Summary
Paul Lantow is a Senior Software Engineer with eight years of experience building full-stack web and mobile systems, currently focused on product engineering at Kontakt.io after roles scaling school-safety and student-accountability platforms. He founded a rideshare startup where he designed a Flutter mobile app, real-time matching algorithm, and Firestore schema—bringing founder-level product judgment to engineering. Previously an AWS Elemental engineer, Paul blends cloud-native metering and console work with front-end ownership, refactors, and style-system stewardship across React and modern state management. Based in Michigan, he pairs pragmatic backend API and database design with polished UIs and front-end security practices, and off-hours he’s a thru-hiker, whitewater kayaker, and cyclist—traits that reflect persistence and comfort with risk.
9 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS Computer Science, Bachelor of Science - BS Computer Science at Oregon State University
Mechanical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering at Santa Clara University
English