co-Founder & CEO, Plugd Inc.

Sep 2019 - Jun 2023 (3 years 10 months)

Lead front-end development of the web and mobile apps (React / React Native)
Lead strategy for growth (>100k app installs)
Managed and hired design & engineering contractors
Raised Angel / Pre-seed round

Founder, New App Technologies

2017 - Present (7 years) Single-member LLC

FareWell for Uber and Lyft - Ride sharing comparison mobile application

Designed, built, and launched application for iOS and Android phones
Used React Native along with the Uber/Lyft APIs to seamlessly compare prices and book rides
Organically grew user base to over 10,000 monthly users and 50,000 total downloads in 1 year
Lead acquisition by Bellhop Technologies, DBA Obi

Software Engineer, Shōgun (YC W18)

Dec 2018 - May 2019 (6 months)

Developed various frontend features

Founding Software Engineer (Employee #1), Engagio

May 2015 - Aug 2017 (2 years 4 months)
Engagio was acquired by Demandbase in 2018

Co-architected the core web application using React/Redux
Created, implemented, and documented front-end best practice standards for the company
Architected, built, and managed company’s core React component library
Architected, built, and managed the company browser extension
Configured building and testing the application using Webpack/Gulp and Mocha/Karma/Selenium respectively
Lead root cause analysis meetings to improve and maintain product quality

Process Engineer, Procter & Gamble

Jul 2013 - Aug 2014 (1 year 2 months)

Startup leader for $7MM obsolescence project, implementing brand-new machinery into the site
Created and lead weekly safety program and drove action plan, reducing safety incidents to 0 since inception
Created analysis tool to accurately track process reliability (PR) and mean time between failure (MTBF)

Education

Purdue University - West Lafayette

Bachelor's Degree, Mechanical Engineering
2008 - 2013

Skills

React.js, TypeScript, JavaScript, Next.js, Node.js, Express.js, PostgreSQL, GraphQL, React Native, REST APIs, Web3

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Robert Niimi

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