Founder / Agent Engineer • AI Product Builder

Veteran discipline for AI-native products and consumer software.

I build products with a founder's bias for shipping: AI-native experiences, scalable frontend systems, and mobile software people actually use. My background spans Walmart, Discover, Condé Nast, and Bridgewater, and my current flagship is NeuVybe.

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Current build
NeuVybe AI music platform
Recent scope
Commerce, fintech, media
Base
Brooklyn, NY
Background
U.S. Marine Corps veteran

Companies

Built with teams operating at very different scales.

From commerce and fintech to media, streaming, and founder-led AI product work, these are the environments where I have shipped production software and learned how to balance speed with reliability.

Current build

My software company and current flagship build. The product explores AI-powered DJ experiences, real-time music mixing, live personas, and consumer-to-venue use cases with a strong brand and product point of view.

neuvybe.com

Founder-ledAI productLive AI DJs

Commerce at scale

Reusable frontend systems and React Native delivery inside a massive consumer platform.

Fintech + mobile

Production mobile features across authentication, fraud, deposits, and third-party integrations.

Editorial platform

Modernized a major CMS with an Ember-to-React and TypeScript migration across flagship brands.

Platform engineering

Build tooling, cloud delivery, and infra-aware application work across varied internal systems.

Streaming product

Front-end work across epix.com and device-facing applications for living-room platforms.

Experience

Senior-level delivery across commerce, fintech, media, and platform engineering.

From React and React Native at Walmart and Discover to platform migrations at Condé Nast and build tooling at Bridgewater, each role has deepened my ability to deliver production software at scale.

Walmart Inc

Senior Software Engineer

May 2023 - Present

Hoboken, NJ - Hybrid

Led development of scalable React, Redux, and Webpack applications and mentored engineers on maintainable component architecture.
Designed a reusable React component library for Walmart's ecommerce platform, reducing development time by 30%.
Developed React Native features for the Walmart mobile app, contributing to a 16% increase in user engagement.

Discover Financial

Senior Software Engineer

Oct 2021 - May 2023

Chicago, IL - Remote

Delivered production UI features for the Discover mobile application across authentication, fraud detection, check deposit, and third-party integrations.
Worked in React Native on a widely distributed iOS and Android product with strong quality and release expectations.

Condé Nast

Senior Software Engineer (Contract)

Jan 2021 - Jan 2022

New York, NY - Remote

Helped drive refactoring of a core CMS platform from Ember and JavaScript to React and TypeScript.
Supported content systems behind editorial brands including Vogue, Wired, GQ, Vanity Fair, and Glamour.

Bridgewater Associates

Software Engineer

Mar 2018 - Jan 2021

Bridgeport, CT - Office

Designed custom build tools to prototype, deploy, and scale static apps, server-rendered apps, and microservices.
Built deeper proficiency in React, React Native, TypeScript, GraphQL, RxJS, Jest, Webpack, and Node.js.
Expanded DevOps experience across Docker, Kubernetes, Jenkins, AWS, and GCP.

Epix

Front End Web Developer

Aug 2016 - Sept 2018

New York, NY - Office

Contributed to the Epix.com website and HTML5 platform applications including FireTV, Xbox One, and TiVo.
Worked across React, Redux, Immutable JS, RxJS, Redux-Observable, Jest, Webpack, Electron, React Native, Styled Components, and Sass.

SkedgeMe, LLC

Front End Web Developer

May 2015 - Sept 2016

New York, NY - Office

Built and improved customer-facing applications for brands including NARS, MAC, Clarins, Chanel, Bed Bath & Beyond, and Michaels.
Worked across Gulp, jQuery, Angular, React, Ember, Polymer, Sass, CSS, and HTML.
Implemented unit and integration testing with Karma, Jasmine, Mocha, Chai, Nightwatch JS, and PhantomJS.

Long Island University

Web Developer

2014 - 2015

Brooklyn, NY - Office

Built responsive business admin and CRM applications with jQuery, Angular, Sass, CSS, and HTML.
Worked with Microsoft SQL Server, MongoDB, MySQL, PostgreSQL, and REST APIs in ASP.NET/C#.

United States Marine Corps

Corporal

2007 - 2011

Service background

Honorably discharged combat veteran with overseas assignments in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Developed the discipline, calm, and execution mindset that still shape how I build and lead today.

Skills

Core technologies across 10+ years of production work.

The languages, frameworks, and infrastructure I have used to ship software at companies like Walmart, Discover, Condé Nast, and Bridgewater.

Frontend systems

The core UI toolkit behind most of my shipping work across web platforms and migration-heavy frontends.

React

TypeScript

JavaScript

Redux

Webpack

Sass

Angular

Ember

Mobile and product delivery

Technologies I have used to ship consumer mobile features, stateful UI, testing, and service integration work.

React Native

GraphQL

RxJS

Jest

Node.js

Cloud and operations

Infrastructure and delivery tools that supported production releases, internal platforms, and scaling work.

Docker

Kubernetes

Jenkins

AWS

GCP

Data and backend

Databases and API-adjacent technologies I have used in production applications and admin systems.

MySQL

PostgreSQL

MongoDB

Contact

Looking for someone who can build, ship, and own the product surface.

I am most energized by AI-native products, consumer software, platform modernization, and roles that reward strong product instincts as much as technical execution.

Reach out

donmcleanx@gmail.com

Brooklyn, New York. Available for AI-native product work, senior frontend engineering, and founder-minded platform builds.

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