**I specialize in "swapping engines mid-flight."** As the Principal Architect of **Fast Dog Coding, LLC**, I help enterprise organizations and high-growth startups modernize high-stakes legacy systems without interrupting service. My specialty is replacing aging backends (like IBM Domino) with modern Node.js and MongoDB/PostgreSQL stacks while maintaining **100% API parity** for global user bases. **Why work with me:** * **Scale-Proven Experience:** I have architected and migrated systems serving up to **80,000 global users**. * **Agentic AI Implementation:** Beyond standard full-stack work, I build production-grade AI tools, including **RAG-based assistants** and automated **lead-scoring engines** using OpenAI and vector stores. * **Technical Stability:** My background includes building real-time C++ server components for email compliance and data-leakage prevention (DLP), ensuring a "security-first" mindset in every web application. * **Ownership-Driven:** As a 1099 contractor, I don't just "write code"—I take full ownership of the lifecycle, from architectural design to cloud deployment on **AWS or IBM Cloud**. **Technical Toolkit:** * **Languages/Runtime:** Node.js, TypeScript, JavaScript (12+ yrs), C++. * **Frontend:** Angular (v19), D3.js. * **Data:** PostgreSQL (Sequelize), MongoDB (Aggregation Pipelines), IBM Cloudant. * **AI/LLM:** OpenAI API, Vector Stores, Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG). I am currently seeking **remote-first** contracts where performance, stability, and pragmatic technical debt management are critical to project success.

Grant R. Lindsay

**I specialize in "swapping engines mid-flight."** As the Principal Architect of **Fast Dog Coding, LLC**, I help enterprise organizations and high-growth startups modernize high-stakes legacy systems without interrupting service. My specialty is replacing aging backends (like IBM Domino) with modern Node.js and MongoDB/PostgreSQL stacks while maintaining **100% API parity** for global user bases. **Why work with me:** * **Scale-Proven Experience:** I have architected and migrated systems serving up to **80,000 global users**. * **Agentic AI Implementation:** Beyond standard full-stack work, I build production-grade AI tools, including **RAG-based assistants** and automated **lead-scoring engines** using OpenAI and vector stores. * **Technical Stability:** My background includes building real-time C++ server components for email compliance and data-leakage prevention (DLP), ensuring a "security-first" mindset in every web application. * **Ownership-Driven:** As a 1099 contractor, I don't just "write code"—I take full ownership of the lifecycle, from architectural design to cloud deployment on **AWS or IBM Cloud**. **Technical Toolkit:** * **Languages/Runtime:** Node.js, TypeScript, JavaScript (12+ yrs), C++. * **Frontend:** Angular (v19), D3.js. * **Data:** PostgreSQL (Sequelize), MongoDB (Aggregation Pipelines), IBM Cloudant. * **AI/LLM:** OpenAI API, Vector Stores, Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG). I am currently seeking **remote-first** contracts where performance, stability, and pragmatic technical debt management are critical to project success.

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I specialize in "swapping engines mid-flight."

As the Principal Architect of Fast Dog Coding, LLC, I help enterprise organizations and high-growth startups modernize high-stakes legacy systems without interrupting service. My specialty is replacing aging backends (like IBM Domino) with modern Node.js and MongoDB/PostgreSQL stacks while maintaining 100% API parity for global user bases.

Why work with me:

  • Scale-Proven Experience: I have architected and migrated systems serving up to 80,000 global users.

  • Agentic AI Implementation: Beyond standard full-stack work, I build production-grade AI tools, including RAG-based assistants and automated lead-scoring engines using OpenAI and vector stores.

  • Technical Stability: My background includes building real-time C++ server components for email compliance and data-leakage prevention (DLP), ensuring a “security-first” mindset in every web application.

  • Ownership-Driven: As a 1099 contractor, I don’t just “write code”—I take full ownership of the lifecycle, from architectural design to cloud deployment on AWS or IBM Cloud.

Technical Toolkit:

  • Languages/Runtime: Node.js, TypeScript, JavaScript (12+ yrs), C++.

  • Frontend: Angular (v19), D3.js.

  • Data: PostgreSQL (Sequelize), MongoDB (Aggregation Pipelines), IBM Cloudant.

  • AI/LLM: OpenAI API, Vector Stores, Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG).

I am currently seeking remote-first contracts where performance, stability, and pragmatic technical debt management are critical to project success.

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Principal Software Architect / Independent Contractor at Fast Dog Coding, LLC
April 30, 2014 - Present
- Operate as a sole proprietor delivering custom application development for North American clients with global reach, ranging from lean startups to Fortune 500 enterprises. - Lead end-to-end development lifecycles from initial conception and architectural design to cloud deployment and long-term maintenance. Selected engagements include modernization projects and AI-driven tooling to support clients in a variety of sectors.
Senior Product Developer at Sherpa Software
April 30, 2007 - April 30, 2014
Designed and engineered a high-performance C++ server add-in for real-time email interception and data leakage prevention on IBM Domino; navigated complex, undocumented mail flow integrations to ensure real-time evaluation without impacting server performance. Mentored teams and established coding standards to accelerate feature delivery.

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