Summary
Tim Schaeken is a Senior Software Engineer with eight years of experience building high-performance, domain-driven web systems for companies like Mural, Clearco, and American Express. He combines expert-level TypeScript, React, and Node.js skills with a proven track record in performance engineering—most notably cutting dashboard load times by 75% for enterprise workspaces and architecting real-time collaboration features for platforms with 10M+ MAU. Tim brings practical AI-native engineering insight, having led team-wide adoption of Transformer-based workflows and elevated engineering productivity beyond basic prompt engineering. His background in mechanical engineering and early work maintaining helicopter fleets give him a systems-minded approach to reliability and optimization that shows up in scalable payment and sync architectures he’s built. Based in Denver, he balances deep technical focus with curiosity about financial markets and game design, often translating cross-domain thinking into elegant engineering trade-offs.
8 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Engineering - BE, Mechanical Engineering, Bachelor of Engineering - BE, Mechanical Engineering at Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering at Arizona State University