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About Brian Sopok

I'm an engineering manager in New York City, leading a team of six at TickPick.

Over about ten years I've built software across fintech, proptech, and e-commerce, at Yieldstreet, The Shade Store, and Perchwell. I work mostly in React, Next.js, and TypeScript.

Work

  • 2023Present
    TickPickEngineering Manager

    Lead a team of six. Own hiring, career growth, and delivery while migrating a decade-old codebase to a modern Next.js stack.

    LeadershipNext.jsTypeScript
  • 20222023
    PerchwellSenior Software Engineer

    Built real-estate software used by 300,000 agents and shipped an AI listing search on the OpenAI API.

    ReactNext.jsAI
  • 20202022
    The Shade StoreSenior Software Engineer

    Modernized a high-traffic retail site and lifted Google PageSpeed several times over on mobile and desktop.

    ReactNext.jsPerformance
  • 20182020
    YieldstreetSenior Software Engineer

    Helped scale an investing platform serving 200K users and led the 2020 rebrand.

    ReactReduxGraphQL
  • 20162018
    Elm Street TechnologySoftware Engineer

    Built a template system that generated 35,000+ real-estate agent sites a year.

    JavaScriptWeb
  • 20142016
    Intriaci StudioSoftware Engineer

    Developed 50 mobile- and tablet-friendly websites using HTML, CSS, JavaScript, jQuery, PHP, WordPress, and BigCommerce.

    JavaScriptPHPWordPress
  • Summer 2014Summer 2014
    U.S. Army Benét LaboratoriesModeling & Simulation Developer

    Developed thermochemistry and interior ballistics software for the U.S. Army Armament Research, Development and Engineering Center, with complementary models in MATLAB, Visual Basic, and VBA.

    MATLABVBA
  • 20122014
    AppleApple Genius

    Worked ~30 hours per week while completing a CS degree. Provided Genius Bar hardware diagnostics, repairs, and software troubleshooting, and mentored newer team members.

    Customer SupportHardware