Hi, I'm Dawson. I build AI-powered apps and ship them to production.
AI-first full stack engineer with six years of production work. I've shipped LLM features to real users, including Azure OpenAI pipelines that turn documents into structured data with confidence scoring. React and React Native on the front, C#/.NET, Go, and Node.js behind it, on Azure and AWS. Claude Code and Cursor are part of how I build every day.
- React Native
- TypeScript
- iOS
- Android
- React
- Next.js
- .NET
- Node.js
- Python
- AWS
- GraphQL
- WebSockets
- Protobuf
- Docker
- Kubernetes
- PostgreSQL
What I do
Phone to database, all of it.
Mobile apps
React Native apps for iOS and Android, from first screen to App Store and Google Play. In-app purchases, subscriptions, and tests that keep releases calm.
Connected devices
Apps that talk to hardware: real-time control over WebSockets and Protobuf, telemetry and GPS, and screens that adapt to the equipment on the other end.
Web applications
Fast React and Next.js sites and apps, with headless CMS content (Contentful, GraphQL) so teams can publish without a developer.
APIs & modernization
Moving legacy systems onto clean REST APIs with .NET and Entity Framework, Node.js, Django, and Flask.
Cloud & delivery
Serverless on AWS Lambda, API Gateway, and S3. Docker, Kubernetes, and CI/CD that makes shipping a weekly habit.
Quality & accessibility
Jest, React Testing Library, and xUnit coverage where it counts, plus themed component libraries built with WCAG accessibility from day one.
Experience
Built for teams that ship.
Full history →- 2025 – Now
Airstream
Full Stack Mobile Developer
Building the React Native app owners use to control their RV: climate, lighting, tanks, and diagnostics.
- 2023 – 2025
Ohio Department of Public Safety
Full Stack Software Developer
Modernized APIs and UI for Ohio's vehicle title systems, which support $20M+ in annual revenue.
- 2022 – 2023
General Motors
Mobile Software Developer
Built features for GM's myBrand connected-vehicle mobile apps.
- 2020 – 2022
Blackhole Software
Software Developer
Full stack work across web frontends, serverless backends, and deployment automation.
Side project
Made it, shipped it.
All projects →AppHaul
Bulk software installer for Windows and macOS
Pick the apps you want and install them all in one pass. A cross-platform desktop app built with Tauri and React that drives winget on Windows and Homebrew on macOS.
6+
years shipping production software
4
companies across automotive, government, and software
3
platforms: iOS, Android, and web
Got an idea? Let's build it.
A role, a project, or a question about something I've built. Email is the fastest way to reach me.
dawsonm.eakins@gmail.com