Jordan Stout
Profile
Jordan is a dynamic and results-driven software engineer with over a decade and a half of extensive experience in developing and leading successful teams to deliver impactful technology solutions. He is adept at recruiting, mentoring, and managing cross-functional teams of diverse backgrounds, including engineers, designers, business intelligence experts, and data scientists. He is recognized for his exceptional problem-solving skills and consistently drives innovation and process optimization to enhance efficiencies and maximize profitability. With a strong technical acumen and the ability to articulate a clear vision, he is a proven leader in delivering world-class software applications. As an avid coder and lifelong learner, Stout is deeply passionate about staying up-to-date with the latest technologies and techniques, often indulging in late-night coding sessions to continuously expand his skillset and knowledge base.
Skills
Experience
CTO @ AndAlways.com
2019 - Present
San Diego, CA
- Created, designed, and developed e-commerce brand which has sold customizable art to over 200K customers
- Designed & developed GraphQL based E-Commerce API gateway using Node.js (Typescript) on Nest.js, MongoDB, Redis, React (Next.js)
- Event-driven and TCP based micro-services using Node.js TypeScript using Fastify, CQRS, and messaging (using CloudTasks and Pub/Sub) - including but not limited to: Chromium based image generation, electron based desktop app for printing image files, DIY analytics & a/b testing suite, automatic marketing creative generator, etc
- Hired team of full-stack & front-end engineers to focus on growth & A/B testing and revenue optimization
CTO @ DapperToast
2015 - 2019
San Diego, CA
- Focused on system stability and load time optimization for serving 10-30K concurrent users at any given time
- Designed & developed CMS based on a Node.js (TypeScript) GraphQL API and React
- Brought hosting costs down from $14K a month to below $1K
- Hired & managed team of full-stack engineers to focus on A/B testing layouts
- Built ad stack to optimize high paying fill-rates with ad-sense fallbacks
- Maintained infrastructure & dev-ops roles personally
- Created headline A/B testing tools to increase page engagement
Lead Engineer @ Zeeto
2011 - 2015
San Diego, CA
- First engineer employee as a Lead Developer to maintain job listing website JobFuse.com
- Developed Good Enough Recommendation (GER) engine POC for to generate leads for additional source of revenue based on visitor's interests
- Started on PHP & MySQL, then transitioned into Python for data modeling & node.js for user facing websites
- Hired and managed roughly 30 developers, designers, dev-ops, and data science engineers
- Worked directly CEO, CMO, CRO and other executives
- Developed landing page A/B testing proxy service that gave a 30% lift in revenue immediately
- Implemented Scrum/Kanban, CI/CD using Github/Jenkins, EC2 with custom provisioning & deployment tools, etc
- Focused on system uptime and latency to maintain up to 100K concurrent users at any given time
Developer @ Applus RTD
2009 - 2011
Bakersfield, CA
- Developed custom GIS mapping software for Exxon & Chevron which mapped out pipeline x-ray inspections with GPS position, images, and field tech reports
- Developed CMS for clients to log into and view pipeline inspection status giving them the ability to know when and welds we're checked and determine when they should be re-scanned with automatic field technician deployment
Developer @ Ugly Duck Marketing
2007 - 2009
Bakersfield, CA
- Managed team of designers to create local business websites as contract work
- Built restaurant delivery website like GrubHub, etc where customers can order food online for delivery
- Restaurants would receive faxes with live call-fallback in real-time on order and customers would get notified of delivery states