Larry Beall Senior software engineer in Delaware, Ohio, working remotely

I build the software behind products people rely on.

Full-stack engineer on .NET, React, and the cloud. Senior developer on Swyfft’s home insurance platform, and founding engineer at Atmosfy through 2026, where I built the platform from its first line of code into one that now spans 20,000 cities in 150 countries. Before that, seven years building HR and payroll products at Paylocity.

Open to full-time roles and fractional engagements. Ways to work together

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Career

Full experience

Swyfft Senior software developer

2022–now
Atmosfy Founding engineer

2018–2026
Paylocity Senior software engineer

2014–2021
Wintellect Senior consultant

2012–2014
Travelport Development lead

2011–2012
Information Control Technical lead

2009–2011

Earlier: developer at National City Bank and programmer at CheckFree, both in Columbus.

Results

500M+
Experiences discovered on Atmosfy, a platform whose backend and AWS architecture I built from the first line of code. Atmosfy
100M+
Points of interest on the platform, with Elasticsearch powering location-based discovery. Atmosfy
20,000
Cities across 150 countries on the platform today, grown from a greenfield backend that didn’t exist before I started. Atmosfy
$12M
Seed round Atmosfy raised on the platform I built, including technical discussions I joined with prospective investors. Atmosfy
500K+
Claims records per export, transformed and delivered on deadline to Medicare, LexisNexis, and other partners. Swyfft
21
Developers across three teams led on a multimillion-dollar WPF application. Travelport

Recent roles

All roles

06/2022 – Present
Remote
Swyfft

Senior software developer

Home insurance platform using data and analytics to improve the customer experience.
- Rebuilt the security infrastructure, moving API keys and sensitive data out of code and into cryptographic storage without breaking existing features.
- Replaced ad hoc email generation with a Razor templating engine so every email across the product is consistent and easy to change.
- Built the claims export pipeline that transforms 500K+ records for Medicare, LexisNexis, and other partners.
- React
- ASP.NET MVC Core
- C#
- Entity Framework
- Azure
11/2018 – 09/2026
Remote
Atmosfy

Founding engineer, previously technical lead

Short-form video platform for discovering dining, nightlife, and travel.
- Built the backend for location-based video reviews from scratch and designed the AWS architecture it runs on.
- Rebuilt the React website in Next.js for faster page loads and richer, always-current SEO data.
- Led a team of six while staying a core contributor on the hardest problems.
- Owned the technical roadmap and worked directly with investors and advisors.
- AWS
- PHP
- React
- Next.js
- Node.js
- React Native
- Elasticsearch
- JavaScript
05/2014 – 11/2021
Remote
Paylocity

Senior software engineer

Cloud-based HR and payroll software.
- Helped design and ship the benefits enrollment platform over four years.
- Drove the architecture of a digital handbook product, taking it to market in 18 months while mentoring a junior engineer to senior.
- Created a compatibility layer that let web and mobile apps share components.
- React
- Angular
- ASP.NET
- C#
- Entity Framework

Toolkit

All skills

Daily work

What I ship with right now.

C# and .NET / .NET Core
ASP.NET MVC Core
React, Next.js, and React Native
TypeScript, JavaScript, and Node.js
Entity Framework

Cloud and data

Where the systems run.

Microsoft Azure
Amazon Web Services
Microsoft SQL Server
Elasticsearch
IIS

How I work

Practices I bring to a team.

System architecture
Security and privacy
Test-driven development
Code reviews and standards
Mentoring engineers

Ways to work together

Full-time

Senior, staff, or founding engineer roles, remote or around Columbus.

Own the architecture of a product and see it through to production
Lead and mentor a small engineering team while still writing code
Ship full-stack work on .NET, React, and the cloud

Seven years at Paylocity, four at Swyfft, and eight as Atmosfy’s technical lead and founding engineer.

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Fractional

Senior help for startups and small teams, a few days a week or a fixed project, through my consulting company, Phoenix Powered.

Fractional CTO or tech lead: roadmap, architecture, hiring plans, and investor conversations
Architecture and security reviews: find the risky parts of a platform and fix them
Hands-on engineering: .NET, React, and cloud work alongside your team
Mentoring: coaching engineers so the team keeps improving after the engagement ends

Built Atmosfy’s platform from its first line of code through a $12M seed round to 150 countries, and spent two years consulting for enterprise clients at Wintellect.

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