👋🏼 Hey there, I'm...
I'm a UI Engineer II at CrowdStrike, building product UI and front-end systems.
Away from the keyboard, I'm a community builder at heart. Co-founder of Ryan Meetup, a not-for-profit organization for anyone and everyone named Ryan: it started as a bit between three of us at a Brooklyn bar in 2023.
Three years and 25+ events later, we operate 16+ chapters across the country and work with global brands to create meaningful connections in a post-COVID world.
Product-minded engineer who likes making ambitious ideas usable.
Built Ryan Meetup from zero to 1,400 Ryans in one room, 115k+ followers, and $10k+ raised for charity.
Comfortable moving between code, creative direction, logistics, and live execution.
Based in Brooklyn, New York.
Engineering
That only works because every call that matters is still mine — what gets built, what the codebase looks like, and what’s good enough to merge.
01
I set the direction
Architecture, constraints, and what counts as done are mine, written into the repo as rules before an agent touches anything.
02
Agents do the volume
Implementation, refactors, migrations, and test coverage run in parallel. A week of mechanical editing lands in an afternoon.
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I hold the review gate
Nothing merges because an agent said it worked. I read the diff and run it myself, because they’re confidently wrong often enough.
I'm a UI Engineer II building product surfaces and the front-end systems underneath them, where interface decisions have to hold up for people working incidents.
The review gate only works in a stack I know cold, which is why front-end craft is still the part I keep sharpest.
Initiatives
Two ongoing experiments in getting people into the same room: one for strangers who happen to share a first name, one for coworkers who live in the same city and have never met.
It started as a bit between three of us in a Brooklyn bar in 2023. There are now 16+ chapters that run their own nights without me in the room, and the big events pull Ryans who fly in from across the country and overseas to be there.
Everything underneath it is software I build and maintain myself: the site, the event pages, RSVPs, chapter tools, and the admin work that keeps 25+ events from turning into a spreadsheet problem.
Most weeks the job is logistics. Book a venue that can handle the turnout, print name tags that all say the same thing, keep the chapter leads supplied with what they need, and make sure the night has enough shape that people talk to someone they didn't arrive with.
It runs as a not-for-profit, and the press found it faster than we planned for: 75+ features so far, which is 75 more than the three of us expected out of a joke in a bar.
I throw company-funded events through CrowdNeighborhoods, an employee-led program that gets remote coworkers together in the cities they already live in.
The job is the unglamorous half: pitch the idea, get the budget approved, find a venue that fits the group, and then stand at the door so nobody walks in and ends up standing alone.
Same problem as Ryan Meetup on a company budget: give people a reason to show up that doesn't feel like a mandatory offsite.
It keeps me close to the people I build for, too. Most of what I ship is used by coworkers I'd otherwise only meet in a pull request, and a night out with them tells me more than a scheduled call ever has.
Design systems, app surfaces, and front-end architecture that stay usable as products grow.
Formats, rituals, and live experiences that make participation easy and give people a reason to return.
The planning, systems, logistics, and follow-through needed to turn a promising concept into something real.
A recognizable voice, clear story, and thoughtful collaborations that help good ideas travel further.
Work together
I work best where product thinking, creative direction, and practical execution overlap. That might be a polished interface, a community initiative, an event people talk about afterward, or the systems connecting all three.
References
The clearest proof usually comes from collaborators, managers, and partners who have seen the work in real delivery environments.
Ryan has proven himself to be a capable and detailed oriented engineer during our time together at LoungeBuddy (American Express). He takes pride in meeting deadlines and is an excellent communicator.
Ryan was a highly valued member of the team. We had complex requirements across several web properties with different stacks but Ryan brought a "let's do this" positive energy to every challenge. Ryan is deeply invested in helping his peers ramp up while also persistently working on keeping his own skills sharp and growing. We're glad we had the opportunity to have him on the team.
Ryan always uses the right tool for the job. He has an excellent grasp on cutting edge technologies that allow him to work efficiently and develop beautiful, maintainable websites that are of the highest quality. His attention to detail and ability to execute ideas into implementations makes him a joy to work with. If I had to hire a developer for my business, I’d hire Ryan in a heartbeat.
Ryan Le has been a driving force behind the Ryan Meetup's rapid growth by applying his relentless energy, technical expertise, and deep dedication to every aspect of the movement. He moves fast, solves problems without hesitation, and puts everything he's got into making an idea succeed. He perfectly embodies the kind of passion and follow-through that makes the impossible feel inevitable.
I'm always happy to get the chance to work with Ryan on different sized web projects, whether we're collaborating professionally or just hacking through things together!
Ryan and I have been working closely alongside one another ever since we both started at Amex, and I couldn't be happier to have such a knowledgable partner on the front-end development front. 💪
Ryan Le was a tremendous asset for our team at T-Mobile. He adapted well to challenges and was persistent in his quest to deliver quality software, and was absolutely critical in our migration efforts.
