REX

Details

• Leadership & Team Management:
  • Initially served as the senior engineer for OwnProp, a tech company within the REX ecosystem, where I architected and implemented their data model and backend.
  • Mentored a junior engineer, helping them grow into a leadership role, which they took over after my transition to another team.
  • Helped establish an offshore engineering team at PrimePro, another company within the REX ecosystem, to enhance development capabilities and reduce operational costs.
  • Built and managed a diverse team of onsite and remote engineers at TechCore, yet another company in the ecosystem.
• Project & Product Management:
  • Collaborated with a product manager and designer at OwnProp to make critical product decisions for the property listing product, resulting in a solid MVP that allowed the company to list its first real estate deal to accredited investors.
  • Led the development of TechCore, a self-service infrastructure platform (akin to Heroku 2.0), enabling engineering leaders to deploy applications and set up databases with no code in under five minutes.
  • Created a multi-layered application using React, Node.js, and GoLang to allow users to provision their own infrastructure.
  • Ensured TechCore was a true multi-tenant solution. Implement things like for example seperate AWS accounts and infrastructure.
  • Developed a flexible platform with robust abstractions that allowed for easy support of additional resources like Redis or RabbitMQ, requiring minimal engineering effort to implement new features.
  • Created a system where DevOps engineers could configure the infrastructure and selectively expose configurations to end users, enabling customization and flexibility.
• Operational Management:
  • Handled sensitive personnel matters, including the termination of a DevOps engineer at TechCore, ensuring a smooth transition and maintaining team morale and productivity.
  • Was on the hiring team for the head of engineering.
  • Developed relationships with outside suppliers for engineering resources.
• Recognition & Achievements:
  • Earned the "Unicorn in the Making" award from REX Leadership, recognizing the potential of TechCore to reach a billion-dollar valuation due to its innovative approach and market potential.
• Key Takeaways:
  • Learned alot about the risks of remote work and actions we can take to mitigate them, such as working hours and async work.
  • Gained a great understanding for shared resources, such as architecture, legal, design and product. How one prioritizes correctly!
  • Despite significant achievements, I chose to part ways with REX due to a loss of confidence in the leadership's ability to navigate the tech market downturn and make rational decisions to support the ecosystem's growth. This was a great learning experience tho not positive!