I help teams move from prototype to production, across the stack and into the hands of users.
Three ways to work together. Pick the one that fits.
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Senior IC or engineering leadership at companies building serious product.
I'm open to roles with real ownership and an awesome team. Hands-on technical depth required. I'll write code, not just docs.
02
Embedded part-time with your team.
I shape technical direction and product strategy, write code alongside the team, and help with hiring. Useful when you need senior eng judgment without adding a full-time hire.
03
End-to-end ownership of a defined build.
Greenfield builds, relaunches, and custom feature work. Scoped and shipped end-to-end. Best when you have a clear deliverable and need someone to own it from kickoff to handoff.
Work I can publish. The resume has more I can't.
4 of 8 projects
250k+
Nonprofit profiles created from the AI pipeline
An open-source discovery engine for nonprofits. It turns raw IRS records and public web data into AI-written profiles you can actually browse, so you find causes that match your values.
Next.js 16 · Convex · OpenAI Batch API · Playwright · TypeScript · Tailwind CSS · PostHog
100%
local: no accounts, servers, or trackers
A published Chrome extension that blocks distracting sites on a schedule. The only way back in is to finish a side quest, turning an impulse into a deliberate choice instead of an all-or-nothing wall.
TypeScript · React 19 · Vite · CRXJS · Chrome MV3 · Tailwind CSS
5 → 1,000
publication capacity per writer (Free to Plus)
Designed and shipped a focused publishing platform for independent writers, centered on ownership, readability, and durable web presence.
SvelteKit · Convex · TypeScript · Better Auth · Tailwind CSS · Polar · PostHog
200k+
visitors in 60 days
Webflow site built to launch an international tour. Media-rich, performance-first layouts that handled scale during peak campaign traffic.
Webflow · Canva · Relume
I'm Joe Kracz, a full-stack engineer and former product manager specializing in AI-native products.
I've spent the last several years building at the intersection of product and engineering, most recently as Director of Engineering at Pull Systems, where I architected an AI agent platform that contributed to 3 enterprise wins in 5 months and helped avoid $3M in downstream costs for one of our customers.
I bring both technical depth and product intuition. I've shipped everything from LLM agent systems and sandboxed code execution layers to telematics data pipelines and websites for global entertainment brands. I write the code and I care about what it's for.
Outside of client work I build my own products, run a lot, and am working toward my second triathlon.
