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Corbin Crutchley

Thinking of people behind the screen

I’m Corbin Crutchley. I help growing companies connect technical direction with the people who build, use, and depend on their software.

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Corbin Crutchley Sacramento, CA, USA

Over a decade of hands-on engineering.

  • OSS Developer
  • Author
  • Engineering Leader

Awards

Work history

Building the product.
Growing the team.

Good technical decisions need business context. Good teams need it, too. I bring the architecture, delivery practices, and everyday conversations together so people can do their best work.

Apr 2025 – Jun 2026 Immersive Homes Vice President of Software Engineering

I oversaw frontend, backend, DevOps, and QA, pairing a substantial architectural rewrite with the operating practices that help a team ship with confidence.

Reduced from 20 minutes to 5 minutes Deployment time
More than 680 New automated tests
2 productsRebuilt in four months

Alongside the code: phased rollouts, capacity planning, retrospectives, 1:1s, a clearer design handoff, and a more consistent hiring process.

About Immersive Homes

May 2024 – Apr 2025 Descript Staff Frontend Engineer

I migrated a large codebase to React 18 and advised on architecture, technology adoption, and tooling across engineering teams.

From React 16 to React 18 React migration
1.2 million lines Codebase migrated

My work also included a performance task force, CI/CD, and scaffolding applications within the company’s monorepo.

About Descript

Aug 2022 – May 2024 NWYC Staff Frontend Engineer

I led frontend development across React and React Native applications, managed frontend hiring, and worked directly with the Director of Technology and CTO. I was promoted from Senior Frontend Engineer during my tenure.

14 apps React and React Native
350 percent increase Mobile app growth in my first year

I also rewrote and redesigned a primary mobile application and documented engineering practices for the wider development team.

About NWYC

Earlier chapters

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  • Mar 2021 – Aug 2022

    CoderPad

    Developer Relations Specialist

    Led developer engagement and the guest-author program.

  • Apr 2020 – Mar 2021

    CooperVision

    Frontend Developer

    Built the ordering frontend and shared component system.

  • May 2019 – Apr 2020

    Hilton

    Render Tier Engineer

    Part of the small team that rebuilt Hilton’s search experience.

  • Jan 2017 – May 2019

    Linkd

    Full Stack Developer (MEAN)

    Built full-stack web and mobile features.

  • Feb 2016 – Jan 2017

    HCCTS

    Sysadmin

    Managed 600+ desktops across 24 locations.

Early career side jobs

  • Jan 2019 – Jan 2020

    SacTown Interactive

    Lead Developer

    Built Unity gameplay and full-stack web system.

  • May 2018 – Sep 2018

    Trilogy Education

    Assistant Instructor

    Helped teach UC Davis’s full-stack bootcamp.

Work history

Earlier chapters

  • Mar 2021 – Aug 2022

    CoderPad

    Developer Relations Specialist

    Led developer engagement and the guest-author program.

  • Apr 2020 – Mar 2021

    CooperVision

    Frontend Developer

    Built the ordering frontend and shared component system.

  • May 2019 – Apr 2020

    Hilton

    Render Tier Engineer

    Part of the small team that rebuilt Hilton’s search experience.

  • Jan 2017 – May 2019

    Linkd

    Full Stack Developer (MEAN)

    Built full-stack web and mobile features.

  • Feb 2016 – Jan 2017

    HCCTS

    Sysadmin

    Managed 600+ desktops across 24 locations.

Early career side jobs

  • Jan 2019 – Jan 2020

    SacTown Interactive

    Lead Developer

    Built Unity gameplay and full-stack web system.

  • May 2018 – Sep 2018

    Trilogy Education

    Assistant Instructor

    Helped teach UC Davis’s full-stack bootcamp.

Consulting

A partner for your
next hard decision.

When the business is growing, the next technical choice rarely stands alone. I help connect what you need to achieve with what your team can realistically build and support.

Find the technical direction.

Architecture reviews, focused prototypes, and documented tradeoffs. Start with the business need, then choose a path the team can explain and own.

Make delivery sustainable.

Work through release practices, quality, hiring, and communication with the people doing the work. Build a rhythm your team can keep.

Help developers get unstuck.

Documentation, technical writing, and developer education that make the next step clear. Turn knowledge held by a few into something others can use.

Selected consulting clients through OceanBit

Founder, Feb 2020 – Present

Technical writing and documentation restructuring for teams building tools other developers depend on.

Explore OceanBit

Writing

Understanding is
a thing we can share.

I write to make the next difficult decision a little easier. Sometimes that’s understanding a framework. Sometimes it’s understanding the person on the other side of a conversation.

Books

The Big Bot Builders early access artwork showing a robot under construction

AI, Early access

The Big Bot Builders

Explore how modern AI models learn, generate responses, use tools, and remember information, from first principles to practical applications.

Read the book : The Big Bot Builders

Essays on leadership & teams

Essay collection

Harsh Leadership Truths

The uncomfortable parts of leadership: inherited systems, changing responsibilities, and growing alongside the team.

Essay collection

Pragmatic Advice for Teams

Thoughtful tradeoffs, shared context, and practical ways to help people work well together.

Start here, Leadership

Working with Me
On teams, Communication

How to Communicate

Open source

Built in the open.
Better with others.

A library is part of someone else’s working day. I stay close to the code, the documentation, and the people relying on both.

Maintainer

TanStack

I lead maintenance of Form, Store, and Config, and contribute to Query and Table. Practical tools, with attention to the developer experience behind every API.

TanStack Form TanStack Store TanStack Config
Contributor & integration author

Redux

I ported Redux integrations to Angular and Vue and contribute across the Redux ecosystem, helping familiar tools meet developers where they work.

Angular Redux Vue Redux
Maintainer

Plop

Turn your team’s patterns into repeatable code generators. Plop helps developers scaffold files consistently, with templates that grow alongside the codebase.

Explore Plop

Also helping maintain

Jimp CLI Testing Library Node Vibrant
Find me on GitHub

Talks & podcasts

Good ideas start
a conversation.

From conference stages to podcast conversations, I share what I’m learning about building software and working with people.

On stage

Conference Talks

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On stage

All conference talks

In conversation

Podcasts

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In conversation

All podcasts

Let’s talk

What’s next
for your people?

Looking for a CTO for your next stage of growth, or a partner for a difficult technical decision? I’d love to understand what you’re building and who you’re building it for.

Start a conversation