Ted Armstrong
Senior Software Engineer | Full-Stack TypeScript | Startup Veteran
Portland, Maine Phone: +1 (207) 701-9855
SUMMARY
Full-stack engineer who ships. 10+ years building production systems at high-growth startups (6 River/Shopify, Dandy, Lightforce). Strong in TypeScript, Node, React, and cloud infra. Tech lead experience; comfortable owning 0→1 and scaling. Scrappy, outcome-focused.
EDUCATION
Maine School of Science and Mathematics (MSSM) 2008-08 — 2011-05
High School Diploma
Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) (3.50 / 4.00 GPA) 2011-08 — 2015-05
B.S. (Computer Science)
EXPERIENCE
Contractor for RVO Health
  • Shipped RESTful API integrations and data models for Optum Perks, enabling pharmacy home delivery (NestJS, MongoDB, PostgreSQL on Azure)
  • Built NestJS microservices and Terraform IaC for repeatable, scalable deploys
Senior Software Engineer - Dandy, Remote 2025-02-24 — 2025-08-08
Full service digital dental lab
  • Built full-stack MES (React + NestJS, GraphQL, PostgreSQL on GCP) for a digital dental lab; streamlined technician workflows to reduce fulfillment time and boost production efficiency
  • Owned on-call for production; triaged and resolved incidents promptly
The World's First, and Only, Fully-Personalized 3D Printed Orthodontics Bracket System
  • Shipped MES features and workflows for manufacturing technicians (Wilmington factory), improving order visibility and throughput
  • Led migration of legacy Express.js service to NestJS/TypeScript; reduced tech debt and enabled modern patterns
  • Designed PostgreSQL schemas and optimized queries; deployed via Serverless + Terraform IaC on AWS
  • On-call rotation; triaged and resolved production issues
Warehouse Fulfillment Automation startup with novel AMR solution. Acquired by Shopify October 2019.
  • Tech lead for squad of 7 engineers, 2 PMs, 3 QA, 1 UX; shipped TypeScript services (Node, Kubernetes, CQRS/event-driven) powering warehouse automation
  • Built Behavior Tree workflows deployed to thousands of AMRs, stations, and handhelds across 109+ sites
  • Designed and migrated dozens of PostgreSQL data models with performant views/indexes (GCP Cloud SQL)
  • Drove API-first development (OpenAPI, generated types); established org-wide design review for large technical projects
  • On-call (168hr shifts); mentored engineers on technical and career growth
E-commerce company that produces physical and digital marketing products for small businesses.
  • Drove adoption of serverless (AWS) across Manufacturing Software; designed and implemented CI/CD for serverless deploys
  • Built RESTful microservices in C# (.NET) and Node.js; wrote Ruby developer/build tooling (Rake, RubyGems)
American railroad rolling stock manufacturer.
SKILLS
Backend development:
  • Node.js
  • NestJS
  • PostgreSQL
  • REST
  • GraphQL
  • OpenAPI
  • CQRS
  • Mocha
  • Jest
Frontend development:
  • React
  • Angular
  • Storybook
  • Material UI
DevOps & Cloud:
  • GCP
  • AWS
  • Terraform
  • Serverless
  • CI/CD
  • Infrastructure as Code
Languages:
  • TypeScript
  • JavaScript
  • SQL
  • C#