Raymond Kneipp

Founder and Software Developer | ALPost

Cincinnati, OH (Remote)

Jun 2022 - Present

• Took ALPost from zero to market, converted 19 of 90+ outreached American Legion Posts into paying customers (~21% close rate) and secured an official partnership with American Legion Headquarters
• Frontend: Built a multi-tenant website builder using Next.js, React, and TypeScript, enabling posts to manage mobile-friendly public-facing sites without technical knowledge
• Backend: Engineered API and data layer with tRPC, Prisma, and PostgreSQL; integrated Stripe for subscription billing; deployed on Vercel with Cloudflare R2 storage and GitHub Actions CI/CD

Lead Software Developer | Zoee

Durham, NC (Remote)

Jun 2023 - May 2025

• Designed and iterated a structured technical interview process across 3 intern cohorts, evaluating 8–12 candidates per round; mentored interns through onboarding and day-to-day engineering work
• Frontend: Led SSR rewrite using React Router and Vite, achieving 3x faster builds and improved SEO; built a coach marketplace with advanced filtering and paginated search, creating a new commission-based revenue stream
• Backend: Provisioned AWS infrastructure with Lambda, Aurora MySQL, and CloudFormation; resolved a calendar sync bug affecting appointment management and preventing ongoing revenue loss
• Collaborated directly with the product manager and designer to scope and ship features, translating specs and business requirements into engineering deliverables

Digital Wideband Systems Maintainer | U.S. Marine Corps

Cincinnati, OH

Oct 2018 - May 2025

• Awarded Navy Achievement Medal (2021, 2024) for maintaining satellite communications systems enabling 1,800+ hours of connectivity, saving $27,000+ in generator repairs, and leading site establishment during multiple exercises across different bases in Bahrain, ensuring 100% operational readiness
• Served as Lead Software Developer at Zoee through a military deployment, continuing to deliver production software, demonstrating reliability and self-management across concurrent full-time responsibilities
• Devised standardized deployment templates and developed infrastructure establishment plans, reducing setup time to 72 hours

Freelance Software Developer | Self-Employed

Cincinnati, OH

Jan 2014 - Jan 2020

• Shipped 8+ client projects including e-commerce stores, lead-generation sites, and internal dashboards using React, Next.js, TypeScript, and Node.js
• Modernized legacy LAMP stack applications with SSR and responsive, mobile-first designs for small businesses across multiple industries

Western Governors University

Bachelor's in Computer Science

Expected graduation: Jul 2026

LEARN Academy

Full Stack Developer Bootcamp

Jun 2023