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Wesley Bliss

@wesleybliss

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Full stack from hardware and up, mostly focusing on Node, React, and Flutter recently

United States

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What I'm looking for

I’m looking for small stage startups who want to move fast and keep costs low, finding creative solutions to get to market fast

I am an engineering leader with extensive experience building full‑stack products and scaling engineering teams across startups and growth‑stage companies.

At Parse AI I lead architecture and vision, manage DevOps (GitLab, GCP, DigitalOcean, Neon, Docker), and implement full‑stack features using Node/Express, Postgres, and React while hiring and mentoring engineers and interns.

Previously I served as Lead Engineer at Splash and Vouch, Inc., where I led Android development, owned full‑stack feature development (React, PHP, Node, Golang), built backend APIs and real‑time infrastructure, and performed temporary DevOps sysadmin duties for deployments.

I began as an application developer building Android and web apps (PHP, JavaScript, MySQL) and contributing to embedded and Linux tooling; I prioritize pragmatic architecture, clear onboarding, and hands‑on technical leadership.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

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Tech Lead / VP of Engineering

Current

Parse AI

Jan 2022 - Present (3 years 9 months)

Leading engineering architecture and vision, managing DevOps infrastructure and full-stack feature delivery, and hiring/onboarding engineers and interns to scale the team.

Express React PostgreSQL GCP)Docker Gitlab DevOps GCP

Lead Engineer

Splash

Jan 2018 - Jan 2022 (4 years)

Led Android team and served as lead full-stack engineer to deliver product features across React, PHP, Node and Go, and temporarily managed DevOps for an EU rollout while hiring and training engineers.

Android React PHP Node Golang DevOps CI CD Team Leadership

Principal Engineer

Oak Labs, Inc.

Jan 2016 - Jan 2018 (2 years)

Implemented mobile app features across Angular/React and mobile platforms, contributed to a custom Linux distro for device mesh networking, and enabled on-site communication between hardware and mobile apps.

Angular React iOS Android Linux BASH

Lead Engineer

Vouch, Inc.

Jan 2016 - Jan 2017 (1 year)

Built backend API and real-time infrastructure for the initial web and mobile apps, led hiring and engineering efforts, and drove code review and mobile strategy.

Backend Mobile Strategy Hiring Code Review

Application Developer

Thrillist

Jan 2014 - Jan 2016 (2 years)

Built and managed the Android app from scratch, onboarded Android developers, coordinated with iOS team, and developed web features for the Jack Threads marketplace using PHP and MySQL.

Android Java PHP JavaScript MySQL Onboarding