Aaron Shier — Senior Full-Stack + Audio/AI Engineer • Remote (US)

ohshutit.com|github.com/hushaudio|hush@ohshutit.com

Summary

I take ideas from prototype to production across web/mobile (TypeScript: Next.js, React Native), audio DSP/JUCE (C++), and local-AI (Python/ONNX). I build robust, scalable systems—with analytics and CRO integrated. Recent work: unblocked iOS releases for deadmau5's UE5 game team, shipped ONNX-powered audio generation in a JUCE VST plugin, and kept marketing LPs fast with over ~1M daily visits.

Core Competencies

Product & Platform: Next.js/React Native, Node.js/NestJS, JUCE/C++, TypeScript

Audio/AI: ONNX, Transformers/HF, local + cloud inference, real-time DSP

Perf & Growth: Core Web Vitals (LCP/CLS/INP), SEO, analytics pipelines, CRO experiment design

Live & Reliability: MIDI/MTC, Max for Live, clocking, fail-safe rigs, CI/CD

Experience

Contract Engineer — 565 Media

2015–Present

Delivered LP/analytics systems for 50+ clients; owned GA/GTM/Klaviyo/Mail/SMS integrations end-to-end.
Hungryroot: modular LP framework that scaled user acquisition; handled up to ~1M daily visits with Core Web Vitals passing and <2.5s LCP on priority routes; improved experiment cadence and pixel hygiene, leading to noticeably better CPA.
Built and maintained 565media.com (Node/Strapi/Next); migrated from legacy WordPress while preserving SEO equity.

UE5 / iOS Release Engineer — Oberha5li Studios (deadmau5)

2024–Present

Unblocked TestFlight for *Mowingtons* by fixing provisioning, bundle IDs, and entitlements; cut release lead time to ~4 hours.
Offered a streamlined TestFlight pipeline; instead, Joel asked me to join the team directly so they could depend on me for releases instead of a competative game publisher.

Founding Engineer — Audialab

2024–Present

Shipped DeepSampler2 (text→audio-sample VST) with embedded ONNX in JUCE; gen times <3s on 4090, <25s on M-series for up to 48s of audio using high quality settings.
Built Audialab Engine (Python desktop) for hot-swappable local models; first in existance model runner application for local generative text to audio inference. 3.5k+ downloads on release weekend.
Designed and created Interloper (React/Vite + JUCE/ONNX) enabling native AI audio generation on the plugin level.

Founder — Iowa COVID County Tracker

2020

County-level dashboards from state data; covered by Southeast Iowa Union.

Consulting Engineer — Ric Wake / RB-360

2016–2019

Designed and deployed an advanced live-looping rig spanning two networked computers and multiple MIDI devices, featuring automatic fail-safe recovery; synchronized Ableton (Max for Live) to the drummer over the network via MTC. Highly resilient, complex multi-device system.

Full-Stack Engineer — OneShotMove

2018

Built complete booking platform with instant quotes (Google Maps mileage API); integrated crew availability (Google Calendar) and custom ops rules.
Company achieved #1 Yelp ranking in Los Angeles (2018) during my tenure; platform handled real-time scheduling, payments, and dispatch coordination.

Projects

The Audioverse — decentralized streaming platform (2022)

What: Ownership-aware releases + real-time charts; mobile wallet flows.
How: NFT-inherited class; IPFS-chunked audio (public/private + encryption); “The Crossroads” oracle; React Native app (ENS, WatermelonDB, QR share).
Demo: — Goerli testnet + IPFS live for Scan/Library/Profile screens. Audioverse/Feed use mock data for illustration.

The Oracle — Swiss Ephemeris planner (pre-launch, 2025)

What: Daily astro planner + oracle chat with pinned charts; schedules actions on ideal windows.
How: Multi-chart (natal/transits/progressions/returns), Google/Apple Calendar integration, synastry with custom relationship types, OpenAI-backed insights.
Stack: Next.js/TypeScript/Node, Swiss Ephemeris bindings, calendar APIs.

Skills

Frontend: React, Next.js, React Native, TypeScript, Three.js, EJS, HTML/CSS, handlebars

Backend: Node.js, NestJS, Express, Python, SQL, TypeORM, Prisma, MongoDB, Mongoose, Neo4j

Audio/Native: C++, JUCE, Max for Live, MIDI/MTC

AI/ML: ONNX Runtime, Transformers/HF, inference pipelines (local/cloud), Runpod, Google Colab

DevOps: Docker, Nginx, CI/CD (GitHub Actions), Analytics & Observability (GA4, GTM, ETL)

Also used: C#, Solidity, PHP, Shopify API