Identity AI Labs
Founding Senior Software Engineer
A real-time product. A million users.
I owned the frontend architecture and system design for an AI companion platform as it grew from an MVP to approximately 1M+ users.
20s → 3s
LCP · approximate
Media, payload & critical path
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The engineering problem
The product had complex asynchronous state, long-lived sessions, and several external services. As usage grew, the frontend had to handle that complexity and get faster on mobile.
What I owned
I owned server rendering, data loading, client state, background sync, analytics, and production monitoring. I also set frontend standards, led reviews, and mentored engineers.
The work
I optimized media, deferred noncritical resources, and shortened the critical rendering path. I also built product features and external API integrations with product and design.
Outcomes
- LCP improved from approximately 20 seconds to approximately 3 seconds.
- Initial mobile payload fell from approximately 4.3 MB to approximately 1.7 MB.
- Eliminated major main-thread blocking problems.
React · TypeScript · Remix · WebSockets
These figures are approximate comparisons from the project.