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Clark Stacer

Senior Software Engineer · Eugene, OR

Summary

Frontend and platform engineer, 25 years on the web. Currently building Angular platform UI while prototyping ahead of the backend team to define what gets built next. Deep background in infrastructure — DNS, mail and Linux at scale — and in compliance automation for SOC 2, NIST and FedRAMP. Most of my current work runs through AI tooling built into a real engineering process, not bolted on.

Experience

Senior Software Engineer (contract) · ZeroBias

2023 — present · Remote

  • Build the platform frontend in Angular, currently v21/22, using standalone components, signals and zoneless change detection.
  • Engaged separately by the CEO as a third-party developer to prototype a Marketplace application on the platform, deliberately running ahead of the backend team so the interface surfaces what the platform needs next.
  • Author data models and schema proposals that become the contract the backend team implements.
  • Built a Next.js reference application demonstrating live platform writes.
  • Wrote internal MCP servers that give AI tooling real access to platform state, including profile switching and connection-status operations.
  • Run a multi-agent AI development practice day to day: role-separated agent sessions, an inter-session message bus, resource locking, and verification gates before anything ships.

Neverfail, Auditmation and ZeroBias are the same company across three names.

Frontend Developer · Auditmation

Nov 2021 — Aug 2022 · Austin, TX (remote)

  • Feature development, bug fixing and refactoring across Angular 11 and 13 customer-facing applications.

Integration Engineer · Neverfail

May 2019 — Nov 2021 · Austin, TX (remote)

  • Built enterprise, compliance-ready components and API endpoints for automated collection of customer audit evidence.
  • Targeted SOC 2, NIST, FedRAMP and SCF frameworks using open source components, low-code platforms and third-party tooling.
  • Informed data modelling, UX and architecture decisions for a new audit-automation product.

Developer · Earthling Interactive

Nov 2012 — Jan 2019 · Madison, WI, then remote

  • Frontend and backend development for dozens of clients, from full site builds to custom modules to maintenance.
  • WordPress, Joomla, Drupal, Magento, ExpressionEngine and proprietary publishing frameworks.
  • Debian and Ubuntu administration for client development, staging and production environments.

Software Development Engineer · Alice.com

Mar 2011 — Nov 2012 · Middleton, WI

  • Maintained and extended a heavily customised Ruby on Rails e-commerce platform.
  • Built custom storefronts from design mockups and tested across browsers back to IE6.

Content Manager / Production Specialist · Webroot Software

May 2007 — Dec 2010 · Boulder, CO

  • Production and infrastructure work across the company’s eight localised websites.
  • Contributed to team code standards and managed projects spanning multiple systems and teams.

Network Systems Consultant · Worldxchange / Acceris Partners

Jun 2001 — Dec 2004 · San Diego, CA

  • Ran master and slave DNS for more than 500 domains.
  • Built and maintained mail infrastructure on EXIM with MySQL-backed routing and user lookups.
  • Designed and built a PHP/MySQL web application for domain administration.
  • Maintained a RedHat Linux fleet with scheduled backups, MRTG/SNMP monitoring and Cisco WAN troubleshooting.

ISP Product Manager / Internet Systems Engineer · Worldxchange

Jun 2000 — Jun 2001 · London, Brussels, Amsterdam, Düsseldorf, then San Diego

  • Engineered, documented and maintained the company’s ISP product across the US and Europe with a small team over multiple sites.

Skills

Frontend
Angular (through v22), standalone components, signals, zoneless change detection, RxJS, TypeScript, Next.js, React, SCSS, accessible and responsive HTML
AI engineering
Claude Code, MCP server development, multi-agent orchestration, context engineering, language-server integration, agent verification and review workflows
Backend and data
Node.js, Express, SQLite, PostgreSQL, MySQL/MariaDB, REST and schema design, PHP
Platform and infrastructure
Vercel, AWS Lambda, Terraform, Azure, Docker, Debian/Ubuntu/RedHat administration, DNS, SMTP and mail authentication (SPF, DKIM, DMARC)
Practice
Test-driven development, Vitest, CI/CD pipelines, conventional commits, semantic versioning, static site generation and prerendering
Compliance
Automated evidence collection for SOC 2, NIST, FedRAMP and SCF
Legacy platforms
WordPress, Drupal, Joomla, Magento, ExpressionEngine, Ruby on Rails

Open source

  • tt — local-first time tracker built on SQLite with an MCP server, so an AI assistant can run timers, write notes and generate invoices directly.
  • angular-agents-md — downloads version-pinned Angular docs and generates a compact index so coding assistants work from the real API rather than memory.

Background

  • Yoga Alliance 200-hour teacher training (2023)
  • Creator/owner, SUPRAPHONICA — independent music label and publisher (2023 — present)
  • US Navy electronics technician training — electronics, electricity and HF communications systems