Seattle, WA / Product Engineer

Hello, I'm Tyler.

I design and build polished product interfaces from research and strategy through production code.

Me sitting at my fav meal ever in Pujol in Mexico City — Pujol CDMX @ my fav meal ever

Story

I'm a product engineer with a researcher's ear, a designer's eye, and a frontend engineer's obsession with the last ten percent. I led the frontend and product design of a marketplace as it reached product-market fit, recurring revenue, and a Series A.

What I do now. Since Village, I've been building production software for my own businesses: a short-term-rental guest guide, a shopping arbitrage pipeline with an internal review app, a financial-independence publication, and rule-based options bots that I operate in the real world.

Where I fit best. Small, senior product teams that care about craft, user motivation, performance, and speed. I can work from a Figma file, challenge the product shape when something feels off, then ship the interface with clean React and TypeScript.

How I Work

Frontend craft

React, Next.js, TypeScript, component systems, performance, and the small interaction details that make product UI feel alive.

Product judgment

Research, design, and engineering in one loop: clarify the user problem, prototype quickly, ship the interface, then learn from real behavior.

Founder operating mode

I am comfortable with ambiguity, tradeoffs, customer conversations, business constraints, and doing the unglamorous work needed to get a product over the line.

Selected Work

Village (now Guildara)

Lead frontend engineer, product design

Led the frontend of a two-sided family-and-provider marketplace from prototype through product-market fit, steady revenue, and a Series A. Redesigned core flows, ran research, and shipped production UI across both sides of the marketplace.

Next.js
React
Redux
GraphQL
Stripe
Segment

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HostingBFF

Independent product engineer, full-stack build

A production micro-SaaS for short-term rental check-in guides, used across my own Airbnbs by hundreds of guests. Built to reduce confused arrival messages and make the first guest interaction feel calmer.

Next.js
TypeScript
tRPC
Drizzle
Clerk
Stripe

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Stroll2Freedom

Founder, product design, full-stack build

A financial-independence and travel publication documenting the systems my wife and I use after reaching FIRE, blending personal storytelling with practical tools for hosts and travelers.

Next.js
TypeScript
Tailwind
Beehiiv

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Galini Health

Founder, frontend engineering, UX research

A headless supplement storefront for anxiety and stress support. I built the Gatsby/GraphQL site from scratch and used research-led packaging and site iterations to improve beta purchases.

Gatsby
GraphQL
Snipcart
DatoCMS
UX research

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ArbitrageBFF

Founder, scraping systems, review dashboard

A Google Shopping arbitrage pipeline that moved from a local prototype to a Linux service with rotating proxies, AI product matching, and an internal React dashboard for a remote review team.

Python
Selenium
React
OpenAI API
Linux

View site (service discontinued)

Meme Wars

Founder, UX design, prototyping

A ConsenSys-backed entertainment startup exploring meme-native games, crypto wagering mechanics, and community-led internet culture products before NFTs became mainstream.

Figma
Principle
React
PhaserJS

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Health Interests

Health and performance are personal interests, not just resume keywords. I spend a lot of time experimenting with training, recovery, meditation, breathwork, nutrition, and habit systems, which gives me a natural feel for products built around motivation, accountability, and behavior change.

Strength training
Meditation
Breathwork
Hiking
Pickleball
Biohacking
Supplement experimentation