Summary
Ariel Ruff is a versatile software engineer and technologist based in New York with a decade of hands-on experience across full-stack web development, digital product design, and small-business operations. He has built and scaled ventures from an e-liquid startup—handling everything from payment gateways to supply chains—to freelance photography businesses monetized in international publications. Comfortable shifting between code, visual design, and data acquisition, Ariel combines practical engineering skills with creative problem solving and a history of building sustainable, switchable systems. His background includes civic data projects for New York City and early web-development work for campaigns and consumer sites, showing an ability to translate complex datasets into usable public tools. Energetic and self-directed since his teens, he brings entrepreneurial grit and a “Swiss-army knife” skill set that makes him effective both as an individual contributor and as a cross-functional team member.
10 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Computer Science, Computer Science at CUNY New York City College of Technology
Full Stack Web Developer Certification, Full Stack Web Devlopemnt, Full Stack Web Developer Certification, Full Stack Web Devlopemnt at Udacity
English, Spanish