Edward Federbush

Full-Stack Product Engineer · Three Startups, Two Acquisitions

federbush@gmail.com · cv.edfed.me

Building software products since 2001, from first engineering hire under founding CTO at GLG through co-founding two acquired startups. Recent work is AI-native SaaS: multi-model orchestration, agentic workflows, and complete products shipped from concept to production. The through-line: building directly with the people using the product — from teams inside Fortune 500 companies to small field-service operators.

Experience

Independent Projects Consulting & Entrepreneurial

I've worked independently throughout my career, and exclusively since Docurated's acquisition — selected engagements:

AI-Native SaaS Products

2024 – Present

ReadyServicePro — AI-native field-service automation platform for home-service companies, managing and automating the full job lifecycle, first contact to paid invoice; in production with a pilot customer, a mid-tier electrical contractor in Massachusetts

  • AI-enabled lead capture via voice agents and image analysis, through job lifecycle automation, scheduling, an offline-capable technician field app, and integrated payments
  • Multi-tenant payment rails allowing operators to bill their own customers; QuickBooks Online and Google Workspace integrations
  • Embedded AI assistant with the same tools as the office manager — task-routed models (Anthropic, Google, OpenAI) with multi-step tool calling; LLM observability via Langfuse and OpenTelemetry
  • Stack: React 19, Next.js 14–16, TypeScript, Postgres, Drizzle ORM, Stripe, Vercel

Additional projects at edfed.me/selected-work

Product Discovery & Prototyping, Capital One

2021 – 2022
  • Brought in to work with a new department creating novel digital credit products and an enterprise-wide SaaS platform
  • End-to-end discovery, prototyping, and product definition in a large regulated enterprise

Private Screening Platform

c. 2011 – 2013
  • Built a secure video screening platform used by 6,000+ Academy members for Oscar voting and 100,000+ SAG members for SAG Awards voting, plus studio screenings at major festivals including Sundance and Cannes
  • Wound down to focus on Docurated full-time

Docurated Acquired by Quark Software

2012 – 2018

Co-Founder & Full-Stack Product Engineer

  • Co-founded SaaS platform for enterprise sales enablement (TechCrunch Disrupt finalist); owned product experience engineering from inception through acquisition, building across desktop, mobile, and embedded Salesforce apps
  • Partnered directly with Fortune 500 clients (Netflix, J.P. Morgan, IBM) on custom implementations and white-labeled workflows

Boliven Acquired by Cambridge IP

2008 – 2011

Founding Member & Full-Stack Product Engineer

  • Employee #4 at GLG-alumni-founded startup; full-stack Rails role from early product through acquisition

Gerson Lehrman Group (GLG)

2001 – 2008

Engineer → Director of Product Design

  • Founding CTO's first engineering hire; built the early product as half of a two-person team
  • Transitioned to product leadership, building and leading a ten-person cross-functional team of designers, UX engineers, and researchers through hyper-growth

Technical Skills

AI & Automation: Multi-model orchestration (Anthropic, Google, OpenAI), agentic workflows with multi-step tool calling, structured output, generative UI, streaming, multimodal vision, voice AI, LLM observability & evaluation (distributed tracing, feedback scoring, prompt caching), Vercel AI SDK, Langfuse, OpenTelemetry
Full-Stack: React 19, Next.js 14–16, TypeScript, Node.js, Ruby on Rails, Tailwind, Drizzle ORM, Postgres, Neon, Supabase, REST APIs, Chrome Extensions
Product & UX: End-to-end discovery, user research, journey mapping, wireframing, design systems, WCAG/ADA compliance
Infrastructure: Vercel, AWS, Git, Stripe, Clerk, Resend, Twilio, Core Web Vitals / Lighthouse optimization

Education

Boston University — BA, Philosophy