Jesse Bulpitt
Verified Expert in Engineering
Full-stack Developer
Haslet, TX, United States
Toptal member since October 13, 2025
Jesse is a results-driven full-stack developer with over 20 years of experience architecting, developing, and deploying scalable web applications. He's proficient in modern front-end frameworks, such as React and Next.js, and skilled in back-end technologies, including Node.js, Python, and Go. Jesse brings deep expertise in databases, REST and GraphQL APIs, and cloud-native architectures, along with strong AWS and DevOps experience in automation, containerization, and CI/CD pipelines.
Portfolio
Experience
- Software Development - 16 years
- Back-end Development - 15 years
- Front-end - 15 years
- Full-stack Development - 15 years
- Django - 13 years
- Amazon Web Services (AWS) - 13 years
- React - 11 years
- Artificial Intelligence (AI) - 6 years
Preferred Environment
Slack, Jira, JavaScript, GitHub, REST APIs, Anthropic, Claude Code
The most amazing...
...thing I've built is a voice AI chatbot for restaurants that automates phone orders and customer support using Twilio, ElevenLabs, and OpenAI.
Work Experience
Full-stack Engineer
Dialexa, An IBM Company
- Conceptualized and deployed a customer-facing financial analytics portal on AWS for a Fortune 500 client, using a Next.js front end and Go microservices on Kubernetes (EKS), with Terraform-managed infrastructure, boosting user engagement by 30%.
- Developed a Generative AI (GenAI) chatbot with LangChain and OpenAI, using a retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) architecture on S3, cutting support tickets by 40%.
- Modernized analytics platform by migrating to Snowflake and building a Python FastAPI and Apache Iceberg pipeline, cutting query latency by 90%.
- Constructed a federated GraphQL API using Node.js and Apollo Server to replace a dozen legacy REST endpoints, unifying data access for web and mobile clients and reducing front-end data fetching complexity by over 50%.
- Implemented a high-throughput, serverless data ingestion service using AWS Lambda, API Gateway, and S3, capable of handling over 100,000 daily transactions while ensuring 99.9% data integrity through robust validation and error-handling.
- Refactored an enterprise eCommerce front end from class-based React to hooks with TypeScript and Zustand, boosting Lighthouse by 25 points and cutting load times by 40%.
- Championed and implemented a containerized CI/CD pipeline using Docker and GitHub Actions, which automated the build and deployment process to Kubernetes (EKS), decreasing new feature delivery time from two days to under three hours.
Lead Full-stack Developer
Ansira
- Architected a cloud-native, multi-tenant marketing platform using React and a Node.js microservices back end, enabling over 200 franchise partners to self-serve localized websites and increasing network-wide lead generation by 15%.
- Engineered a high-performance data integration pipeline in Go that used goroutines for concurrent processing to synchronize client Salesforce instances via REST APIs, automating customer data loads and boosting retention by 10%.
- Established the agency's first reusable component library with React and Storybook, standardizing UI/UX across projects and accelerating new feature development and developer velocity by 20%.
- Led a cross-functional team of four engineers on high-value client projects, implementing a standardized code review process and mentorship program that improved code quality and resulted in zero critical production bugs for two consecutive quarters.
Senior Full-stack Developer
Sq1
- Formulated a full-stack A/B testing engine using Python (Django) and JavaScript, enabling the agency to deliver an average 8% conversion lift across client campaigns by running over 50 concurrent experiments.
- Built a high-throughput analytics back end with Node.js, processing millions of user events monthly to provide clients with granular, actionable insights into customer behavior and funnel performance.
- Directed a site-wide performance initiative for a major eCommerce client that directly increased checkout completions by 3% by optimizing critical rendering paths and reducing asset load times by 60%.
- Pioneered the agency's transition to modern SPA frameworks, leading migrations from legacy jQuery to AngularJS for large-scale applications while introducing Vue for its rapid development capabilities on new projects.
- Revamped client ROI reporting capabilities by redesigning MySQL database schemas and optimizing complex queries, which slashed data aggregation times for monthly reports from hours to under five minutes.
Senior Software Developer
Propertybase
- Oversaw and maintained the company's high-volume payment portal, securely processing over $10 million in monthly transactions while achieving 99.95% uptime and ensuring full PCI DSS compliance.
- Created a full-stack digital leasing application on a LAMP stack, developing dynamic, AJAX-driven forms with jQuery that reduced the average application-to-lease cycle by three days.
