Alain Bloch — Fullstack Software Engineer & Consultant
Ship the next product
on a backend that scales.
I dig deep into Ruby, Rails and Postgres — carving fast, dependable services out of messy legacy rock.
What I build
Platforms that stay up, and APIs customers can work with
01
Rails platforms
Twenty years of Rails, from 1.8 through 7.2. I modernize large legacy apps, stand up multi-tenant systems, and rebuild the admin tools teams actually use.
02
APIs & identity
REST, GraphQL, and webhooks, plus enterprise SSO with OAuth2, SAML, and JWTs. Contracts stay versioned so partner apps do not break when the core moves.
03
Applied AI
RAG pipelines, tool-calling agents, and the production details around them: safety, latency, and cost. Built on OpenAI, Gemini, LangChain, and Qdrant.
Where I have shipped
- ScopeAR
- Vineti
- Change.org
- Yammer
- Grand Rounds
- LearnUp
How I work
A teammate, not a ticket queue
- 01
On the floor
I want to be in the work with a mission-driven team, not handing specs over a wall.
- 02
Teams that learn
Mentoring, pair programming, and writing the thing down so the next person is not guessing.
- 03
Short, accurate deadlines
I do well when the date is real and the scope is honest. Humor helps. So does shipping.
Featured projects
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Let’s build your next big thing
Have a product, a platform, or a system your team needs help with? Contact me. I’ll help you refactor, and ship it — Rails, APIs, and the hard parts in between.