Summary
Jory Pestorious is a Full-Stack Engineer with 11 years of experience building production-grade web and game systems, currently architecting a React/TypeScript and FastAPI platform at Workhelix. He has a proven track record scaling real-time, multiplayer experiences—co-founding We're Five Games and leading engineering on a title with 47M+ downloads—alongside enterprise-grade cloud services and automation at U.S. Bank. Comfortable across front-end, backend, and data visualization, he’s implemented 15+ custom ECharts dashboards, multi-tenant SSO, and PostgreSQL optimizations. Jory accelerates developer productivity through tools like PromptHive and CalmHive CLI, and explores LLM and Azure AI integrations to create high-impact automation. He pairs entrepreneurial product sense with disciplined engineering practices, having reduced time-to-market via DevOps and agile processes during studio growth and acquisitions. Based in Victoria, Minnesota, he brings a rare blend of game-scale realtime systems and enterprise automation to full-stack product engineering.
11 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Master’s Degree, ESL, 3.894 GPA, Master’s Degree, ESL, 3.894 GPA at Hamline University
Nanodegree, Front-End Web Developer, Nanodegree, Front-End Web Developer at Udacity
University of Minnesota Twin Cities
Korean