Summary
Andrew Hardy is a full-stack engineer and founder with 8+ years of professional software experience and a 16-year background combining software and pharmaceutical R&D. He runs Ultimate Question Coding, shipping six production apps across mobile and Smart TV platforms and leading front-end work at TezLab on cross-platform React Native and AI-driven vehicle assistant features. His stack spans Next.js, React Native, Ruby on Rails, FastAPI, and Python tooling for IoT and AI, and he’s built MCP servers and RAG pipelines using ChromaDB, LangChain, and Ollama for production AI workflows. Recent highlights include a voice-first Smart TV app for Perplexity integrating system microphone search and a Rails/Postgres CMS on Fly.io/Supabase to support global localized content. A former pharmaceutical scientist, he brings a methodical, data-driven approach to complex engineering problems and a knack for picking the right tool for the job. Based in Vermont, he blends product-minded consulting with hands-on architecture and deployment experience across consumer, AI, and IoT domains.
7 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
University of Denver Coding Boot Camp
Bachelor of Science - BS Biochemistry, Bachelor of Science - BS Biochemistry at Bates College