ARACH_TCHOUPANI
ENGINEERING LEADER & FOUNDER | MONTREAL,_CANADA
ID-001-2026
OPERATIONAL HISTORY
jdi.shCURRENT
- Technical sabbatical after 10+ years of engineering leadership - returned to hands-on building
- Building Talkie (usetalkie.com) - native voice-to-action app launching Q1 2026
- Deep dive into AI-native development: LLMs, agentic coding workflows, and modern tooling
TypeScriptReactNode.jsPythonLLMs/AI APIsAgentic Development
Meta
3 teams, 12 engineers
- Launched Creator Education to 20M+ aspiring creators
- Launched Creator Support Hub serving 6M+ creators
- Powered Facebook app support experience for Meta Verified launch
- Hired 6 engineers across 3 teams during competitive 2022 hiring cycle
- Coached ICs to next level - landed multiple promotion packets
ReactBloksHackEnt
Breathe Life
20+ people: 2 Directors, 2 EMs, 16 Engineers$0M/yr to $3M+/yr ARRBudget: $2.25M/yr$15M from Diagram Ventures, Real Ventures, Desjardins Capital, Clocktower VenturesAcquired by SE2 LLC (now Zinnia)
- Led engineering through successful acquisition by SE2 LLC (now Zinnia), an Eldridge Industries business
- Scaled from 0 to $3M+ ARR, building platform that modernized life insurance distribution for 10+ carriers
- Built 20-person engineering org from scratch: 2 directors, 2 engineering managers, 16 engineers
- Provided hands-on technical leadership on large initiatives, system design discussions, and architecture reviews
- Partnered closely with senior executives at client technology orgs - CIOs and Directors at major insurance carriers
- Ensured compliance and security: SOC2, HIPAA, annual pen tests, CI/CD, GitOps
ReactReduxTypeScriptNode.jsGolangPostgreSQLBigQueryKubernetesTerraform
Starbucks (via C3 Technologies)
3 contract developers$80M+/yrBudget: $750k
- Shipped a headless commerce style React app powering the $80M/yr global website
- Introduced modern and mobile friendly UX unlocking marketing team's ability to innovate with content + commerce
- Reduced turnaround time of marketing site updates from 1 week to minutes
- Improved mobile conversion rates by over 40%
ReactReduxDemandware/Salesforce Commerce CloudPythonAWS
PhotoShelter
20+: 3 EMs, 3 QA, 15 Engineers, 1 Architect$8M/yr to $10M+/yr ARRBudget: $3M/yr$12M from General Catalyst
- Led a hybrid (NY/global) team of 20+, implemented agile process, engineering best practices
- Partnered with Marketing, Sales and Product teams to deliver a cohesive multi-year product development roadmap
C++PHPWeb ComponentsPostgreSQLiOSAndroid
Primary.com
4 engineers$0M to $10M+/yr ARR by 2015, $70M/yr by 2020$45M from Homebrew, US Venture Partners
- Built the technical foundation as employee #2 at seed stage
- Scaled platform to support $10M+/yr ARR within first year
Ruby on RailsAngularAWS (EC2, RDS, S3)ImgixCloudFront
Lot18
Team of teams: 15 as CTO, 10 as Director, 6 as EM$15M to $30M+/yr GMV by 2014Budget: $2.5M/yr$50M from Accel, NEA, FirstMark
- Grew from senior engineer to CTO through multiple promotions
- Launched the first personalized wine club in the US
- Powered white label wine clubs for publishers such as NYTimes and Forbes
PythonTornadoFlaskMySQLRedisAWSNginxHAProxy
Outbox Technology
IC on team of 4 at launch, 15 by 2011$0M to $100M+/yr GMV by 2011
- Built core platform from pre-launch through $100M+/yr GMV
- Solution rolled out to 100+ venues worldwide via AXS.com partnership with AEG
- Platform has sold 500M+ tickets to date
PythonJavaScriptXML-RPCCentOSMS SQL
TRAINING
Ecole Polytechnique de Montréal
ALLIED OPERATIONS
Montréal Python FOUNDED
Started the group and co-organized activities for the first few years. Now 5,000 members strong and hosted global PyCon in 2014-15.
FuturPreneur
Mentored a team of young entrepreneurs through their early entrepreneurial milestones.
McGill Dobson Centre
Mentored founding teams at McGill's X-1 Accelerator program and served as semi-finalist judge for the Dobson Cup startup competition.
FounderFuel
Offered feedback and strategy consulting sessions to teams in various cohorts.
⌘K Command Palette