Who we are

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Brandon Lanthrip

Founder · Staff / Senior Backend Engineer

Distributed-systems artisan who thrives on untangling monoliths and scaling data-intensive platforms.

  • JVM
  • Rust
  • Kafka
  • Kubernetes
  • AWS
  • Cloud Cost-Ops
  • Designed event-driven architectures processing >1 Bn msgs/day on Kafka.
  • Shipped elastic Rust & Kotlin services that stay cheap under load.
  • Led cross-functional teams with a smile (and a Buffalo Bills hot-take).
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Jeff Registre

Founding Engineer · Amazon Q

Polyglot backend engineer and founding team-member of Amazon Q — AWS's new generative-AI assistant. Passionate about data-driven products, resilient platforms, and developer experience.

  • Generative AI
  • AWS
  • Rust
  • Scala
  • GraphQL
  • Kubernetes
  • TypeScript
  • Co-created Amazon Q, designing Rust & Java services that now serve thousands of internal customers.
  • Built and operated petabyte-scale, federated GraphQL APIs at The New York Times.
  • Enjoys mentoring teams in functional Scala and modern TypeScript front-ends.
  • Early adopter of serverless & container tech: Lambda, Fargate, EKS.
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Shantelle Lanthrip

Lead Mobile Developer · Product Designer

Mobile engineer turned design lead — crafting pixel-perfect experiences and pragmatic design systems for web & native apps.

  • Android
  • Kotlin
  • Jetpack Compose
  • Figma
  • React Native
  • UI/UX
  • Design Systems
  • Leads Android engineering at WEX, shipping DriverDash, CarrierControl, CardControl & WEX Connect to >1 M users.
  • Owns end-to-end product design: wireframes → interactive Figma prototypes → production assets.
  • Introduced Jetpack Compose & modular architecture, cutting feature delivery time by 35%.
  • Builds cross-platform proofs of concept with React Native for rapid stakeholder feedback.
  • Champions accessible, user-centred design — WCAG 2.1 AA across all apps.