Konnektid

Konnektid was a startup building a social network that connects people through what they know and can do: someone looking for knowledge finds someone nearby who can share it. As the first developer, I built the platform as an MVP, full-stack on Node.js, so the founder could use it in talks with investors about building it out.

The MVP brought several hard parts together, in the early days of Node.js: geo queries in MongoDB to find people nearby, the main state in CouchDB, real-time chat over websockets between people offering and seeking knowledge, and sign-in with existing Facebook, Google, LinkedIn or Twitter accounts.

The platform went live. Some time later a CTO joined to take it over and develop it further together with the founder.

As a Senior Software Engineer, my responsibilities included:

• Setting up the platform as an MVP, full-stack in Node.js, Express and Jade
• Building location-based search with geo queries in MongoDB
• Building real-time chat over websockets between knowledge seekers and providers
• Integrating sign-in with Facebook, Google, LinkedIn and Twitter through OAuth
• Handing the platform over to the incoming CTO