Jesse-Peplinski-Resume-Resend-Product-Engineer

Summary

Product engineer candidate with 8+ years shipping customer-facing web software, hands-on React/TypeScript/Next.js product work, and a builder's perspective from shipping AI/SaaS products in public. I care about the layer Resend is focused on: making complex developer infrastructure feel clear, fast, trustworthy, and polished. Recent work includes TryLaunchLoop, TrySignalHire, Vibe Storefront, PortDeck, and interactive RAG/MCP explainers, with direct Resend usage across my own product stack.

Experience

Senior Software Engineer July 2017 — Present

Equitable · Syracuse, NY

Served as lead engineer across major customer-facing web initiatives, moving between product requirements, UX details, frontend/backend implementation, stakeholder alignment, production launch, 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
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
Led the migration of an Angular to vanilla JavaScript Retirement Guide, architecting the separation of content and code
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

Selected AI/Product Work

TryLaunchLoop (May 2026 · MVP in three weeks · Next.js, Convex, Vercel, Stripe, Resend, Codex) — Built in public on Twitch; turns commit logs and product progress into review-ready launch posts, with Resend-backed email in the product stack.

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; uses the Resend SDK for early-access email.

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.

PortDeck (June 2026 · TypeScript, Swift, Astro, Docker, macOS, Codex) — AI-native local runtime dashboard for Mac: ports, services, Docker containers, Git repos, worktrees, health, and a status JSON contract for automation.

MCP / RAG visualizations (April 2026 · Next.js, Vercel AI SDK, Claude Code) — Interactive explainers for tool discovery, JSON-RPC flow, retrieval, source scoring, and augmented generation.

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

Product Engineering: End-to-end feature ownership, product judgment, UX polish, instrumentation, launch iteration, user feedback loops
Frontend: React, Next.js, Astro, TypeScript, JavaScript, Tailwind CSS, HTML/CSS
Backend/API: Node.js, REST APIs, webhooks, server-side logic, data modeling, integrations, product infrastructure
Developer UX: Technical concepts, debugging flows, observability surfaces, docs, demos, developer education
AI & LLMs: Codex, Claude Code, OpenAI API, Vercel AI SDK, MCP, RAG, tool calling, structured outputs
Platforms: Resend SDK/SMTP, Convex, Supabase/Postgres, Vercel, Stripe, Clerk, Azure DevOps, Git/GitHub
Enterprise: Adobe AEM, Sitecore, Java, Spring Boot, regulated software delivery, production reliability