Faran Negarestan

Software Engineer & Technology Leader

I build software solutions that run buisness critical applications and deliver value and lead the teams that keep it that way. With 15+ years of experience across coding, product engineering, platform work and engineering leadership, most recently in health tech, I deliver value through inovative technology.

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Years building: 15+
Teams led: 4
Engineers mentored: 10+
Based in: Washington, DC

Selected work

These are the promiment projects I have started or contributed to.

Health Tech 2025 — present

All Sober PBC

Chief Technology Officer

All Sober's end-to-end platform is the management solution for addiction recovery and mental health organizations and facilities. The operational software and unified data layer with AI enabled capabilities is the state-of-the-art operating system of modern facilties and rehab centers.

Leading SOC2 and HIPAA compliance and architecture
Designin solution architecture and product capabilities
Overseeing the development team

React
Node.js
PostgreSQL
AWS
AI Agents
HIPAA & SOC 2

News & Opinions 2023 — present

Opinions Market

Co-Founder & Chief Engineer

Opinions Market is a place that people think criticallly about many issues and discover what they think and why they think that way. It enables people to explore their own opinions and the opinions of others in a structured and engaging way.

Co-founded the company and leads the technical vision
Created the strategic roadmap for product development
Developed the core platform architecture and implemented key features

React
TypeScript
Python/Django
PostgreSQL
Coolify

Senior Care 2018 — 2023

MemoryWell

Chief Technology Officer

MemoryWell was a specialized healthcare engagement platform and mobile application that uses professional storytelling to humanize elder care and improve health outcomes. Founded in 2016 by journalist Jay Newton-Small, the service works with a network of hundreds of professional writers to interview patients and their families.

Architected and developed the core platform architecture
Maintained and improved the platform's performance and reliability
Led the multiple technology pivots

Python/Django
React
AWS
HIPAA & SOC 2

Health Care 2014-2016

Caregiver Jobs Now

Co-Founder & CTO

Caregiver Jobs Now (formerly ReciproCare Jobs) was an online caregiver recruitment platform that helped home care agencies, senior living communities, and healthcare providers to find the right caregivers for their clients, residents, and patients.

Incubated the concept at Halcyon Incubator
Developed the MVP solution

Java
Spring Framework
AWS

Experience

2025 — present

Chief Technology Officer @ All Sober

Architecting the solution and managing the engineering teams
2023 — 2025

Lead Engineer @ TheIncLab

Prototyping cutting-edge solutions and leading the lab team
2018 — 2023

Chief Technology Officer @ MemoryWell

Developed the architecture and led the engineering team for a data-driven health tech startup.
2016 — 2018

Senior Software Engineer @ Capital One

Developed banking applications and led a team of developers.

How I work

Ship small, ship often

Long-lived branches hide risk. Small changes behind flags, released continuously, make problems cheap to find and cheaper to undo.

Boring where it counts

Novelty belongs in the product, not the database. I spend the interesting-technology budget deliberately and keep the foundations dull and dependable.

Leadership is a craft

Clear scope, honest estimates, real feedback. The job is to make the team's good work possible, then get out of the way of it.

Write it down

Design docs, decision records, runbooks. Written thinking is how a team stays aligned when the room isn't available.

Languages

TypeScript
Go
Python
SQL
Rust

Platform

AWS
Docker
Kubernetes
Terraform
PostgreSQL

Leadership

Hiring
Mentorship
Roadmap planning
Incident review

Let's talk

Open to conversations about engineering leadership, platform work, and advising early product teams.