Ryan Novak
AI-Native Product Engineer System Builder
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolRyan Novak is an AI-native product engineer and systems builder based in Chicago who turns rough ideas into working web, mobile, game, and blockchain products with speed and pragmatic product taste. With ~4 years focused on full-stack development and recent roles automating E2E QA with AI agents and shipping Solana Mobile/Seeker apps, he blends hands-on coding, automation, and agentic workflows to deliver AI-powered MVPs and internal tooling. His background running large-scale workforce and pricing operations gives him uncommon expertise in operationalizing products for real-world constraints and budgets. He founded a DePIN venture deploying Helium hotspots across 75+ locations, demonstrating both crypto-native knowhow and field execution. Ryan excels at rapid prototyping using AI-assisted workflows and favors projects that require turning experimental concepts into production-ready systems.
5 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science, Finance, Bachelor of Science, Finance at Northern Illinois University
Github Skills (22)
crypto10
discord10
agentic10
bitcoin10
telegram10
agent10
ai10
slack10
rust10
swarm10
chatbot10
operating-system10
solana8
simulator8
android7
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
TheNovakAI/metaplex
Sep 2021 - Jan 2022
Contributions:40 pushes in 4 months
JussCubs/vectorize-content
Feb 2025 - Feb 2025
Contributions:65 pushes, 1 branch in 1 day
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