Amanda Kom

Engineering Leader
Full-Stack Developer
Product Builder

About Me

I build software, lead teams, and help turn messy business problems into elegant technical solutions.

My career has taken me from engineering to leadership to entrepreneurship. Along the way I’ve learned that the most valuable engineers aren’t just great programmers—they connect people, ideas, and execution.

What I Do

I’m an engineer who loves building products from the ground up.
I’ve managed distributed engineering teams, built SaaS products, consulted directly with clients, run my own agency, and spent years balancing technical excellence with business reality.

I enjoy the messy middle where customers, developers, designers, and business goals all overlap.

Whether I’m designing architecture, improving a release process, or mentoring another engineer, I care about creating systems that make both software and people more successful.

Engineering Leadership

Building healthy teams
Mentoring engineers
Improving processes

Product Development

Turning ideas into software.

Full Stack Development

React • Rails • PHP • JavaScript • SQL • APIs

Architecture

Data modeling
System design
Integrations

Client Partnership

Requirements gathering
Translating business needs
Technical strategy

Entrepreneurship

Building products
Running agencies
Working directly with customers

Engineering Philosophy

Things I Believe

Software exists to solve human problems.

Simple beats clever.

Communication is an engineering skill.

Good architecture creates freedom.

Empathy makes better products.

Curiosity beats certainty.

Ask questions early.

Ship, measure, improve.

This section will be surprisingly memorable.

Leadership Philosophy

Things I Believe

I don’t believe managers exist to control engineers.

I believe they exist to remove obstacles, create clarity, and help talented people do the best work of their careers.

Things I’m Exploring

AI workflows

Product strategy

Indigenous crafts and cultural learning

snchitsu’umshtsn (The Coeur d’Alene tribe’s language)

RV renovation (systems thinking in the real world)

Autocross racing (with my Suzuki Cappuccino)

Kizomba dancing