Ryan Mahoney is an engineering manager and founder with 11+ years building high-traffic, rider-facing systems and hiring-focused products that prioritize usability, accessibility, and measurable outcomes. He co-founded FirstWho to reduce bad hires using research-driven UX and a custom AI for interviewer scorecards, and as COO of TransitOPS has modernized transit tech—running work that scaled the MBTA data pipeline to 2+ billion monthly transactions and improved real-time predictions and accessibility for thousands of riders. At Advisor360° he leads frontend teams applying advanced generative-AI to automate UX work, and his background spans hands-on engineering to scaling orgs from small teams to 100 engineers. Based in Malden, MA, he blends product intuition with systems-level thinking and a knack for turning messy operational problems into pragmatic, open-source-friendly tools.
11 years of coding experience
21 years of employment as a software developer
The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art
Contributions:2 releases, 31 pushes, 1 branch in 1 month
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