Curt Howard

Portland, Oregon

(505) 672-8266

Software Engineer

20 years of experience

tooblies@gmail.com

A highly adaptable and self-aware software engineer with over 20 years of experience building scalable, high-performance mobile and web applications. My passion lies in driving product innovation and engineering team efficiency, with a focus on clear communication and low-ego collaboration.

Experience

Ampwall  ampwall.com

Oct 2024 to Present

Founding Engineer

Brought on to help aggressively build out a very ambitious roadmap of features to provide a platform for artists in the DIY music industry

  • Full-stack Next.js development
  • Zero-to-one, early stage startup work environment

Convictional  convictional.com

Dec 2021 to Aug 2024

Staff Software Engineer

Became the head of UI/UX product development with a focus on engineering productivity to increase developer productivity by more than 60%.

  • Rewrote & stabilized the entire frontend architecture
  • Mentored others through code review and documentation
  • Mastered remote work & efficient written communication

Tophatter  tophatter.com

Feb 2020 to Dec 2021

Senior Software Engineer

Built a gamified commerce experience for a popular auction-based mobile application.

  • Enjoyed a fast-paced, experimental work environment
  • Mastered React, React Native, Redux, & TypeScript
  • Worked closely with Product & Design teams

Workarea  workarea.com

Aug 2013 to Feb 2020

Senior Software Engineer

Built and launched many high-profile commerce websites before creating a highly extensible, full featured, open source commerce platform.

  • Cultivated the art of feedback gathering
  • Enjoyed end-to-end product development on a very small team
  • Mastered writing highly performant, extensible, self documenting code

I-SITE  i-site.com

Jan 2012 to Aug 2013

Software Engineer

Built and managed many non-profit mobile and web applications rapidly on a very small team.

Pepperlillie  pepperlillie.com

Jan 2008 to Dec 2012

Founding Partner

Built and managed beautifully designed small-to-medium sized boutique websites in this entrepreneurial partnership.

IntuitSolutions  intuitsolutions.com

Jan 2004 to Dec 2007

Staff Web Developer

Built and managed the custom storefronts of over 200 customers using eBay ProStores & BigCommerce.

Johnson & Johnson  jnj.com

Jan 2003 to Dec 2003

Web Developer

Converted an internal quality assurance website into the company's new content management system.

Merck  merck.com

Jan 2002 to Dec 2002

Web Developer

Converted many internal department websites from ColdFusion to static HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.

Languages

HTML MasteredCSS MasteredTypeScript MasteredRuby AdvancedPython ModerateGolang Moderate

References

Roger Kirkness (CEO @ Convictional)

I highly recommend Curt on the basis of competence, character, detail orientation, and overall frontend engineering ability. I'm happy to provide a more detailed reference over email, and could not recommend him more highly.

Patti Murphy (Leadership Coach @ Convictional)

Beyond Curt’s technical skills, his ability to lead and collaborate within a team has been one of his most valuable assets. His deep compassion, open heart, integrity, authenticity and humor allows him to seemingly effortlessly build and maintain strong bonds across the team. He shows a natural aptitude for mentoring others and fostering a productive and positive working environment.

Prentice Bjerkeseth (Engineering Manager @ Convictional)

Curt’s the kind of engineer every team needs—smart, collaborative, driven, and experienced. I’d gladly work with him again and recommend him for any opportunity that comes his way.

Volunteering

Puddletown Montessori School  puddletownschool.com

Jan 2018 to Sep 2024

Volunteer

Worked with the administrative team to provide maintenance for their parent portal application.