Available for remote contract work

Lawrence L. Hovind

Principal Software Engineer ☆ Architect ☆ Full-Stack & Systems

I build things that solve real problems. Full-stack web and systems-level C++ — same engineer, both ends of the stack. Forty years of full-lifecycle ownership, plus a current practice grounded in AI-augmented development and modern architecture.

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Remote · contract or consulting 40+ years shipping production software 2019 Comcast Circle of Innovation
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Recent work

Things I've actually shipped.

Two recent self-directed projects and one career-defining piece. Different stacks, different problems, same engineer.

Open Source · 2025 · GPL v3

naTE

Modern C++20 graphical terminal emulator for SSH-heavy workflows. Tiling layouts, libssh2 integration, hand-written VT100/ANSI parser, ports-and-adapters architecture. GPL v3.

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Personal Project · 2025

GoKart Factory

AI-augmented build. Full-stack manufacturing simulation taken from concept to deployable in under two days using Claude Code. FastAPI · Vue 3 · capacity-aware scheduling · multi-tenant JWT auth.

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$100M+
Revenue Line Enabled

Comcast · 2016–2022

Xfinity On Campus

Principal architect of a microservices platform powering multiple SPAs serving hundreds of hospitality venues and millions of video endpoints. 2019 Circle of Innovation Award.

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What I do

The problems I'm best at.

Every business has problems they need solved. Here's a short version of where I tend to create the most value. The longer version is on the Work page.

Complex Web Apps

Real applications with real users, real state, and real consequences. Multi-tenant data, intricate workflows, performance-sensitive UIs. The kind of build where every architectural decision compounds over the next five years.

Multi-tenant SaaS Platforms

Fine-grained RBAC, per-tenant isolation, scalable data models, integration hooks. I've architected SaaS platforms serving hundreds of partners and millions of end users — and shipped the code, not just the diagrams.

The Thing Nobody Can Fix

That integration that's been broken for six months. The legacy system everyone's afraid to touch. They're almost never as scary as they look once someone with context actually opens the lid.

AI-Augmented Delivery

Not just using AI tools — integrating them into a real development pipeline with appropriate judgment about what to trust and what to verify. Force multiplier, not magic wand.

Systems & Native Work

Modern C++20, clean architecture, rigorous tests. Network protocols, terminal emulation, cross-platform desktop. For when the work is below the abstraction layer most engineers stop at.

Greenfield Builds, Fast

From architecture to deployed application faster than most teams — and with better tests than most solo developers. AI-augmented where it helps, architecturally rigorous where it matters.

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Guiding principles

What grounds the work.

We must never forget — what we do is about People, not technology.

— LLH

True knowledge exists in knowing that you know nothing.

— Socrates

Got a hard problem?

Tell me what you're building or what's broken. I'll tell you honestly whether I can help — and how fast I can move.

lhovind@hovind.com
Remote only Contract & consulting (215) 799-0400