Bobby Powers

Open to new projects and contract work.

Bobby Powers · Software Engineer

I build dependable software for teams, and stick around to make sure it keeps working.

I'm a software engineer with 4 years of experience shipping web applications, APIs, and the infrastructure underneath them. I care about clear code, honest estimates, and software that keeps working after I hand it off.

Most of my work is with small teams and founders who need a full stack engineer to own a problem end to end, from the first conversation to production.

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What I do

How I can help

Web applications

Full-stack products built with modern, boring-in-a-good-way tools. Fast, accessible, and maintainable.

APIs & integrations

Clean backends, third-party integrations, and data pipelines that connect the systems you already have.

Rescue & modernization

Taking over stalled or legacy codebases, stabilizing them, and moving them forward without a rewrite.

Technical guidance

Architecture reviews and a second opinion before you commit to an expensive decision.

Selected work

Recent projects

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LE Terminal→

2026

Architected and built a real-time market screening terminal that streams roughly 12,000 symbols and live news, and filters it all down to what the client's traders need.

TypeScript · Next.js · Node.js · Supabase

Powers Edge→

2024 — Present

My own real-time trading platform: live market data, custom charting, and filters that surface the best setups so I don't have to hunt for them.

TypeScript · Next.js · Node.js · Supabase

Background

Experience

  1. 2024 — Present

    Independent Software Engineer · Self-employed

    Building web applications and APIs for small teams and founders, with a focus on maintainable code and clear communication.

  2. 2022 — 2024

    Software Engineer · What If Media Group

    Built and maintained backend systems sending millions of emails and texts per month, in Node.js, Ruby on Rails, and Java.

Tools I use

Languages
TypeScript, JavaScript, Python, SQL
Frontend
React, Next.js
Backend & data
Node.js, Supabase, PostgreSQL
Workflow
Git, Command line, Vercel

PreviouslyRuby on Rails, Java, AWS, MongoDB

Posts

Notes from the work

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Bobby Powers·

Updated Powers Edge this morning .. loving the chart wall and added in a scalping filter to rotate charts in that are setting up for the fashionably late strategy. Helped make some money this morning.

#powersedge#trading

Bobby Powers·

New site is up. I'll use this space for short notes on what I'm building, things I've learned, and the occasional longer write-up.

No algorithm, no ads. Just a feed.

#rbpdev#personal#notes

Contact

Let's work together

Have a project in mind, or not sure yet? Send a short note about what you're working on. I reply to every message, usually within a business day.

bobby@rbpdev.com