Fullstack Software Engineer
Building elegant solutions for complex problems
I write clean code, make friends with everyone, and love my life.
Building elegant solutions for complex problems
My name is Ryan Scarbel. I'm a fullstack software engineer with a passion for building clean, efficient, and user-friendly applications. I originally started off in marketing in 2018 with a company in New York City. My journey in coding began in 2008 with desktop apps in Visual Basic, and my professional coding career took off in 2020 after diving deep into JavaScript and web development and getting a job as a software engineer for a consulting firm out of Dallas.
January of 2022, I joined HireArt as a Full Stack Software Engineer, working with Ruby on Rails, JavaScript & React. The experience with talented senior developers there was invaluable. I then spent some time at a Web3 company called Hello Moon, where I worked primarily on the Solana network.
Currently, I'm at Jewelers Mutual, an insurance company. I'm a tech lead here, where I do a lot of architectural work, stakeholder management, and product design in addition to coding work. The people here are a lot of fun, and the insurance industry is actually more interesting from the tech side than you may think!
Outside of my day job, I co-founded SOAP-E with my wife, a speech-language pathologist, to help clinicians spend less time on paperwork. I designed and built its HIPAA-compliant AI pipeline, from encrypted patient data storage to the LLM-powered note generation itself, which is the kind of work I most enjoy: building AI products that can be trusted with sensitive, regulated data.
My strongest assets for a development team are my ability to work well with people of any personality type, identifying what is the most important thing to be working on, and writing type-safe code with a relatively small amount of coupling very quickly.
Writing maintainable, efficient code that follows best practices
Delivering high-quality solutions on tight deadlines
Being fun to work with and fostering team collaboration
Designing robust, scalable software systems
Building AI-powered products that handle sensitive healthcare data safely and compliantly
Making jokes at the wrong time (it's a strength, I swear)
An AI-powered SOAP note chatbot that helps healthcare professionals generate clinical documentation through conversational AI. Co-founded with my wife, a speech-language pathologist, to take the pain out of clinical documentation. I built the HIPAA-compliant AI pipeline, encryption, and infrastructure that let clinicians safely turn conversations into finished notes.
A modern web application that helps job seekers track their applications through an intuitive kanban board interface. Track your job search journey from application to offer with ease.
Here’s what people have to say about Ryan:
Software Engineer @ DOW Jones
"I mean... he’s ok, I guess. He’s not the brightest guy, but at least he’s friendly."
Ryan's Mom
"Ryan is so smart! He is really good with computers. He always knows how to fix mine. He's always fun to be around. He should maybe call his parents more though."
Speech Pathologist & Software Engineer
"Ehh. Ryan is somewhere in-between what Kyle stated and what his Mom said. Don’t get me wrong, he’s my husband and I love him, but after being married to him for more than 5-years, I’ve really learned that you can love someone without always liking them."