Layne Kawahara

Engineering Technical Lead @Aabo Home

Salt Lake County, UT, US

Transformed solo mobile project into thriving engineering organization. As founding developer, I architected our Flutter app while building the team and systems that achieved 3X productivity gains.Today, I continue to balance strategic leadership with hands-on contribution, ensuring our engineering organization remains agile, innovative, and closely aligned with our product vision. This unique combination of technical depth, operational excellence, and team leadership enables me to drive engineering success from both the boardroom and the codebase.Foundation: Building from Zero- Architected scalable Flutter mobile app as solo developer, delivering cross-platform iOS/Android experience- Developed core features, backend APIs, and mobile client- Created maintainable codebase that would support future team growthGrowth: Operational Excellence- Built engineering team from through strategic university outreach and partner relationships- Implemented CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, and DevOps infrastructure enabling rapid deployment- Created GitHub project infrastructure and standardized workflows for all project management- Report to C-suite, setting engineering strategy across multiple products- Translated business requirements into technical specs, bridging stakeholder vision with execution- Established engineering culture enabling 3X productivity through AI code tooling adoptionScale: Mentorship & Innovation- Mentored developers on technical skills and professional development- Trained team on AI-powered tools, achieving documented 3X productivity improvement- Evolved from writing code to building systems that enable better, faster development- Maintained technical excellence while leading strategically

Neumont University

Bachelor's Degree, Game Design and Software Engineering