Dylan Grant

Dylan Grant

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Engineering Manager | Frontend & Web Platform Leader | Empowering High-Impact Teams to Build Scalable, User-Centric Products | React • JavaScript • Web Archi...
Portland, Oregon, United States

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  • Minnesota State University, Mankato
    Adjunct Professor | Software Engineering & Industry Mentorship
    Minnesota State University, Mankato
    Oct 2025 - Current (1 year 1 month)
    Modeling high-performing engineering environments for the next generation of software developers. I lead student teams through the reality of modern product development, moving beyond academic theory to deliver production-ready code while building the ownership and clarity required for an elite engineering career.
    • Spearheaded a semester-long project for a 5-person engineering team, driving Scrum execution and backlog management to meet professional delivery standards.
    • Established structured 1:1s and team feedback loops, fostering a culture of ownership and high-trust communication aligned with high-performing engineering norms.
    • Delivered hands-on technical coaching in coding, testing, architecture, and database querying
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    Founder & Engineering Lead | Zero-to-One SaaS Development
    ph27
    Jul 2024 - Current (2 years 4 months)
    Built and shipped two SaaS products from zero to production, owning product direction, architecture, and delivery end-to-end. The work spans a relationship wellness app (LoveLingo) and a Shopify campaign alignment tool (Snapcamp), developed using a modern web stack (React, TypeScript, Node.js, GraphQL) with scalable infrastructure, CI/CD pipelines, and real-time systems. Applied the same standards I expect from high-performing teams, including WCAG accessibility (95+ scores), clean architecture, automated testing, and AI-augmented workflows to move quickly without sacrificing quality.
  • Talentful
    Senior Software Engineer | Product Launch & Testing Infrastructure
    Talentful
    Jan 2025 - Mar 2025 (3 months)
    Partnered directly with the CTO to deliver high-impact frontend features and improve delivery workflows during a critical platform push. I focused on delivering React features and building the testing infrastructure required to maintain release confidence under aggressive launch timelines.
    • Delivered key React features under tight timelines, supporting a high-priority product launch.
    • Expanded automated testing coverage by 25% using Jest, React Testing Library, and Cypress, architecting an automated safety net that significantly reduced regression risk prior to the platform’s public release.
    • Optimized GitHub-based CI/CD pipelines to enable per-feature deployments, unblocking the engineering team by ensuring changes were r
  • uGuru Data Sciences
    Engineering Manager | Scalable Web Platforms & Technical Modernization
    uGuru Data Sciences
    Mar 2022 - Sep 2024 (2 years 7 months)
    Inherited an undifferentiated engineering team with unclear ownership and inconsistent delivery, and transformed it into a high-performing organization with clear team boundaries, improved execution, and strong cross-functional alignment. Led a full architectural modernization of a legacy platform, aligning leadership, product, and engineering around a scalable technical direction while maintaining delivery on an active SaaS product.
    • Dramatically reduced time-to-interactive (TTI) on critical platform pages from 20 minutes to 2 minutes, utilizing performance profiling to validate and optimize data delivery strategies.
    • Owned and architected the transition of core systems from a monolithic codebase to a modular React-based archit
  • uGuru Data Sciences
    Web Engineering Lead | Technical Architecture & Monolith Migration
    uGuru Data Sciences
    Nov 2021 - Mar 2022 (5 months)
    Conducted the initial technical audit and architectural discovery for uGuru’s enterprise platform transition. I focused on identifying the technical debt ceiling of the legacy monolith and defining the component-driven standards required to enable a multi-team organization to ship high-performance UI at scale.
    •  Identified and corrected frontend performance issues of custom UI framework.
    •  Defined the long-term frontend architecture strategy and technical direction in partnership with product leadership, ensuring technical roadmaps were aligned with enterprise scalability requirements.
    •  Established frontend development standards, which significantly improved codebase consistency, maintainability, and developer velocity.
  • Talkoot
    Engineering Manager & UI/UX Architect | Enterprise SaaS for Product Companies
    Talkoot
    Feb 2020 - Sep 2021 (1 year 8 months)
    Identified critical limitations in a legacy B2B SaaS platform and built the case for a full modernization. Led a distributed engineering team through a high-risk transition, aligning leadership, product, and engineering around a scalable architectural vision.
    • Re-architected the enterprise B2B SaaS platform from a monolith to a decoupled web app + API, reducing time-to-interactive by 67% and enabling real-time performance on large data workflows.
    • Led and grew the engineering team to 3 full stack developers.
    • Built and launched a greenfield SaaS product (Shopify app) from 0 → MVP in 6 months alongside a single backend engineer, owning both product and engineering decisions.
    • Scaled a custom design system that standar
  • Talkoot
    Senior Frontend Developer | Core React Design Systems
    Talkoot
    May 2019 - Feb 2020 (10 months)
    Joined as the first frontend engineer alongside the CTO, owning the entire frontend codebase from day one.
