Daniel Dye

@Nitemaeric

Multicultural Tech Lead, Engineering Manager, and Technical Founder with over a decade of hands-on experience building software and engineering teams in London, United Kingdom and Bangkok, Thailand.

  • Technical Skills

    • Ruby
    • JavaScript / TypeScript
    • Ruby on Rails
    • React.js
    • Go
    • Kotlin / Java

  • Other Skills

    • System Design
    • Technical Strategy
    • Coaching / Mentoring
    • Cross-team Collaboration
    • Project Management
    • UX Psychology

Experience

  • xAI Company Logo

    Member of Technical Staff

    xAI · London, United Kingdom (On Site)

    May 2025 - Present
    8 months
      • Spellbook Technology Company Logo

        Founder

        Spellbook Technology · London, United Kingdom (Remote)

        December 2023 - Present
        2 years and 1 month
        • Founded a specialized software development and consulting agency focused on Ruby, JavaScript, and Go.
        • Ruby
        • TypeScript
        • React
        • Node.js
        • Go
        • Tailwind CSS
        • PostgreSQL
        • SQLite
        • Cloud Services
        • Technical Leadership
        • Client Relations
      • Department for Education Company Logo

        Tech Lead

        Department for Education · London, United Kingdom (Remote)

        November 2023 - May 2025
        1 year and 6 months
        • Built and launched a Ruby on Rails application from scratch, enabling schools across England to claim funding, while leading a team of 2 senior developers — all within 12 months.
        • Adopted a legacy Ruby on Rails project and re-established engineering best practices and tactical refactors leading to 95% less "slow" page loads and swift further iterative development.
        • Ruby on Rails
        • Stimulus.js
        • View Components
        • PostgreSQL
        • Microsoft Azure
        • Technical Leadership
        • Architecture
        • Accessibility
      • Spellbook Technology Company Logo

        Co-Founder

        Spellbook Technology · London, United Kingdom (Remote)

        December 2022 - December 2023
        11 months
        • Founded a specialized software development and consulting agency focused on Ruby, JavaScript, and Go.
        • Ruby
        • TypeScript
        • React
        • Node.js
        • Go
        • Tailwind CSS
        • PostgreSQL
        • SQLite
        • Cloud Services
        • Technical Leadership
        • Client Relations
      • Oyster HR Company Logo

        Engineering Manager II

        Oyster HR · London, United Kingdom (Remote)

        May 2022 - September 2023
        1 year and 3 months
        • Led the Growth engineering team, consisting of 6 developers, alongside the Product Director of Growth.
        • Designed and oversaw the development of the global pricing architecture, built with pricing experimentation in mind.
        • Ruby on Rails
        • TypeScript
        • PostgreSQL
        • GraphQL
        • Technical Leadership
        • Decision Making
        • Career Development
      • MUBI Company Logo

        Senior Ruby Engineer

        MUBI · London, United Kingdom (Hybrid)

        June 2020 - May 2022
        2 years
        • Pioneered the development of the versioned REST API, contributing to the ease of iterative development and releases.
        • Designed and developed the system architecture for the MUBI Notebook magazine subscription.
        • Ruby on Rails
        • Stimulus.js
        • PostgreSQL
        • Versioned REST APIs
        • Video Streaming
        • FFmpeg
      • Seekster Company Logo

        CTO & Co-Founder

        Seekster · Bangkok, Thailand (Hybrid)

        August 2015 - December 2020
        5 years and 5 months
        • Independently built a web MVP using Ruby on Rails for an 'Uber for services' startup in Bangkok within 6 months.
        • Grew a technical team to 11 cross-functional members, consisting of developers, designers, and product managers.
        • Fostered a positive growth-oriented company culture for 45 employees alongside 2 non-technical business partners.
        • Lead the initiative of pivoting of our company to a SaaS product to manage labour workforces, leading to acquisition.
        • Ruby on Rails
        • JavaScript
        • React
        • Node.js
        • PostgreSQL
        • AWS
        • Technical Leadership
      • Oozou Company Logo

        Web Developer

        Oozou · Bangkok, Thailand (On Site)

        November 2015 - April 2016
        6 months
        • Championed the development of e-commerce, ride-hailing, and recruitment software using Ruby on Rails and React.js.
        • Ruby on Rails
        • JavaScript
        • Node.js
        • React
        • Angular

      Projects

      • drenv Logo

        drenv

        Personal project

        Oct 2024 - Present
        Ongoing
        • Created a cross-platform Command Line Interface (CLI) tool for managing DragonRuby Game Toolkit versions.
        • Deno
        • TypeScript
        • Deno KV
        • Commander.js
        • Astral
        • Playwright
      • iQsonics Company Logo

        Sing and Speak 4 Kids

        iQsonics

        July 2024 - December 2024
        6 months
        • Rewrote client's user-facing web application in Ionic Framework (React) to add native mobile app support along with Stripe billing integrated to their Ruby on Rails backend.
        • Ruby on Rails
        • TypeScript
        • React
        • Ionic Framework
        • Tailwind CSS
        • Stripe
        • Heroku
        • Vercel
      • Tencent Thailand Company Logo

        Superwin (https://sanook.com/game/superwin)

        Tencent Thailand

        January 2020 - February 2020
        21 days
        • Delivered an e-sports points-wagering platform built with Next.js within an extremely tight deadline of 21 days.
        • Next.js
        • Express.js
        • React
        • MUI
        • Bull
        • MySQL
        • Redis

      Education

      • BSc. Computer Science, 3.44 GPA, Second Class Honours · SIIT, Thammasat University, Thailand
        2010-2014