Summary
Richard Miles is a pragmatic startup CTO and technical co-founder with nine years of experience building SaaS platforms, leading full-stack engineering, and founding Miles Systems LLC to deliver fast, spec-driven software. He currently leads engineering at Assessorly, applying AVM-driven property valuation to simplify tax savings, and previously held roles from lead engineer to senior developer at companies like Drop-In Gaming, McKesson, and Chess.com. Richard blends cloud-native architecture (AWS, CloudFormation, RDS Aurora Serverless), microservices, real-time systems (WebSockets, streaming), and payment integrations with hands-on implementation experience. He has a track record of migrating monoliths to microservices, implementing custom ORMs and APIs, and shipping responsive React front-ends with sub-second back-end responses. As a former MERN bootcamp teaching assistant and university staff coordinator, he pairs technical depth with practical mentorship and operational rigor. Based in Littleton, Colorado, he’s known for turning ambitious product ideas into production-ready systems while keeping delivery predictable through clear requirements and fixed deliverables.
9 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Computer Science, Computer Science at University of North Texas
English