Core Engineering Lead · Shopmonkey

Problem

The v1 platform was capping growth — aging architecture, slow iteration, and scaling limits as the customer base expanded.

Approach

Led a greenfield rebuild with an incremental migration of the entire user base — no big-bang cutover, continuity the whole way through.

• TypeScript
• Next.js
• Fastify
• Kysely
• CockroachDB

My role

Architecture, migration strategy, and team execution as a core lead — keeping reliability high while moving fast.