Summary
Ryan Hirsch is a Senior Software Engineer with 13 years of experience building frontend-focused web applications and cloud-native backends, currently shaping product at Phantom. He specializes in React and Web Components while bringing strong DevOps skills across AWS, Terraform, Docker, and CI/CD pipelines to ensure reliable delivery and observability. His background spans startups and enterprises—from real-time collaboration and custom search systems to analytics platform work at Mixpanel—demonstrating an ability to move projects from prototype to production. Comfortable leading cross-functional teams, he has repeatedly owned full-stack features and infrastructure, including Cognito/Lambda/DynamoDB architectures and containerized tooling. Based in Waterloo, Illinois, he combines pragmatic engineering with a history of embedded-systems R&D and ops-focused leadership that helps teams bridge frontend polish and backend resilience.
13 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science, Computer Science, Bachelor of Science, Computer Science at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville