Ryan Joshua Z. Gapac

Now

June 2026 - Present

Software Engineer at Millia

Own the Flutter field-operations app used daily by cleaning and maintenance staff: task execution, photo verification, offline-tolerant upload pipelines, voice notes, and localization.

Ship full-stack across an AI-agent-operated property platform: web operations dashboard features, Python (FastAPI) backend endpoints, and PostgreSQL/Supabase schema work.
Built the maintenance lifecycle end to end (escalation, verification verdicts, and reopen flows), keeping mobile and dashboard behavior in strict parity.

Experience

Jan 2026 - February 2026

AI Data Specialist (Semantic Prompt Engineering)

Alignerr / Labelbox (Contract)

Evaluated side-by-side coding-model outputs on repository-grounded bug-fixing and pull request tasks.
Reviewed generated patches for correctness, defect coverage, and code quality, providing expert feedback to refine model reasoning.

Sept 2025 - May 2026

Solo Architect & Full Stack Engineer

Empatho

Engineered a comprehensive mental health platform solo, featuring distinct Therapist, HR, and Employee portals using Next.js 16, Payload CMS 3, and Tailwind CSS v4.
Implemented multi-tenant RBAC, real-time video/chat via Agora, and automated scheduling workflows with Zoom integration.
Managed the full DevOps lifecycle on DigitalOcean (PM2, Nginx) with custom shell scripts for deployment and monitoring.

June 2024 - Feb 2025

Full-Stack Developer

Spedgrow

Modernized a legacy Laravel B2B platform, containerizing the backend with Docker to establish a reproducible dev environment.
Architected core B2B modules: Organization/Classroom management, subscription-based licensing, and data insights.
Developed a real-time progress tracking system using WebSockets and implemented NFC-based mobile interactions.

Sept 2023 - Present

Sole Engineer & Co-Founder

Cygntek (OneLoyal Platform)

Designed and built the entire OneLoyal stack solo: two production Flutter apps (Merchant/Customer) and a Firebase backend.
Engineered a two-tier loyalty system (points/stamps) with real-time transaction processing and geolocation discovery.

Selected Projects

01 Project Sentry C / Raylib / FastAPI / Distributed Systems Award-winning autonomous distributed system for 2D/3D reconstruction. Best Thesis at BulSU (Department & Section). 02 Empatho Next.js 16 / Payload CMS 3 / Agora / RBAC Solo-architected mental health platform with Therapist, HR, and Employee portals and real-time video/chat integration. 03 Spedgrow (Budding Life) Laravel / Docker / WebSockets / B2B Modernized legacy B2B infrastructure for special education, implementing containerization and real-time progress tracking. 04 OneLoyal Flutter / Firebase / Geolocation Two-tier loyalty platform (points/stamps) with real-time transaction processing, built solo across two production apps. 05 xfocus C / X11 / OpenGL Lightweight screen zoomer and spotlight tool for Linux/X11 with screen freezing and drawing capabilities. 06 vortel-lsp Emacs Lisp / LSP / JSON-RPC Language-server client for Emacs with predictable protocol handling and clean architecture.

Writings

May '26 Reclaiming the Handle The cognitive impact of generative AI on software engineering, and how to preserve meaningful work through a structured 5-phase plan.

Colophon

Technical Skills

Languages

TypeScript, Dart, PHP, Python, Rust, SQL, C, C++

Frameworks

Next.js 16 (Turbopack), Payload CMS 3, Flutter (Riverpod), Svelte 5, Laravel, FastAPI, LangGraph, Raylib

Cloud & Ops

Docker, DigitalOcean, Supabase (PostgreSQL), Nginx, PM2, Firebase, Cloudflare, Linux (Bash)

Engineering

Solo-architecting, Systems Design, RBAC, Real-time (Agora, WebSockets), CI/CD

Education

Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering

Bulacan State University

2022 - 2026 · GWA 1.63 / 5.00

Awards

Best Thesis, Computer Engineering Department (BulSU)
Best Thesis, Computer Engineering Section (BulSU)
1st Place, Regional ICPeP C Programming Competition
6th Place, National ICPeP C Programming Competition
3rd Place, Regional ICPeP Python Programming Competition
Cisco Certified Support Technician (CCST), Networking