- Designed and deployed a suite of RESTful APIs to integrate disparate marketing and accounting systems, which automated resident ledger creation and eliminated an estimated 10 hours of manual data entry per manager each month.
- Modernized the stabilization of a critical legacy module by leading its refactoring from procedural PHP to a modern, object-oriented MVC architecture, slashing module-specific support tickets by 50% and improving server response time by 200ms.
Experience
TMC Mortors Vehicle Marketplace
The platform features real-time inventory management, multi-point vehicle inspections, nationwide delivery coordination, and a responsive, user-friendly design. I optimized it for performance, security, and scalability to deliver a smooth and reliable online car-buying experience.
Vacation Rental Booking Platform
Throughout the project, I collaborated closely with the design and marketing teams to make sure the site was not only functional but also easy to use and engaging for visitors.
Voice AI Agent for Restaurants
Additionally, I handled front-end development to ensure a cohesive and intuitive user experience across the platform.
Education
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science
University of Texas at Arlington - Arlington, TX, USA
Certifications
AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Professional
Amazon Web Services
AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
Amazon Web Services
MySQL Certified DBA
MySQL
Skills
Libraries/APIs
React, Vue, jQuery, Node.js, OpenAI API, REST APIs, React Flow, Stripe, React Query, Drizzle, Chart.js, React Hook Form, React Router, jsPDF, Auth, Google Calendar API, Google API, Stripe API, Context API, Playwright, Scikit-learn, GraphQL API
Tools
Slack, Jira, Git, NGINX, GitHub, Shadcn, NPM, BigQuery, Amazon EKS, Prisma, RabbitMQ, Grafana, Sentry, Observability Tools, AWS Step Functions, Claude Code, Amazon CloudWatch, Terraform, Figma, ComfyUI, Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE), Amazon OpenSearch, Claude
Languages
JavaScript, TypeScript, CSS, Go, SQL, Python, GraphQL, HTML, PHP, ECMAScript (ES6), Rust, Java
Frameworks
Next.js, Angular, Tailwind CSS, Material UI, Redux, Express.js, Flask, Django, AWS Serverless Application Model (SAM), JSON Web Tokens (JWT), OAuth 2, Ant Design, Svelte, React Native, Bootstrap, NestJS, SST, Laravel, Selenium, gRPC, LangGraph, Agentic Frameworks, Ruby on Rails 2, Scrapy
Paradigms
Agile, DevOps, Microservices, Web Architecture, REST, Serverless Architecture, Testing, Event-driven Architecture, Microservices Architecture, Continuous Delivery (CD), HIPAA Compliance
Platforms
Amazon EC2, AWS Lambda, Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Kubernetes, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Vercel, Firebase, Docker, HubSpot, Ollama, Linux, LiveKit, LangSmith
Storage
PostgreSQL, NoSQL, MongoDB, Neo4j, Amazon S3 (AWS S3), MySQL, Cloud Deployment, Redis, Amazon DynamoDB, Datadog, Cloud Firestore, JSON, Google Cloud, Elasticsearch
Industry Expertise
Banking & Finance, Cybersecurity
Other
Zustand, FastAPI, Serverless, RESTFul APIs, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Retrieval-augmented Generation (RAG), Large Language Models (LLMs), LangChain, OpenAI, Chatbots, AI Chatbots, Payment APIs, Responsive UI, Prompt Engineering, ChatGPT Prompts, Software Development, AI Voice Agents, API Integration, WebSockets, CI/CD Pipelines, Technical Leadership, SvelteKit, GitHub Actions, Supabase, Data Scraping, Web Scraping, APIs, AI Tools, Agentic AI, Architecture, AI Integration, SaaS, Containerization, Monitoring, System Architecture, Component Libraries, ESLint, Vite, Real-time Data, Dashboards, Full-stack, Back-end, Front-end, Full-stack Development, Single Sign-on (SSO), Web Crawlers, Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI), Software Architecture, Vector Databases, Web Development, XLSX File Processing, Authentication, OAuth, Back-end Development, Web3, Webhooks, Startups, Pinecone, Storybook, Firebase Cloud Functions, Figma to React, Deepgram, Google BigQuery, User Experience (UX), User Interface (UI), Tailwind UI, SIP, SMS, SMTP, Data Visualization, Natural Language Processing (NLP), Anthropic, Minimum Viable Product (MVP), AI Agents, Strapi, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), Machine Learning, Distributed Systems, Operational Excellence, Data Engineering, ETL Tools, Interactive Voice Response (IVR), CPaaS, Rich Communication Services (RCS), Telephony, CAPTCHA
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