Summary
Andrei Usenka is a Senior Full Stack Developer based in Edmonton with 11 years of professional experience and over eight years focused on full-stack software engineering. He has progressed through roles at Intuit—spanning frontend, database, and senior software engineering—and now builds product features and systems at Lantern. Comfortable across Java, NodeJS, Vue, databases (MySQL, MongoDB, OracleAQ) and cloud tooling (AWS Lambdas, API Gateway, S3), he blends backend infrastructure work with polished front-end delivery. A Neovim enthusiast who values developer ergonomics, Andrei also brings hands-on operational experience from non-software roles, giving him a pragmatic approach to reliability and troubleshooting. Known for driving feature development and stabilizing platforms, he often surfaces practical optimizations that reduce friction between teams and production systems.
11 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
W19, W19 at Y Combinator
Computer Science, Computer Science at University of Waterloo
English, Romanian