An anonymous, personalized family caregiver community.
Care deeply. At every layer.
An anonymous, personalized family caregiver community.
Care deeply. At every layer.
Caring for someone you love can be one of the hardest, loneliest things you'll ever do. The emotional weight is enormous, support is scattered, and finding people who truly understand what you're going through isn't easy. Too often, caregivers put their own well-being last while trying to hold everything else together.
Empaira was created to make that journey feel a little less overwhelming. A free, personalized support experience that brings together anonymous peer communities, relevant resources, and simple emotional check-ins, all centered around the people you care for. It's not about adding another thing to manage. It's about helping caregivers feel understood, find meaningful support, and carry a little less weight.
As the sole engineer and de facto CTO, I owned Empaira's product strategy, UI/UX, technical architecture, and full-stack development. Working closely with the founder, I helped define the product roadmap, prioritize features, and guide development from concept through launch. I architected and engineered the entire platform, from the React Native mobile experience and backend services to authentication, data models, and API integrations. I also established the design system, component library, infrastructure, and CI/CD pipelines. Throughout the project, I balanced technical decisions with the need to keep the experience simple, approachable, and supportive for caregivers.
De Facto CTO
Design Engineer
Product Strategy
UI/UX
Full-Stack Development
Design System
Component Architecture
Infrastructure & CI/CD
Expo
React Native
TypeScript
Zod
Axios
Tanstack Query
Unistyles
Storybook
ESLint
Prettier
Sentry
Render
Terraform
Clerk Auth
