Hi, I’m Justin Kahrs
I'm a senior software engineer.
Skills
& Technology
I design for humans and code for scale. My services are accessible and dependable because I give a 💩
Frontend
- React
- Next.js
- Tailwind/Material
- Framer Motion
Backend
- Python
- Django
- Rust
- PostgreSQL
Business
- Stripe/Braintree
- LLM integrations
- Make/Zapier
- PandaDocs
Testing & UX
- Cypress/Jest
- Github Actions
- Internationalization
- Accessibility
Professional
Experience
- April 2025 — Present
Creator / Solo-Developer — o11n (AI-augmented IDE)
Grand Rapids, MI (Remote)
Designed and built o11n, an AI-augmented IDE that speeds up development using a custom prompting interface and LLM integrations. See demo on YouTube. - March 2025 — June 2025
Senior Full-Stack Engineer — Amastay AI
San Francisco, CA (Remote)
Built the product POC (see live demo) and the Next.js dashboard for hosts to manage properties. - January 2018 — October 2024
Senior Frontend Engineer — Ridecell
San Francisco, CA (Remote)
Shipped next-generation shared-mobility solutions and maintained fleet-automation, booking, and operations products for a Fortune Global 500 client. - July 2015 — January 2018
Senior Frontend Engineer — Indiana University
Bloomington, IN
Built internal data tools and dashboards, integrated Tableau/Denodo, and followed HIPAA/FERPA-compliant practices. - August 2010 — July 2015
Server Support Technician — Grand Valley State University
Allendale, MI
Provisioned and maintained physical servers and wrote automation scripts for routine maintenance.
Automating output.
Building outcomes.
62% of developers are frustrated by technical debt.[1] I'm one of them. That’s why I build systems with clean abstractions and predictable patterns, so we move fast and sustainably.