Ryan Shea
New York, New York, United States
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Top SchoolRyan Shea is a founder-engineer with 14 years of experience building full-stack products, developer tooling, and blockchain infrastructure from New York. He co-founded Stacks to extend Bitcoin with smart contracts and has hands-on contributions spanning front-end React/CSS work, Angular+Flask full-stack boilerplates, JavaScript auth libraries for Stacks, and backend/devops code for the Stacks core blockchain — including a prototype bitcoindns integration. Comfortable oscillating between product leadership and deep engineering, he has founded multiple startups (Opus Wallet, Voterbase, GraphMuse) and collaborated with academic labs at MIT, Harvard, and Stanford on automation and bio projects. Equally fluent in shipping UI polish and backend infrastructure, he brings an entrepreneur’s bias for shipping and an unusual blend of blockchain protocol work and lab-focused automation experience.
14 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Summer Program, Summer Program at Stanford UniversityEntrepreneurship, Entrepreneurship at Y CombinatorHigh School Diploma, High School Diploma at Secaucus High SchoolBSE, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, BSE, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at Princeton University
English, Spanish
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Github Skills (39)
javascript10
python10
testing10
css10
user-authentication10
authentication10
user-interface10
flask-ask10
jscript10
front-end-development10
jsonwebtoken10
blockchain10
jwt10
angularjs10
flask10
Programming languages (13)
Github contributions (5)
shea256/angular-flask
Jul 2013 - Apr 2015
An AngularJS (frontend) + Flask / Python (backend) Boilerplate Application
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:18 commits, 1 push, 1 comment in 1 year 9 months
Contributions summary:Ryan primarily worked on connecting the Angular frontend with the Flask backend, creating a functional boilerplate application. Their commits demonstrate the setup of routes, controllers, and services in Angular, as well as defining API endpoints and database models in Flask/Python. They improved data handling between the frontend and backend, creating a blog layout and implementing CRUD operations. Further commits refined the UI and data presentation, including the use of filters for data display.
pythonpython-backendboilerplatebackend-boilerplateflask
hirosystems/stacks.js
Jul 2014 - Aug 2017
JavaScript libraries for identity, auth, storage and transactions on the Stacks blockchain.
Role in this project:Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:262 commits, 15 PRs, 27 pushes in 3 years 1 month
Contributions summary:Ryan contributed to the development of JavaScript libraries for identity, authentication, storage, and transactions on the Stacks blockchain. Their work included the creation of core modules such as `AuthRequest`, `AuthResponse`, and `AuthMessage`. They implemented objects and a basic testing suite, which demonstrated a focus on creating the building blocks for secure interactions. The user also refactored code, improving the layout and organization of the library's modular structure.
stacks-blockchainblockstackjavascriptblockchainstacks
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