Software engineer with nearly a decade of experience building production systems using **TypeScript, React, Node.js, and GraphQL**. I focus on high-impact product engineering: designing systems, delivering critical features, and improving engineering leverage across teams. Experience spans **early-stage startups to scaling organizations** — from joining as Engineer #3 to managing teams of 10. Recently building **AI-augmented engineering workflows** to accelerate development, automate testing, and improve productivity.

Apostolis Economou

Software engineer with nearly a decade of experience building production systems using **TypeScript, React, Node.js, and GraphQL**. I focus on high-impact product engineering: designing systems, delivering critical features, and improving engineering leverage across teams. Experience spans **early-stage startups to scaling organizations** — from joining as Engineer #3 to managing teams of 10. Recently building **AI-augmented engineering workflows** to accelerate development, automate testing, and improve productivity.

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Software engineer with nearly a decade of experience building production systems using TypeScript, React, Node.js, and GraphQL. I focus on high-impact product engineering: designing systems, delivering critical features, and improving engineering leverage across teams.

Experience spans early-stage startups to scaling organizations — from joining as Engineer #3 to managing teams of 10. Recently building AI-augmented engineering workflows to accelerate development, automate testing, and improve productivity.

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Work Experience

Lead Frontend Engineer at Fanatics
September 1, 2024 - Present
Led frontend across 4 platform teams; built AI-assisted development workflows to accelerate development, automate testing, and improve productivity.
Engineering Manager at GWI
June 1, 2023 - September 1, 2024
Managed a team of 10 engineers building large-scale React applications. Led a micro-frontend refactor across core applications; partnered with Product, QA, and leadership on road-map planning and delivery. Introduced structured code-review processes and AI-driven end-to-end test workflows.
Fullstack Engineer (Early Hire) at Causaly
January 1, 2020 - April 1, 2023
Joined as Engineer #3 and helped scale the engineering organization from 4 to 40+ engineers. Introduced TypeScript and GraphQL into the production stack. Designed and owned the user-db service (authentication, SAML SSO, licensing, and permissions). Built advanced Elasticsearch queries and indexing strategies enabling critical product search capabilities. Worked across the full stack: React, Next.js, Node.js, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Elasticsearch. Introduced functional programming practices using FP-TS.
Frontend Engineer at LogicEA
June 1, 2018 - December 1, 2019
Sole frontend engineer on a large enterprise SaaS rewrite; migrated frontend stack to modern React-based architecture and collaborated closely with backend teams on API design and integration.
Founder Engineer at Yeep
June 1, 2017 - September 1, 2017
Built a proof-of-concept permission management platform using React, Node.js, Express, and RabbitMQ; collaborated with founders on product direction and architectural decisions.
Board Member at GreeceJS
September 1, 2022 - September 1, 2024
Board member of the largest JavaScript community in Greece; organized meetups and delivered talks on ElasticSearch and related topics.

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