Projects

A collection of products, tools, and websites I've built across startups, freelance work, and university research.

RK4

Co-Founder & Engineer

Orem, UT

February 2025 - Present

  • Co-founded a freelance web development business, successfully helping 3 startups get off the ground with custom technology solutions.
  • Built and deployed 3 client websites with modern frameworks, responsive design, and SEO optimization.
  • Integrated CI/CD pipelines for all client projects to enable rapid, reliable deployments.

Technologies

Svelte & SvelteKitTailwindCSSGSAPBlenderThrelteDocker & Compose

Quant Portfolio Advisors

Sole Engineer

Clearwater, FL

Mar 2025 - May 2026

  • Sole engineer of a 5-person finance startup. Built and deployed automation tools, data pipelines, and cloud infrastructure.
  • Designed and deployed a Windows automation tool to export financial data from Bloomberg Terminal, pulling ETFs, currencies, futures, and macroeconomic indicators daily. Replaced a slow manual process, saving hours per week.
  • Created and deployed workflow orchestration tools to calculate values for 4 data pipelines utilizing daily refreshed data from over 150 Ticker Symbols.
  • Built and deployed 9 websites and integrated CI/CD pipelines for the team.
  • Built multiple environments (prod, dev, staging) with Terraform, managing 15+ cloud services. Used Terraform modules and remote state for team collaboration.
  • Converted a $650/month cloud process down to $35/month through infrastructure optimization.
  • Took a 6-hour manual client statement process and automated the majority of the work down to 15 minutes, reducing service cost from $7,500/year to $1,200/year.
  • Hosted and deployed a JupyterHub instance with 6 Python notebooks for non-coding team members.
  • Built 2 private Python packages for running backtests and financial analysis.

Technologies

PythonTerraformGCPDocker & ComposeSvelte & SvelteKitDagsterAirflowPowerShellExcel & MacrosStreamlitChart.jsPostgreSQL

Utah Valley University

Frontend Engineer & Research

Orem, UT

Oct 2024 - May 2025

  • Developed Version 2 of a Svelte-based AI chatbot UI deployed for 300+ UVU students and faculty, enabling real-time access to course materials, grades, due dates, and instructor feedback.
  • Built a working mobile app with authentication and a functional AI chatbot interface.
  • Engineered streaming response handling using regex-powered chunk parsing for KaTeX and code blocks, solving complex rendering, scrolling, and formatting edge cases.
  • Collaborated on the E2i initiative: built an interactive frontend for a team-matching platform that auto-generated 50+ project teams using LLM-driven analysis of survey data, supporting $500,000 in grant funding.
  • Developed dynamic editable modals with search and removal functionality, enabling users to fine-tune AI-generated teams before committing to the database.
  • Served as Chairman of the UVU Computer Science Club, organizing events and supporting 80+ CS students in networking and skill-building.

Technologies

SvelteTypeScriptTailwindCSSKaTeXStreamlitPythonFastAPIOpenAI API

Rotor (Otternaut - Sandbox SB04)

Co-Founder & Mobile Developer

Orem, UT

Aug 2024 - Apr 2025

  • Built and deployed a cross-platform mobile app (Flutter, FastAPI, Google Maps API) that integrated with the Jobber API to manage real-time customer leads for home service businesses.
  • Supported 20+ active users and generated $359 in monthly recurring revenue.
  • Led backend development using Docker, PostgreSQL, and OAuth2 authentication; deployed to Hetzner VPS with CI/CD via SSH and Docker Compose.
  • Implemented deep linking and Firebase hosting for Android/iOS.
  • Presented at demo day; experience inspired the launch of RK4 post-graduation.

Technologies

FlutterDartFastAPIPythonDocker & ComposePostgreSQLOAuth2Google Maps APIStripe APIJobber APIFirebaseHetzner VPS

Josh Wright

Full Stack Developer