Ashot Pahlevanyan

Ashot Pahlevanyan

Staff Software Engineer & Engineering Lead — React · TypeScript · Node.js

Summary

Staff Software Engineer with 15 years shipping web, desktop and mobile products for US and European companies, currently at WillowTree (TELUS Digital) on enterprise React, TypeScript and Adobe Experience Manager platforms. Led engineering teams of up to 9 at WillowTree and as Software Development Manager at Cattlesoft (web, mobile and desktop), and built and run Mekena, a fleet-management SaaS, end to end: product, React and Node.js codebase, infrastructure, go-to-market. PhD in Mathematics; strong on algorithms, system design, data modelling and clear written communication. Open to Staff Engineer, Tech Lead and Engineering Manager roles; available full time (40 hours a week), remote.

Skills

Core (daily, 8+ years) TypeScript, JavaScript, React, Redux, Node.js, Express, HTML, CSS, accessibility (WCAG), REST and GraphQL API design

Front-end platform Component architecture, Styled Components, Material UI, responsive UI, Webpack, Astro, Lighthouse-100 performance work

Enterprise platforms Adobe Experience Manager (since 2021), multi-tenant SaaS architecture, hardware and device integration

Quality and delivery TDD and BDD, Jest, Git and GitHub Actions CI, Docker containers, Puppeteer, specs and documentation, Jira

Leadership and product Engineering management (teams of up to 9), technical leadership, code review and architecture decisions, hiring and mentoring, product ownership, roadmapping, go-to-market, client and stakeholder communication, Agile and Scrum

Data and algorithms PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, algorithms and data structures (PhD mathematics), Python, R, statistics

Experience

Mar 2021 – Present

Staff Software Engineer, WillowTree (acquired Maark), a TELUS Digital company

Remote · enterprise web platforms on React, TypeScript, Redux and Adobe Experience Manager

  • Build and maintain customer-facing web experiences for enterprise clients, from component design through release, on a React, TypeScript and AEM stack.
  • Develop AEM-integrated React components and page templates that client content teams use to assemble and publish pages.
  • Lead a team of up to 9 engineers on client workstreams: planning, code review, technical decisions and direct communication with client product owners.
Oct 2015 – Jan 2021

Senior Front-End Engineer, then Software Development Manager, Cattlesoft Inc

Remote for a US agtech company · CattleMax, TagMax Desktop, CattleTags, CattleScales · engineer 2015–2016, manager from Jun 2018

  • Promoted to Software Development Manager (Jun 2018); led a team of up to 5 across web, mobile and desktop development for the CattleMax herd-management product family.
  • Built TagMax Desktop in Electron, React and Node.js with Bluetooth RFID tag-reader integration for macOS and Windows.
  • Rebuilt the CattleMax web UI and shipped the CattleTags and CattleScales front ends; earlier owned the hardest parts of the CattleMax UI and UX.
May 2019 – Sep 2020

Senior React Engineer, Independent contractor

Doxel · Flexxible IT (Apps2Digital) · Topoleg · Vivant · WorldLobby

  • Delivered five fixed-scope engagements for US and European startups in React, TypeScript, Redux and GraphQL, each handed over with documentation.
  • Doxel: built the DxUploader desktop application (Electron, React, Redux). Flexxible IT: front end of the Apps2Digital platform. Vivant: Composer application and Live Session components.
Sep 2013 – Jun 2018

Senior Front-End Engineer, Freelance — Top Rated

11 clients including proIO GmbH (Megona.de), Ivan Farm Technologies, Realize Consulting, Custmr, CattleMax, goPanache, Revenviews

  • Designed and built responsive web front ends for small and mid-size companies; moved the practice from jQuery and Bootstrap sites to React and Redux applications by 2017.
  • QA lead for goPanache (2015–2017) across its web, iOS and Android products, including the Connect and TheBarberPost apps.

Ventures

Companies I founded and build in my own time, alongside full-time engineering work. Each is run by a co-founder or operator day to day; I own product and engineering.

Mekena Founder · 2026 – Present

Fleet-management SaaS for taxi dispatch companies: driver payments and debts, vehicle documents, maintenance, per-vehicle P&L.

Built the product end to end in React, TypeScript, Node.js and PostgreSQL.

Live at app.mekena.org

VParking Co-founder · 2026 – Present

Automated vertical-lift parking that fits up to 3× the cars on one footprint; seismic-ready, EV charging optional.

Product, engineering and go-to-market.

vparking.space

Anjoy Co-founder · 2026 – Present

Small-group yoga and meditation retreats at curated locations.

Product, brand and operations.

anjoy.space

Education

  • PhD in Mathematics (group theory), Yerevan State University, 2011
  • MSc in Mathematics with honours, Yerevan State University, 2008
  • Research: Bioinformatician, Department of Pharmaceutical Biosciences, Uppsala University, Sweden, 2014–2015 (R, Python, statistics)

Publications

Awards

  • 1st prize, IBM Bluemix programming competition, Uppstart Uppsala, 2015
  • Best Young Researcher, Vardanank foundation, 2008

Languages

  • English (fluent, daily working language since 2013) · Russian (fluent) · Armenian (native)

Last updated October 2026

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