# Shawn Hoffman > Software Engineer. Full resume for Shawn Hoffman in plain Markdown, served for AI agents and indexing bots. ## Contact - Website: https://shawnhoffman.dev - Email: shawn.p.hoffman@gmail.com ## Relevant Employment ### Software Engineering Contractor Stack: Rails, CSS, HTML **FoodRecovery.org** — January 2026 to Current - Partnering with the FoodRecovery.org team on UI work and modernizing legacy Rails views, bringing inconsistent ERB templates and partials into a coherent, accessible, and usable design. - Refactoring Rails views and stylesheets into a consistent experience across workflows on the platform. ### Snow Owl Stack: Svelte, AI, TypeScript, Framer **Software Engineer** — September 2023 to December 2025 - Developed front-end components for AI-powered workflow automation platform including workflow editors, design systems, dynamic form builders, and AI-powered chat interfaces. ### Coinbase Stack: React, TypeScript, Rails, React Native **Senior Software Engineer** — October 2020 to September 2022 - Led the decomposition of Coinbase-wide login out of the legacy Ruby on Rails monolith, working across Rails controllers, views, and authentication flows to carve out a standalone React application. ([View Coinbase Login](https://login.coinbase.com)) - Drove a broader effort to extract user-facing surfaces from the Rails monolith into modern applications, navigating Rails routing, ERB templates, and shared session infrastructure to keep parity during migration. - Converted mobile app native login to a web-based login experience, reducing duplication and deployment times across iOS, Android, and web. - Added registration and profile support for decentralized identity ENS names through Coinbase Wallet extension. - Mentored incoming software engineers on best practices, code quality, career coaching, and criteria for advancement. ### Dynamic Signal Stack: React, JavaScript, Management, .NET **Staff Software Engineer** — July 2019 to June 2020 - Focused attention on standing up new React web application to replace 8-year old management site monolith. - Collaborated with lead front-end architect to rapidly develop groundwork alongside iterative design process. **Manager of Front-End Engineering** — May 2017 to July 2019 - Encouraged and grew team of engineers that maintained all front-end web applications and the platform's public API. - Championed and led major modernization project converting the member-facing site from .NET MVC & Knockout to React. - Created a desktop application and build tool in an effort to drive end user engagement and combat legacy browser usage. - Applied best practices and an empathetic approach when creating a swim lane process that helped engineering scale. - Architected, organized, and managed ambitious scripting engine project; making integrations quick and easy to deliver. - Awarded company MVP Q4 2018 from individually submitted feedback and team nominations. - Organized first internal hackathon from concept to execution, leading to multiple entries being added to the product. **Senior Software Engineer** — July 2015 to May 2017 - Standardized public API development and created the user interface and tooling for generated API documentation. - Founded the internal "Culture Committee", focused on promoting positive company culture and inclusion across offices. ### ADESA / Sogeti Stack: .NET, JavaScript, CSS **Software Engineer & Scrum Master** — June 2012 to June 2015 - Designed enterprise web portal for creating and managing variable pricing engine across all auctions and business units. - Upgraded business-critical web front-end from MVC 2 to MVC 5.2 and converted all content from ASP Forms to Razor. - Refactored entire application from page-specific CSS to a globally consolidated LESS structure utilizing common variables. - Developed workflow for efficient vehicle identification based on manufacturer build data and process improvement. - Led development team in technical effort to utilize modern Azure capabilities as well as optimize web performance - Implemented an enterprise-wide, customer-facing, industry-standard grading system for remarketed vehicles. - Researched and documented architecture and design principles for inherited large-scale ExtJS web application. - Developed a range of full-stack systems including .NET web service offerings, customizable cloud-based enterprise systems, single page web applications, Oracle master-data systems, and existing system stabilization/modernization. ## Independent Projects ### GiftWrapt Wish Lists Stack: TanStack, NextJS, TypeScript, iOS, Postgres, Docker, AI Link: [GiftWrapt on GitHub](https://github.com/shawnphoffman/giftwrapt) - Family wish-list and gift coordination platform. What started as a private holiday hack called "HoffStuff" has grown into GiftWrapt Wish Lists: a fully open-source, self-hostable product shipping as both a web app and a native iOS app. - v1 ("HoffStuff") proved the model on a fast-shipping NextJS + Supabase + TypeScript stack with smart URL imports that auto-fetch product details and images, off-list add-ons, multi-buyer