Lea Lobanov

Full-stack Engineer

New York, NY, US

Agile Project Management

Web Applications

Unit Testing

Code Architecture

Git

Backend Development

Mobile App Development

Software Engineering

Web Development

React

XCode

Mobile Development

Java

Software Development

CI/CD

TypeScript

Javascript

Next.js

Android

Deployment

Natural Language Processing

Databases

Rust

DevOps

Swift

C++

React Native

iOS

Statistical Analysis

Python

Kotlin

Data Analysis

Testing

Available for hire fromNegotiable

Senior Software Engineer / Fractional CTO | Tech Lead | Full-Stack + AI/LLM

Senior software engineer and product-minded engineering lead with a Fintech focus and experience leading large engineering teams across front-end, back-end, databases, testing, infrastructure, DevOps, and deployment. Builds AI-first and production-grade systems, including agentic conversational platforms and LLM-driven workflows, and has delivered high-scale backend services handling millions of requests per minute.

Projects

ELLA

ELLA is a digital workbench for exit planning advisors, guiding advisors and small business owners through every stage of the company valuation/exit planning process. As the lead engineer at ELLA, I have developed much of the app’s core functionality, including fact-finding and deliverables. I also lead the company’s AI initiative, building out agentic workflows and AI-enhanced features throughout the app.See More

Vetlexicon AI

Architected and implemented Vetlexicon +AI, a production-grade, agentic conversational support platform for veterinarians. Vetlexicon is the world's largest online veterinary reference source. An automated ETL pipeline ingests Vetlexicon articles, cleans and chunks them, then embeds the text into a Pinecone vector index. The system indexes every article and protocol, then uses an LLM—fine-tuned solely on Vetlexicon content—to surface concise, evidence-grounded answers, complete with links back to the source material. It supports clinical workflows with on-demand SOAP-style case discussions, table comparisons, and client-ready factsheets to enhance clinicians’ judgement during the diagnostic process.See More

Morgan Stanley (Rust adoption advisory)

Advised Morgan Stanley electronic trading division (New York) on adopting Rust in place of the team's current infrastructure in C and C++.See More

Solutions Architect / Technical Lead - GE Aerospace

Focused on product development and solution architecture for the FRACAS (Failure Reporting Analysis and Corrective Action System) division at GE Aerospace, where I lead a team of 6 engineers. My team was responsible for building a new testing platform for engineered hardware, primarily aerospace engines and auxiliary parts; this includes statistical analysis, generating dashboards and reporting, data modelling, and big data analytics in R and Python.See More

Flow Wallet

Senior engineer on the Flow Wallet team, a digital wallet application servicing 100k+ active users across iOS, Android, and Chrome extension products. I lead a team of 5 engineers during the wallet’s migration from native Kotlin/Swift into React Native, as well as development of the Flow Wallet Development Kit, an open-source cryptography library which powers the Flow Wallet account and key logic. See More

Emergint AI

Automating investment and acquisition process for companies in the tech sector, powered by generative AI/LLMs, natural language processing techniques, web scraping, and data analysisSee More

Work History

Founder / Consultant (IT Consultancy)

Blue Square DigitalExpert IT consultancy concentrating in 0-1 software development and AI advisory. I partner with organizations to define and execute an AI-first technology strategy—acting as both a technical lead and hands-on builder. From early-stage ideation to production systems, I orchestrate the development process end-to-end, combining architectural vision with practical delivery.

Founder

Purple DashSoftware development agency providing bespoke development services. Our clients range from startups to Fortune 500 and multi-national organizations across the US, Europe, and Asia-Pacific markets.

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