# Brian Sopok

> Software Engineer based in New York. ~10 years building software across health, fintech, proptech, and e-commerce. Currently at Leap Health.

## Summary

Brian Sopok is a Software Engineer in New York. Career progression: Software Engineer → Senior Software Engineer → Engineering Manager → Founding Software Engineer. He has spent ~10 years building web applications across health (Leap Health), fintech (Yieldstreet), proptech (Perchwell, Elm Street Technology), and e-commerce (The Shade Store, TickPick).

## Current Role

**Software Engineer, Leap Health** (New York), 2026 to Present

## Experience

- **Engineering Manager, TickPick** (New York), 2023 to 2026. Led a team of six engineers; owned career ladders, goal-setting, and weekly one-on-ones. Led a full-scale migration of the site from a 10-year-old jQuery codebase to a modern Next.js and TypeScript stack. Drove hiring and rolled out Claude, Linear, and AI-assisted development across the engineering organization.
- **Senior Software Engineer, Perchwell** (New York), 2022 to 2023. Developed frontend for real estate software serving 300,000 agents across REBNY, CincyMLS, and CAR (React, Next.js, CSS Modules). Built an AI-powered listing search with OpenAI's API.
- **Senior Software Engineer, The Shade Store** (New York), 2020 to 2022. Led modernization of a high-traffic retail site (50M annual page views) using React, Next.js, and TypeScript. Lifted Google PageSpeed 6x on mobile and 3x on desktop.
- **Senior Software Engineer, Yieldstreet** (New York), 2018 to 2020. Helped grow an investor crowdfunding platform serving 200K users and over $10B raised. Led the 2020 rebrand.
- **Software Engineer, Elm Street Technology** (Boston), 2016 to 2018. Built an automated website-template system generating 35,000+ real estate agent sites per year.
- **Software Engineer, Intriaci Studio** (Albany), 2014 to 2016. Developed 50 mobile- and tablet-friendly websites using HTML, CSS, JavaScript, jQuery, PHP, WordPress, and BigCommerce.
- **Apple Genius, Apple** (Albany), 2012 to 2014. Provided Genius Bar hardware diagnostics, repairs, and software troubleshooting across Apple's full product line, and mentored newer team members.

## Skills

React, Next.js, TypeScript, JavaScript, AI, Node.js, GraphQL, Redux, performance optimization, accessibility, SEO, engineering management, hiring, agile (Scrumban).

## Education

- **The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania** — Executive Education, Management Development Program (2025).
- **The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania** — Executive Education, Real Estate Investing and Analysis Program (2025).
- **Siena College** (Albany) — B.S. Computer Science, Minor in Business (2012-2016). Dean's List 4x. William and Dalia Harvey Memorial Scholarship for Excellence in Mathematics and Computer Science.
- **Queen Mary University of London** — Study Abroad, Department of Mathematics and Computer Science (2014).

## Links

- [Brian Sopok — Website](https://briansopok.com)
- [Brian Sopok — Work](https://briansopok.com/work)
- [Brian Sopok — Education](https://briansopok.com/education)
- [Brian Sopok — Contact](https://briansopok.com/contact)
- [Brian Sopok — LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/briansopok/)
- [Brian Sopok — GitHub](https://github.com/bpgs08)
- [Brian Sopok — Email](mailto:briansopok@gmail.com)