Top Talent like John are on Pangea

Pangea, a YC company, connects companies with fractional talent. Fractional hiring allows companies to move faster and work with more specialized talent, while giving talent more flexibility and independence. If you are talent open to fractional work, apply here. If you’re a company looking for high-quality fractional talent, learn more here.

John Tambunting

Full-stack Engineer
New York, NY, US
Kubernetes
Elasticsearch
BigQuery
Javascript
Docker
JavaScript
HTML/CSS
SQL
Node.js
PostgreSQL
React Native
Firebase
React
CI/CD
TypeScript
Google Cloud Platform
Python
Redis
Data Modeling
Available for hire fromNegotiable
Founder-Level CTO & Product Engineer | AI Marketplaces, Search/Relevance, ML/LLM Systems
Founder-level CTO and product engineer with 8+ years building AI-enabled marketplaces and production search/relevance and data platforms from zero to scale. Leads executive product architecture and hands-on engineering across TypeScript, Python, React, Kubernetes, and GCP, with deep experience in ranking/matching systems, experimentation, and applied ML/LLM systems. Currently Co-Founder at Faith.app building a mobile-first Christian community platform.

Work History

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Chief Technology Officer

Pangea.app• Lead product architecture, data strategy, and engineering execution for an AI-enabled talent marketplace serving high-growth startups, agencies, and consumer brands hiring elite fractional marketers, designers, and digital operators. • Architected a multi-service platform across TypeScript, Node.js, Python, PostgreSQL, Redis, RabbitMQ, Elasticsearch, and BigQuery supporting search, messaging, interview workflows, job distribution, analytics, and employer-talent matching at scale. • Designed ranking and matching systems that combine profile enrichment, semantic retrieval, embeddings, search relevance, behavioral signals, and marketplace heuristics to improve candidate quality, response rates, and marketplace liquidity. • Built and operated a production Kubernetes + GCP stack with autoscaling, CI/CD, observability, secret management, backups, and incident-ready infrastructure; enabled fast release cycles while maintaining a lean, high-reliability cloud footprint. • Owned technical hiring, API strategy, data modeling, experimentation, vendor evaluation, and full-stack delivery across marketplace, growth, billing, SEO automation, and LLM-assisted workflow tooling.
F

Co-Founder

Faith.app• Building a mobile-first Christian community platform centered on local event discovery, prayer requests, church exploration, and faith-based social connection. • Architected the MVP using React Native, Expo, Firebase, geospatial discovery, push notifications, messaging primitives, and an analytics-ready data model optimized for rapid iteration. • Lead product strategy, UX systems, full-stack implementation, and early growth experimentation from concept through launch readiness.

Education

B

Brown University

Bachelor of Arts, Applied Mathematics2018

How Pangea Works

Effortlessly discover top talent

We've distilled the candidate search from endless hours down to just a few minutes. Using Pangea's AI-powered search tools, you can find top fractional talent able to take on your next project. Our system looks at your company's niche and your needs to find the perfect match faster than any traditional hiring platform.

Start working with talent today

The top talent on Pangea is ready to get started with you right now. You can message or hire a candidate right from their profile page and start assigning work as soon as they respond. And the best part? Pangea's fractional contract structure lets you start small and ramp up as your needs change, keeping your costs manageable and your team's capabliities flexible.

Track work and invoices in one place

Assign tasks, track progress, and complete invoices all on Pangea. We've combined every part of the hiring process into one platform to eliminate the miscommunication that's unavoidable on other freelance platforms. We even send out 1099s to your contractors at the end of the year!

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Founder-Level CTO & Product Engineer | AI Marketplaces, Search/Relevance, ML/LLM Systems
Founder-level CTO and product engineer with 8+ years building AI-enabled marketplaces and production search/relevance and data platforms from zero to scale. Leads executive product architecture and hands-on engineering across TypeScript, Python, React, Kubernetes, and GCP, with deep experience in ranking/matching systems, experimentation, and applied ML/LLM systems. Currently Co-Founder at Faith.app building a mobile-first Christian community platform.

Talk with a Talent Expert

Members of our team are available to help you speed through the hiring process.
Available Now
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Top Talent like John are on Pangea

Pangea, a YC company, connects companies with fractional talent. Fractional hiring allows companies to move faster and work with more specialized talent, while giving talent more flexibility and independence. If you are talent open to fractional work, apply here. If you’re a company looking for high-quality fractional talent, learn more here.

John Tambunting

Full-stack Engineer
New York, NY, US
Kubernetes
Elasticsearch
BigQuery
Javascript
Docker
JavaScript
HTML/CSS
SQL
Node.js
PostgreSQL
React Native
Firebase
React
CI/CD
TypeScript
Google Cloud Platform
Python
Redis
Data Modeling
Available for hire fromNegotiable

Work History

P

Chief Technology Officer

Pangea.app• Lead product architecture, data strategy, and engineering execution for an AI-enabled talent marketplace serving high-growth startups, agencies, and consumer brands hiring elite fractional marketers, designers, and digital operators. • Architected a multi-service platform across TypeScript, Node.js, Python, PostgreSQL, Redis, RabbitMQ, Elasticsearch, and BigQuery supporting search, messaging, interview workflows, job distribution, analytics, and employer-talent matching at scale. • Designed ranking and matching systems that combine profile enrichment, semantic retrieval, embeddings, search relevance, behavioral signals, and marketplace heuristics to improve candidate quality, response rates, and marketplace liquidity. • Built and operated a production Kubernetes + GCP stack with autoscaling, CI/CD, observability, secret management, backups, and incident-ready infrastructure; enabled fast release cycles while maintaining a lean, high-reliability cloud footprint. • Owned technical hiring, API strategy, data modeling, experimentation, vendor evaluation, and full-stack delivery across marketplace, growth, billing, SEO automation, and LLM-assisted workflow tooling.
F

Co-Founder

Faith.app• Building a mobile-first Christian community platform centered on local event discovery, prayer requests, church exploration, and faith-based social connection. • Architected the MVP using React Native, Expo, Firebase, geospatial discovery, push notifications, messaging primitives, and an analytics-ready data model optimized for rapid iteration. • Lead product strategy, UX systems, full-stack implementation, and early growth experimentation from concept through launch readiness.

Education

B

Brown University

Bachelor of Arts, Applied Mathematics2018

How Pangea Works

Effortlessly discover top talent

We've distilled the candidate search from endless hours down to just a few minutes. Using Pangea's AI-powered search tools, you can find top fractional talent able to take on your next project. Our system looks at your company's niche and your needs to find the perfect match faster than any traditional hiring platform.

Start working with talent today

The top talent on Pangea is ready to get started with you right now. You can message or hire a candidate right from their profile page and start assigning work as soon as they respond. And the best part? Pangea's fractional contract structure lets you start small and ramp up as your needs change, keeping your costs manageable and your team's capabliities flexible.

Track work and invoices in one place

Assign tasks, track progress, and complete invoices all on Pangea. We've combined every part of the hiring process into one platform to eliminate the miscommunication that's unavoidable on other freelance platforms. We even send out 1099s to your contractors at the end of the year!

Talk with a Talent Expert

Members of our team are available to help you speed through the hiring process.
Available Now
Book a Call
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