Senior / Lead Software Engineer • Founder / CEO, NeuVybe

Building AI products and real-time software.

I build web and mobile products, internal trading software, and AI developer tools. My experience spans Walmart, Discover, Condé Nast, and Bridgewater. As founder of NeuVybe, I've launched a live AI DJ platform across iOS, Android, and web.

  • Current build

    NeuVybe - Live AI DJ Platform

  • Recent scope

    Commerce, Fintech, Media

  • Base

    Brooklyn, NY

  • Background

    U.S. Marine Corps Veteran

Companies

Built with teams operating at very different scales.

From commerce and fintech to media, streaming, and founder-led AI product work, these are the environments where I have shipped production software and learned how to balance speed with reliability.

Current build

NeuVybe logo

An AI-powered live DJ platform I founded and launched across iOS, Android, and web. NeuVybe brings together real-time music mixing, live audio and video, and shared listening through chat, reactions, and voting.

neuvybe.com

Founder-ledAI productLive AI DJs
Walmart logo

Commerce at scale

Autonomous software development workflows and reusable React systems for e-commerce.

Discover logo

Fintech + mobile

Production mobile features across authentication, fraud, deposits, and third-party integrations.

Conde Nast logo

Editorial platform

Modernized a major CMS with an Ember-to-React and TypeScript migration across flagship brands.

Bridgewater logo

Trading software

Internal trading software and developer tooling for application delivery at Bridgewater Associates.

Epix logo

Streaming product

Front-end work across epix.com and device-facing applications for living-room platforms.

Skills

Core technologies across 10+ years of production work.

The languages, frameworks, and infrastructure I have used to ship software at companies like Walmart, Discover, Condé Nast, and Bridgewater.

AI engineering tools

I use Claude Code, Codex, and Cursor in development workflows. I'm also building Jarvis, a custom voice-first AI agent harness for developer workflows, published on npm.

Explore Jarvis on npm

Claude Code

Codex

Cursor

Jarvis

GitHub

Jira

Frontend systems

The core UI toolkit behind most of my shipping work across web platforms and migration-heavy frontends.

React

TypeScript

JavaScript

Redux

Webpack

Sass

Angular

Ember

Mobile and product delivery

Technologies I have used to ship consumer mobile features, stateful UI, testing, and service integration work.

React Native

GraphQL

RxJS

Jest

Node.js

Cloud and operations

Infrastructure and delivery tools that supported production releases, internal platforms, and scaling work.

Docker

Kubernetes

Jenkins

AWS

GCP

Data and backend

Databases and API-adjacent technologies I have used in production applications and admin systems.

MySQL

PostgreSQL

MongoDB

Experience

Senior-level delivery across commerce, fintech, media, and platform engineering.

AI products at NeuVybe, software automation at Walmart, mobile banking at Discover, editorial platforms at Condé Nast, and internal trading software at Bridgewater.

NeuVybe LLC

Founder / CEO

2024 - Present

  • Founded and launched an AI-powered live DJ platform across iOS, Android, and web, delivering real-time music mixing and shared listening experiences.
  • Led product strategy and hands-on engineering across mobile and web applications, AI capabilities, streaming systems, and cloud infrastructure.
  • Built social listening features including live chat, audience reactions, and voting.

Walmart Inc

Senior Software Engineer

May 2023 - Present

Hoboken, NJ - Hybrid

  • Built an autonomous software factory that turned Jira tickets and GitHub issues into implementation plans, code changes, and pull requests for human and AI agent review.
  • Led React application development for e-commerce experiences with product, design, and QA teams.
  • Built reusable React components and mentored engineers on code quality and maintainable architecture.

Discover Financial

Senior Software Engineer

Oct 2021 - May 2023

Chicago, IL - Remote

  • Delivered production UI features for the Discover mobile application across authentication, fraud detection, check deposit, and third-party integrations.
  • Worked in React Native on a widely distributed iOS and Android product with strong quality and release expectations.

Condé Nast

Senior Software Engineer (Concurrent Contract)

Jan 2021 - Jan 2022

New York, NY - Remote

  • Helped drive refactoring of a core CMS platform from Ember and JavaScript to React and TypeScript.
  • Supported content systems behind editorial brands including Vogue, Wired, GQ, Vanity Fair, and Glamour.

Bridgewater Associates

Software Engineer

Mar 2018 - Jan 2021

Bridgeport, CT - Office

  • Built internal trading software at Bridgewater Associates.
  • Developed tooling for rapid prototyping, deployment, and scaling of web applications and microservices using React, TypeScript, Node.js, Docker, and Kubernetes.

Epix

Front End Web Developer

Aug 2016 - Feb 2018

New York, NY - Office

  • Contributed to the Epix.com website and HTML5 platform applications including FireTV, Xbox One, and TiVo.
  • Worked across React, Redux, Immutable JS, RxJS, Redux-Observable, Jest, Webpack, Electron, Styled Components, and Sass.

SkedgeMe, LLC

Front End Web Developer

May 2015 - Jul 2016

New York, NY - Office

  • Built and improved customer-facing applications for brands including NARS, MAC, Clarins, Chanel, Bed Bath & Beyond, and Michaels.
  • Worked across Gulp, jQuery, Angular, React, Ember, Polymer, Sass, CSS, and HTML.
  • Implemented unit and integration testing with Karma, Jasmine, Mocha, Chai, Nightwatch JS, and PhantomJS.

Long Island University

Web Developer

2014 - 2015

Brooklyn, NY - Office

  • Built responsive business admin and CRM applications with jQuery, Angular, Sass, CSS, and HTML.
  • Worked with Microsoft SQL Server, MongoDB, MySQL, PostgreSQL, and REST APIs in ASP.NET/C#.

United States Marine Corps

Corporal

2007 - 2011

Service background

  • Honorably discharged combat veteran with overseas assignments in Iraq and Afghanistan.
  • Developed the discipline, calm, and execution mindset that still shape how I build and lead today.

Contact

Looking for someone who can build, ship, and own the product surface.

I am most energized by AI-native products, consumer software, platform modernization, and roles that reward strong product instincts as much as technical execution.

Reach out

donmcleanx@gmail.com

Brooklyn, New York. Available for AI-native product work, senior frontend engineering, and founder-minded platform builds.