coordination with built-in secrecy, gift idea capture, and per-list spend tracking. Everything a family actually needs from a wish list. - v2 ("GiftWrapt") is a ground-up rewrite on TanStack Start, TypeScript, and Postgres, packaged as a single Docker container so any family, or any contributor, can self-host the entire experience with zero vendor lock-in. - Native iOS app is built as a multi-tenant companion: a single install lets users sign into any GiftWrapt instance (their own, a family member's, a friend's) and manage lists, claim gifts, and track spend right from their phone, right at the store. - Layering on AI-powered delight: tailored gift suggestions for each recipient, surprise-preserving recommendations that respect the secrecy model, natural-language list creation, and richer product enrichment that goes well beyond a plain URL scrape. ### Hospitality Channels Stack: TypeScript, FFmpeg, Docker Link: [Hospitality Channels on GitHub](https://github.com/shawnphoffman/hospitality-channels) - Self-hosted guest TV channel creation system for hospitality environments like guest rooms and Airbnbs. - Template-driven video clips composable into multi-clip programs with background audio, rendered to MP4 via headless Chromium and FFmpeg. - Built-in Tunarr integration for pushing published channels directly to IPTV playlists. ### Bluesky Projects Stack: TypeScript, atproto, WebSockets, Docker - Built a custom [Star Wars feed](https://bsky.app/profile/dev.shawn.party/feed/star-wars) with some of the best Star Wars content promoting positivity and community. ([Star Wars Bluesky Feed Client](https://feed.justshillin.com/)) - Host and maintain a custom Bluesky [moderation bot account](https://bsky.app/profile/mod.shawn.party) and labeler to help identify potential spoiler content. ### Video Game Companions Stack: NextJS, TypeScript, Unreal - [Satisfactory Notebook](https://satisfactory-notebook.com/): A game companion for those that prefer to print things out or just like a quick reference. - [Dyson Sphere Planner](https://dyson-sphere-planner.com/): A companion for Dyson Sphere Program that allows you to easily reference and print recipes. ### Misc Projects Stack: NextJS, TypeScript, RSS, MapBox, Adobe - [MedStash](https://github.com/shawnphoffman/medstash): Straightforward self-hosted web app for storing receipts for long-term HSA recordkeeping. - [Shared Contacts](https://github.com/shawnphoffman/shared-contacts): Self-hosted app for sharing and synchronizing contacts across devices with a modern UI. - Podcast Landing Pages: Powered by NextJS and integrated blogs with Sanity Studio for some friend’s podcasts - [High Potion](https://myweirdfoot.com) / [Blue Harvest](https://blueharvest.rocks) / [Jammed Transmissions](https://jammedtransmissions.com) / [Dinner with the Heelers](https://blueypodcast.com) / [Scruffy Lookin Podcasters](https://scruffypod.com) . - [News Years Eras Letter](https://2024.madison.rocks/): My take on Madison's New Years Letter, themed and inspired by the Eras Tour. - [PCT Hike Tracker](https://madison.rocks/): Visualizing Madison's PCT adventure with links to bonus content like newsletters and photos. - [Star Wars Celebration Events](https://swc.events/): A convention companion making it easy to plan your trip with official and unofficial events. - [After Effects Plugin](https://github.com/shawnphoffman/ae-photo-slideshow): Allows you to use photo GPS data to fetch the city and state, add it and the date to a composition as a text layer, and batch process everything (with transitions) to an output composition. This was used to create multiple 600+ photo slideshows for long-distance hikers. - [Tahoe Air Quality](https://goober.house/): Dead simple air quality indicator using data from a local air quality station and local APIs. - Home Automations: My favorite is an outdoor light that signals the next trash pickup (blue for recycling, green for yard waste), powered by Home Assistant and a custom integration with the waste management site. ## Education ### Purdue University - Bachelors Degree from the School of Technology: Computer and Information Technology ## Skills - JavaScript - TypeScript - React - NextJS - Postgres - SQLite - Redis - KV - REST - GraphQL - OAuth - OWASP - HTML - CSS - Tailwind - shadcn - NodeJS - Docker - nginx - Traefik - React Native - Expo - Electron - Cloudflare - AWS - CloudFront - Azure - Webpack - Nitro - Storybook - Git - AI - OpenAI - Cursor - Claude - Jest - Vitest - Playwright - Cheerio - WebSockets - SSE - Web Streams - Svelte - SvelteKit - Vite - VSCode - C# - .NET - MVC - Ruby - Rails - Hotwire - Turbo - Framer - Figma - Adobe CS ## Hobbies - [Volunteer trail work](https://blog.shawn.party/2025/10/11/trail-crew-wip/) including: building staircases, clearing downed trees with crosscut saws, and general maintenance. - [Scale modeling, miniature painting](https://blog.shawn.party/category/modeling/), building dioramas, laser-cutting, 3D printing, and wood working. - Everything Star Wars, self-hosting, home automation, outdoor activities, road trips, photography, and so much more.