Summary
Bob Kozik is a versatile full-stack developer with 11 years of hands-on experience and a 15-year background in software engineering, blending deep expertise in PHP, Python, Node.js, and modern JavaScript frameworks. He has led engineering efforts from CTO-level product delivery to hands-on system design—optimizing MySQL tables with horizontal sharding, building event-driven microservices on AWS, and cutting fulfillment processing time by two-thirds at HustleHarbor. Bob’s work spans web UIs, APIs, and infrastructure: he’s built custom microframeworks, real-time inventory sync with RabbitMQ, and developer tooling like a package manager and local dev environments to boost team productivity. Based in Milwaukee, he brings a pragmatic, data-driven approach to problems in clean energy, IoT, and wellness tech, and enjoys applying creative ML and generative-art workflows (custom Flux LoRA models) to product design. Colleagues describe him as a persistent learner who turns messy legacy codebases into maintainable services while mentoring peers and driving measurable operational improvements.
11 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer