Kyle Andes

Full-stack engineer and technical lead who ships production systems end-to-end — from Go backend services and Next.js platforms to high-performance Shopify storefronts. Founder and builder of LETPass, a civic-tech LET reviewer serving 1,400+ users. Comfortable owning architecture, mentoring junior developers, and translating ambiguous business needs into shipped software.

Shopify Developer · Tech Lead at ELMS Agency (2026-03 – Present)

• Enforced a 90+ PageSpeed Insights benchmark across all Shopify deliverables through optimized Liquid, deferred assets, and lean OS 2.0 section architecture.
• Mentored and led a junior developer, establishing code standards, review workflows, and reusable component patterns that accelerated team output.
• Built the agency's public-facing website — a performant, brand-aligned web presence that directly supports client acquisition.

Software Engineer · Tech Lead at Otis Philippines Inc. (2026-02 – 2026-05)

• Led a cross-functional team building a Go-based internal system from the ground up — owning architecture decisions, sprint planning, and code reviews to ship on deadline.
• Designed and implemented RESTful APIs in Go, applying idiomatic concurrency patterns (goroutines, channels, interfaces) to achieve sub-100ms response times.
• Established engineering standards for junior developers — Git workflows, PR review rituals, and documentation practices that cut integration bugs by ~60%.
• Translated ambiguous business requirements into a working system architecture, bridging non-technical stakeholders and engineering execution.

Software Developer at Ziff Digital (2025-06 – 2026-02)

• Architected a fully CMS-driven corporate site in Sanity + Next.js, eliminating marketing bottlenecks and reducing content update turnaround by ~80%.
• Delivered ~30–40% load-time improvement via static generation, optimized media pipelines, and a reusable component system that accelerated future feature delivery.

Full-Stack Web Developer Intern at Ayahtek (2024-09 – 2025-03)

• Selected above other interns for a high-priority CMS project after top onboarding performance; delivered optimized SSR in Next.js, improving page rendering speed by ~25–35%.
• Built and shipped a production-ready HRMS from zero — employee profiles, leave tracking, and RBAC using React and Laravel — cutting manual HR processing time by ~40%.

B.S. in Computer Science – STI College Ortigas-Cainta (2026-07)