For engineering managers
Ten years writing software. Owning every step from proposal to code to support.
If your team needs someone who can own a feature end to end, that's what I've been doing for ten years at NOV, Camden, Tackle, and Twingate: five years writing software, five as a product manager. I ship features, talk to users without a translator, and write documentation people actually read. The PM years were a multiplier: they sharpened what I build and why, and I'm back to writing code daily. I'm looking for a hands-on engineering role, remote or Houston hybrid, on a team that values product judgment in its engineers.
Rachelpilateshtx
Founder · 2025 to now · classical Pilates
- Left full-time employment in early 2025, got certified in classical Pilates, taught at a Houston studio, launched my own business, and kept building software the whole time.
- Running it like an engineering project: the whole business lives in Obsidian and Claude, from client tracking to automated session programming.
- What it taught me: I don't need a job to give me a business to run. I have one. What I want from work now is the thing I've always loved most, building.
Obsidian · Claude · AI-assisted development
Twingate
Product Manager · 2022 to 2025 · zero-trust network access
- Led the product-wide billing and pricing overhaul with C-suite, marketing, and sales, unlocking $100K+ ARR within 3 months.
- Shipped a secure OIDC-based AWS logging integration co-developed with enterprise IT early adopters: credential-free log delivery to customer-owned S3 buckets.
- Launched the MSP partner platform 0 to 1, a brand new customer segment, $27K ARR in 3 months.
- Lifted onboarding conversion 10% in 3 months, driven by funnel analysis in BigQuery and Looker plus user interviews I ran myself.
OIDC · AWS S3 · BigQuery · Looker · Billing & pricing strategy
Tackle.io
Software Engineer, promoted to Product Manager · 2020 to 2022 · cloud marketplaces
- Owned the public API and webhooks from inception to market adoption, leading a team of 5 engineers.
- Defined the versioning approach, abstraction layers, and backend architecture with engineering.
- As an engineer: built the customer-facing demo environment used by sales and investor relations.
Python · JavaScript · REST API design · Webhooks · Versioning
Camden Property Trust
Full Stack Developer · 2017 to 2019 · residential real estate
- Designed and built the Taleo-to-Oracle HR integration used for every new hire and transfer, cutting manual work from hours to 10 minutes.
- Built and maintained the automated bonus application computing annual bonuses from sentiment analysis API review data.
- Pioneered the team's adoption of Azure DevOps for CI and automated deployment.
Angular · C# · SQL · Azure DevOps · CI/CD · Taleo · Oracle HCM