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Romero Holloway

@romeroholloway

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Full-stack engineer and startup founder specializing in Node.js/Express and React/Next.js SaaS platforms.

United States

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What I'm looking for

I’m looking to build high-performance, maintainable, production-ready web platforms end-to-end—strong Node.js/React engineering, scalable APIs and payments, and modern CI/CD + cloud deployment.

I’m a full-stack software engineer and startup founder with 8+ years of experience designing, building, and deploying scalable production web applications. I architect and deliver end-to-end products—API architecture, authentication, payment infrastructure, real-time messaging, and CI/CD—built for performance and maintainability.

I’m especially proud of Corporate Tortoise, a live SaaS marketplace platform I architected and created, where I built a Node.js/Express backend with a React frontend and deployed containerized infrastructure. I specialize in modern Node.js/Express and React/Next.js frontends, and I bring DevOps practices and secure, production-ready engineering to every release.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Current

Founder & Lead Software Engineer

Current

Corporate Tortoise

Feb 2020 - Present (6 years 5 months)

Architected, built, and launched a production SaaS marketplace platform supporting 500+ active users and 50K+ monthly transactions. Engineered REST APIs with JWT authentication, implemented real-time messaging with Socket.io, and built Stripe subscription/billing infrastructure with Dockerized CI/CD deployments.

React RESTful APIs JWT Socket.IO Stripe Subscriptions Billing Automation Webhooks Refunds PostgreSQL MongoDB Sequelize Mongoose Docker CI CD Pipelines AWS S3 AWS EC2 Redux 2FA Authentication

Current

Full Stack Developer

Current

Holloway Web Solutions

Feb 2018 - Present (8 years 5 months)

Built full-stack applications and business platforms across healthcare, hospitality, sports, and e-commerce. Developed Node.js/React/Next.js applications in TypeScript, implemented secure REST APIs with PostgreSQL/MySQL/MongoDB and Stripe payment/authentication flows, and delivered responsive UIs using React and Bootstrap with Agile/Scrum and TDD in Jest.

Node React Next.js TypeScript RESTful APIs MongoDB MySQL PostgreSQL Stripe Responsive Design Bootstrap Agile Scrum TDD Jest

Education

Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework

Self-directed study

Self-directed study, Software Engineering

Activities and societies: Node.js, React, Cloud Infrastructure, PostgreSQL, Docker, CI/CD

Extensive self-directed study in modern software engineering, covering Node.js, React, cloud infrastructure, PostgreSQL, Docker, and CI/CD. Focused on building production-oriented web applications using these technologies.