I’m product-focused and have been building web systems for 30+ years, mostly as the first or founding engineer, including 7 years scaling a consumer platform to tens of millions of users. Open to contract or part-time work immediately.
On the backend, I’ve worked at significant scale:
- Built multilingual messaging systems sending millions of emails and push notifications in minutes (deliverability, retries, observability)
- Scaled event ingestion ~100x for analytics, experimentation, and targeting
- Worked on real-time pipelines and ML-based recommendation systems for a global user base
More recently, I’ve been building a SaaS platform around an open source, browser-based video editor and encoding API:
- TypeScript across Node and Deno (Lambda containers, Supabase Edge Functions)
- Distributed media pipelines using FFmpeg and AWS (API Gateway, ECS, SQS)
- Focus on client-side processing, network constraints, and rendering at scale
I do my best work in small teams, owning systems end-to-end from architecture through operating and debugging in production, while partnering closely with founders.
Looking for:
- Founding or early-stage roles (full-time, part-time, or contract)
- Backend / infrastructure-heavy work
- Media, messaging, or high-throughput systems
Not interested in: crypto, fintech, medical, or primarily AI-focused roles.
Remote: Yes
Willing to relocate: No
Technologies: TypeScript, Node.js, PostgreSQL, AWS (Lambda, ECS, SQS), FFmpeg, Redis, Deno
Résumé/CV: https://masher.media/doug-anarino-resume.pdf
Email: hn@masher.media
I’m product-focused and have been building web systems for 30+ years, mostly as the first or founding engineer, including 7 years scaling a consumer platform to tens of millions of users. Open to contract or part-time work immediately.
On the backend, I’ve worked at significant scale:
- Built multilingual messaging systems sending millions of emails and push notifications in minutes (deliverability, retries, observability)
- Scaled event ingestion ~100x for analytics, experimentation, and targeting
- Worked on real-time pipelines and ML-based recommendation systems for a global user base
More recently, I’ve been building a SaaS platform around an open source, browser-based video editor and encoding API:
- TypeScript across Node and Deno (Lambda containers, Supabase Edge Functions)
- Distributed media pipelines using FFmpeg and AWS (API Gateway, ECS, SQS)
- Focus on client-side processing, network constraints, and rendering at scale
I do my best work in small teams, owning systems end-to-end from architecture through operating and debugging in production, while partnering closely with founders.
Looking for:
- Founding or early-stage roles (full-time, part-time, or contract)
- Backend / infrastructure-heavy work
- Media, messaging, or high-throughput systems
Not interested in: crypto, fintech, medical, or primarily AI-focused roles.