Jesse-Peplinski-Resume-Resend

Summary

Software engineer, technical educator, community organizer, and builder-in-public focused on developer experience. I bring 8+ years shipping customer-facing web software, 6 cohorts of coding bootcamp leadership, hands-on React/TypeScript/Next.js product work, public technical writing, Twitch/X distribution, hands-on Resend usage, and a founder's perspective from building AI/SaaS tools like TryLaunchLoop and TrySignalHire.

Selected AI/Product Work

TryLaunchLoop (May 2026 · Next.js, Supabase, Resend SMTP, X/Twitter, Codex) — Developer-marketing tool for indie SaaS builders who need to turn real product progress into launch material without losing focus on shipping; grew X from roughly 170 to roughly 950 followers by engaging with founders and builders shipping real things.

TrySignalHire (May 2026 · solo-built MVP · Next.js, OpenAI, Supabase/Postgres, Clerk, Resend, Vercel, Codex) — AI-mediated hiring product where candidate work becomes sourced claims and company jobs become evidence signals for human review.

Vibe Storefront (April 2026 · MVP live within 4h · Next.js, OpenAI, Supabase/Postgres, Clerk, Codex) — Solo-built product-validation app that turns ideas into positioning, copy, imagery, public share pages, and a live gallery.

How does MCP work? (April 2026 · ~1 hour · Next.js, Vercel AI SDK) — Interactive developer explainer showing tool discovery, JSON-RPC, tool selection, execution, and response generation.

Experience

Software Engineer July 2017 — Present

Equitable · Syracuse, NY

Served as lead engineer across major customer-facing web initiatives, taking projects from requirements and stakeholder alignment through implementation, production launch, documentation, and post-launch reliability
Generated hundreds of thousands of dollars in business impact by leading the end-to-end redesign of the PCR Rates page, a high-traffic product page with thousands of daily views
Led chatbot development with Microsoft Bot Framework on Azure, serving as lead engineer and managing the project backlog from prototype through MVP
Shipped the OBP customer portal (React, Java) to help onboard new brokers from outside firms into the organization
Led the migration of an Angular to vanilla JavaScript Retirement Guide, architecting the separation of content and code
Enhanced FMG website intake forms by simplifying a feedback workflow spanning hundreds of questions and enabling PDF email summaries of advisor responses; improved usability and documentation for the intake process
Migrated 150 pages from Sitecore to Adobe AEM with zero downtime, collaborating with vendor teams to compress an originally 9-month migration plan into roughly 3 months

Partner 2017 — Present

Hack Upstate LLC · Syracuse, NY

Directed and taught in Careers in Code, a 6-month intensive coding bootcamp for underserved populations, running day-to-day delivery across 6 cohorts (2019-2024)
Designed and delivered developer education, workshops, curriculum, documentation, project feedback, and coaching for students learning full-stack web development
Organized 100+ person hackathons that brought developers, students, sponsors, and local organizations together to advance Central New York’s tech community
Built admissions and operations systems from scratch, automating the pipeline end-to-end using Pipefy, Zapier, and Notion; implemented EOS for goal tracking
Admitted 102 students, graduated 74 (72.5% graduation rate), placed 24 graduates in tech roles
Managed approximately $1.1M in grant-backed program funding across local government and economic development partners

Education

B.S. Computer Science, Mathematics Minor 2015 — 2017

SUNY Potsdam

Benjamin F. Bradley Memorial Award — High achievement & outstanding department contribution
Founded Hack Potsdam (grew from 49 to 116 attendees, $10K raised, MLH partnership). President of ACM. GPA: 3.25
Speaker at HackCon V — "Getting Your Alumni Involved," presented to a national audience of student hackathon organizers

Technical Skills

DX & Content: Technical writing, tutorials, changelogs, demos, docs, developer education, customer stories
Frontend: React, Next.js, Astro, TypeScript, JavaScript, Tailwind CSS, HTML/CSS
AI & LLMs: Codex, Claude Code, OpenAI API, Vercel AI SDK, MCP, RAG, tool calling, structured outputs
Products: TryLaunchLoop, TrySignalHire, Vibe Storefront, RAG/MCP explainers, Gridiron Rumble
Distribution: Public writing, Twitch live builds, X/Twitter, community programs, hackathons, workshops
Platforms: Resend SDK/SMTP, Supabase/Postgres, Clerk, Vercel, Azure DevOps, Git/GitHub, REST APIs
Enterprise: Adobe AEM, Sitecore, Java, Spring Boot, stakeholder alignment, production reliability