Portfolio — Overview
A selection of projects Evans has built and shipped across industries—from AI-powered recruitment to global e-commerce infrastructure. Each represents real challenges solved with thoughtful architecture and product craft.
PurrPal
A thoughtfully designed iOS app that helps cat owners soothe their feline companions to sleep. Features a curated collection of calming purring sounds, interactive visuals, and a timer function. Built end-to-end from concept to App Store launch, demonstrating product thinking at the intersection of pet care and mobile experience.
HelloBoss
Led technical architecture for an AI-powered recruitment platform combining mobile app and SaaS dashboard. Designed scalable systems handling high-volume ML inference for resume parsing and candidate matching with sub-100ms response times. Built and mentored a distributed engineering team of 8+ engineers across multiple time zones.
AfterShip Returns
Architected the Returns Center product—a self-service return management platform for Shopify and WooCommerce merchants. Built microservices handling millions of daily transactions, enabling seamless multi-currency and multi-warehouse operations. Reduced system latency by 40% through strategic caching and asynchronous processing.
AfterShip Reviews
Built the Reviews product enabling e-commerce merchants to collect, manage, and display customer reviews across their storefronts. Implemented automated review request workflows, sentiment analysis integration, and multi-platform syndication. Served 10,000+ merchants processing millions of review data points.
MMORPG Game Backend
Designed and built real-time multiplayer game backend infrastructure supporting 100K+ concurrent players. Implemented WebSocket services for real-time battle synchronization, player matchmaking, and in-game economy systems. Optimized for low-latency communication and horizontal scalability across distributed servers.
In landscape photography, Evans seeks order and tranquility—clear structures in distant mountains, gentle layers in morning mist, rhythm within interwoven light and shadow. These images are not merely records of beauty, but reflections of his understanding of balance and simplicity. This visual training similarly shapes his thinking about product interfaces: finding clear pathways within complex functionality, conveying human warmth within technical architecture. For him, photography isn't an escape from code—it's another training in observing the world.