adam robinson — Senior Software Engineer
Senior Software Engineer
Providence-based senior engineer helping teams ship production-ready software faster — from product delivery to platform modernization.
• Startups: senior execution to move roadmap work from blocked to launched. • Agencies: trusted technical partner for high-stakes client delivery.
Available for select freelance engagements.
Proof points
Experience
10+ years
Sectors
Fintech · Healthcare · Enterprise
Engagements
15+ delivered
Mode
Embedded senior IC / tech lead
Public artifacts
Talks
Conference and team-facing technical talksOpen source
Code, experiments, and public engineering artifactsDelivery mode
Embedded senior IC / tech lead across full stack
Cadence
Shipping work + publishing notes from real engagements
Outcome timeline
iCapital — bulk processing designed for thousands of investments
Co-designed a Rails bulk-processing service for nominee investments and expanded i18n coverage across both static UI copy and database-backed content.
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Stack
Frontend
Backend
Infrastructure
Tools
AI
Selected Work
iCapital — Fintech Platform Engineering
2024–presentEmbedded senior engineer on an alternative investment platform. Full-stack delivery across a large, complex enterprise codebase.
Impact: Baseline: fragmented nominee flows → intervention: centralized Rails bulk-processing service → outcome: thousands of investments handled in one flow.
Angi — Multi-Platform Engineering
2021–2022Contributed across three separate product codebases inside a single engagement. Also mentored a team of interns through their first real shipped feature.
Impact: Baseline: siloed post-merger product streams → intervention: shipped across 3 codebases (Vue/Java, Rails/React, Next.js) → outcome: unified delivery across brands.
Shell — Oil Platform Decommissioning
2018–2019Built decommissioning tooling for Shell Techworks in Boston. MVP delivered onsite using the Google Design Sprint process.
Impact: Baseline: months of planning ambiguity → intervention: rapid onsite Design Sprint + full-stack build → outcome: MVP delivered on schedule.
Healthcasts — Platform Modernization
2022–2024Tech lead on a platform modernization that grew into a four-year collaboration. New CMS, custom rendering layer, and a full authentication overhaul — all shipped to production.
Impact: Baseline: slow publishing + fragmented auth → intervention: Strapi/React pipeline + Auth0 unification → outcome: engagement extended into a 4-year partnership.