    • Built a React-based component library used across two products, establishing the UI foundation the company would scale on.
    • Embedded performance and accessibility (WCAG) standards into the development lifecycle, improving product quality and long-term maintainability.
  • Projekt202
    Lead Software Engineer | Solution Architecture for Enterprise Fintech
    Projekt202
    Oct 2018 - May 2019 (8 months)
    Led technical strategy for high-visibility fintech and analytics projects, serving as the solution architect for major enterprise upgrades. I focused on translating complex business requirements into scalable frontend architectures that delivered immediate performance wins.
    • Re-architected a legacy financial services application for Fiserv, resulting in a 15% performance improvement and a 10-point Lighthouse score increase.
    • Built internal documentation and standards for Fiserv that reduced engineering onboarding friction and ensured architectural consistency across projects.
    • Designed and delivered a proof-of-concept bike-sharing platform for Jaspersoft, which was featured as a primary technical guide on their official si
  • Globant
    Senior Software Engineer | UI Architecture
    Globant
    Jun 2017 - Oct 2018 (1 year 5 months)
    Contributed to critical UI architecture and feature delivery for global streaming and industrial automation brands. I specialized in managing extreme device fragmentation and introducing modern engineering standards to legacy environments.
    • Led a team of 6 engineers on Hulu's "Living Room" platform, shipping performant UI components across 15+ OTT devices, including Samsung, LG, Xbox, and Apple TV.
    • Championed the department-wide adoption of TypeScript by consulting with cross-team leads and using code reviews to drive implementation, resulting in improved codebase reliability and developer experience.
    • Navigated a disjointed, multi-team environment to ensure high-visibility features were shipped on schedule while maintain
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    Software Engineer | Lead & IC | Streaming Foundations
    Sep 2016 - Jun 2017 (10 months)
    Delivered production-ready MVPs for streaming media and emerging voice platforms. I focused on building high-performance foundations that supported rapid feature iteration.
    • Led a team of three to architect Sinclair’s Hummingbird streaming foundation, implementing custom Webpack strategies to optimize delivery for complex middleware environments.
    • Upgraded core web infrastructure for American Sports Network and The Tennis Channel, resolving technical debt to improve feature delivery velocity.
    • Expanded audience engagement for KUOW Public Radio by building accessible, zero-to-one voice-activated applications for Alexa and Google Assistant.
  • Projekt202
    Frontend Developer | Platform Rebuild & Accessibility
    Projekt202
    May 2016 - Sep 2016 (5 months)
    Led the frontend rebuild of the Washington Health Alliance website, delivering significant improvements to user experience, accessibility, and healthcare transparency. Integrated Tableau reporting to provide dynamic data insights and a custom Umbraco CMS. Achieved full legal compliance by introducing accessibility-focused features and successfully passing all required accessibility audits.
  • Holland America Line
    Frontend Developer | Offline-First Web Architecture
    Holland America Line
    Jun 2015 - May 2016 (1 year)
    Built a responsive transactional experience for maritime passengers, solving for the high-latency and intermittent connectivity of shipboard internet.
    • Built and launched an offline-first transactional web app from scratch using Angular.js, supporting seamless data synchronization for passengers across five maritime vessels.
    • Implemented sophisticated data caching and background sync engines, ensuring 100% application uptime in limited-connectivity environments.
    •  Negotiated critical data contracts with backend REST services and developed custom Node.js admin panels to manage operational data for on-ship environments.
  • Holland America Line
    Junior Developer | Responsive Passenger-Facing UI
    Holland America Line
    May 2014 - Jun 2015 (1 year 2 months)
    Joined the engineering team to support the development of passenger-facing web features while learning professional full-stack development patterns in a high-concurrency maritime environment.
    • Contributed to UI development and feature delivery for shipboard web applications, focusing on cross-device consistency and frontend responsiveness.
    • Collaborated with senior engineers to implement data caching strategies, improving user experience and latency for passengers at sea.
    • Resolved frontend technical debt and added unit test coverage, improving application maintainability.
  • Pacific Coast Feather Company
    Customer Account Analyst
    Pacific Coast Feather Company
    Jun 2012 - Oct 2013 (1 year 5 months)
    Saved $12,000 annually and recovered 50 monthly work hours by designing and implementing a new technology workflow initiative.
  • Guy Carpenter
    Senior Catastrophe Analyst
    Guy Carpenter
    Feb 2006 - Oct 2010 (4 years 9 months)
    Saved over $1M in annualized losses through data modeling and risk assessment for high-value catastrophe reinsurance portfolios
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  • Code Fellows
    Professional Software Development, Full-Stack Engineering (Ruby on Rails Stack)
    Code Fellows
    Jan 2013
  • Willamette University
    bachelor, Bachelor of Arts, Economics
    Willamette University
    Jan 2000 - Jan 2004 (4 years 1 month)
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