Revenue & operations
- Checkout, booking, and inventory systems that handle real transactions.
- Apps built to stay reliable and maintainable as they grow.
- Turns business requirements into clear product decisions.
Jalen Johnson
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Senior product engineer
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Fourteen live products
Jalen
Johnson.
Live systems that hold up.
I build apps, platforms, and internal systems that work in production — not just demos. Commerce, regulated workflow, and internal tools that survive the first ninety days. Focused on revenue-critical code.
Based in the US · Remote-first · Open to founding-engineer & senior roles
Email: contact@jalenbuilds.com
§ 01 The résumé
JalenBuilds.
Senior Product Engineer · Founding-Engineer ready
I build apps, platforms, and internal systems that work in production, not just in demos. Fourteen live products, real URLs, real users — from commerce to regulated workflow to internal tools.
§ 02 Core strengths
What I'm best at.
Internal systems & automation
- Internal tools that take drag out of day-to-day operations.
- Clean system design with clear boundaries and safety checks.
- Works best where quality and speed both matter.
Regulated & compliance-heavy work
- Dispatch, handoffs, and audit trails that survive real scrutiny.
- Compliance as a first-class constraint, not a post-launch patch.
- Launched regulated commerce in cannabis delivery and beyond.
Founding-engineer shape
- Full ownership from idea to live URL — no handoffs required.
- Code, design judgment, deploy discipline, and customer instinct in one person.
- Useful pre-CTO or as the first technical hire.
§ 03 Selected public work
Real URLs. Real users.
SwingersClub
Premium golf apparel commerce. Secure checkout, real-time inventory, custom order flow.
BudHub
Regulated cannabis delivery. Menu sync, driver dispatch, compliance-friendly ops.
DomainPilot
Internal domain-portfolio workspace. Research, scoring, and review in one workflow.
18HolesToHome
Golf-community real-estate search. City landing pages, mortgage calculators, and a buyer quiz tied to a hidden insights engine.
ResumeAI
ATS-friendly résumé builder. Messy input becomes structured forms and reliable PDFs.
TopTier Moving & Junk
Local-service booking. Conversion-focused funnel, gallery, and admin dashboard.
§ 04 Selective private work
Off the public surface.
- Trading tools: market analysis, risk management, automated execution.
- AI systems: product scoring, content generation, workflow automation.
- Growth tools: lead capture, qualification, routing, and conversion in one system.
§ 05 Working style
How I ship.
- Ship a real workflow early, then harden around actual use.
- Understandable code, clean handoffs, systems that survive after launch.
- Works close to founders and small businesses without losing speed.
- Opinionated about quality, un-opinionated about process — match the team.
§ 06 Core stack
What I build with.
Next.js
TypeScript
Node.js
Python
Prisma
PostgreSQL
Supabase
Stripe
OpenAI
Workflow automation
Vercel
GitLab CI
Want to work together.
Open to founding-engineer and senior product-engineering roles, plus freelance project work through the studio. Send the current link and what's blocking you — I reply within 24 hours if it looks like a fit.