Summary
Griffin Kelley is a software engineer with 9 years of experience building full‑stack products and shipping production systems, currently at Stripe in Chicago. He excels at turning MVPs into multi‑product platforms—previously joining Dripos as employee #1 to expand a single product into a six‑app ecosystem for quick‑service restaurants. Comfortable across Node/Express, Python/Flask, React/React Native, and cloud infra, Griffin has designed APIs, led database migrations, and integrated numerous third‑party services at scale. He’s shipped revenue-driving e‑commerce features and architected foundational API patterns that supported hundreds of endpoints. A former founder and repeat startup operator, he pairs entrepreneurial instincts with a discipline for code quality and team processes. Known for “bleeding code,” he also brings a knack for translating product needs into durable technical solutions.
9 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelors Degree Computer Science and Entrepreneurship, Bachelors Degree Computer Science and Entrepreneurship at University of Wisconsin-Madison
High School, High School at Edina High School