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Experience


Sparkles (YC W26)Founding Product Engineeryoungest hire
Jan 2026 – Present
Backed by YC, OpenAI, Anthropic, a16z, General Catalyst, Cloudflare angels
[product]
Sandbox auto-wake on preview URL - eliminated cold-start friction
Feedback system with Cloudflare Turnstile captcha + email reply notifications
Built admin panel, multi-model support, and model switcher
Integrated OpenCode server as the underlying code execution engine
Migrated full codebase from npm to Bun, restructured frontend into domain-based folders
[observability]
Integrated PostHog from scratch - events → identify → full analytics dashboard
Integrated Sentry for production error monitoring users
[security]
Hardened auth token expiry handling and unauthenticated request flows
Penetration testing across 40+ API endpoints, resolved 3 critical vulnerabilities
Activepieces (YC S22)Contract Engineer
Dec 2025 – Jan 2026
Brought back 2.5 years later to co-build directly with CTO (Mohammad AbuAboud)
[features]
Impact dashboard, leaderboards, and user profiles - full feature shipped
Leaderboard time-based filtering + analytics speed improvements
Badge email notifications on award
Bug fixes: leaderboard medals, avatar rendering, project icon in impact view
Open (YC W24)Founding Product Engineeryoungest hire
Feb 2025 – Jul 2025
AI-native support infrastructure for enterprise customers
[ai voice & email]
Reworked entire AI Email support engine using Gmail API - 60% latency reduction for 10,000+ daily emails
Reworked AI Voice from scratch with ElevenLabs (TTS) + Twilio telephony - natural, low-latency phone support
[integrations]
Worked on native Zendesk integration
Worked on native Intercom integration
[evaluation & insights]
Designed and implemented AI evaluation engine - tracks response quality at scale
Built Customer Insights engine with automatic knowledge gap detection - turns missing KB content into prioritized fixes
[workflows & outbound]
Helped Developing multi-step workflow automation for complex support logic and API-driven actions
Helped work on outbound sequencing - AI personalization across email, phone, and SMS
[customer impact]
Worked directly with large enterprise customers including MoneyGram, Mollie, TicketSwap, and More.com
Joined customer calls and implemented features that directly shaped the product roadmap
[security]
Backend penetration testing - resolved vulnerabilities pre-production
CrateBytesFounder & CEO
Oct 2024 – Oct 2025
[product]
Open-source Game Backend as a Service (GBaaS) - self-hosted alternative to AccelByte
Global leaderboards, metadata tracking, cloud scripting
2,000+ API requests/min with <50ms latency
Activepieces (YC S22)Product Engineer Internyoungest hire
Jun 2023 – Aug 2023
[integrations]
9+ pieces built/reworked: Google Sheets, Discord, Slack, SFTP, APITable, Telegram, Twitter, RSS, Google Contacts
Discord approval workflow via interactive buttons, dynamic channel dropdowns
Slack flow approvals, username/avatar customization, button support
Google Sheets: column support beyond Z, shared conversion utilities, trigger fixes
[platform]
Custom GitHub Action for PR naming conventions - reduced review overhead across 50+ weekly PRs
Built the docs generator - trigger icons, descriptions, hydration and link fixes
Added markdown property support and scoped storage to the piece framework