Brian Arpie

VP of Engineering

Earned

Jan 2026 - Current (9 months)

Building and leading Earned’s engineering organization and technical systems across AI-powered platforms, data integration, and product development. Own the technical strategy, architecture, and execution that power the client and advisor digital experience.

Director of Engineering

Earned

Feb 2023 - Jan 2026 (3 years)

Led Earned’s engineering teams and delivery across infrastructure, applications, and AI. Focused on scaling the platform, building high-performing teams, and establishing the technical foundation for the client and advisor digital experience.

Principal Software Engineer

Earned

Mar 2022 - Feb 2023 (1 year)

First engineering hire at Earned, responsible for architecture, team growth, and full-stack development across web, mobile, backend, infrastructure, and AI/ML. Built advisor and client portals, established CI/CD and core data integrations, reduced vendor costs through custom services, and supported Series A fundraising with product demos.

Senior Software Engineer

Tilt

Jul 2021 - Mar 2022 (9 months)

Joined as the first individual contributor engineer and led the refactor of a tangled dual-frontend codebase into a unified architecture. Migrated the app to Next.js, delivered UX improvements, built key product features, and mentored junior engineers while helping shape early team processes.

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Senior Software Engineer

Jul 2019 - Jun 2021 (2 years)

Led frontend development for ALO’s web and mobile apps, integrating real-time audio, video, messaging, search, translation, speech processing, SMS, and push notifications. Owned the end-to-end user experience. Built and maintained APIs and JavaScript SDKs for real-time communication features used across ALO and partner applications. Designed a scalable MQTT-based pub/sub system for multilingual messaging using AWS IoT Core, Lambda, API Gateway, Redis, and Google AI.

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Full Stack Software Engineer

Jul 2016 - Jun 2019 (3 years)

Built a hybrid web and mobile app from scratch with features including authentication, note-taking, multimedia capture, and handwriting input. Led UI/UX improvements through self-directed study of design principles. Developed backend pipelines to aggregate CRM, email, and calendar data for real-time insights and AI recommendations.

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Full Stack Software Engineer

Crisply

Jan 2014 - Sep 2015 (1 year 9 months)

Built backend services and UI features for ML-based time tracking, working closely with product and data teams. Gained mentorship from senior engineers and data scientists throughout the process.

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