Andrew Porter

Software Engineer & Former Founder

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About

I'm a software engineer and former founder who led engineering at a YC-backed marketplace from concept to scale. I have experience across full-stack development, product strategy, and emerging tech.

πŸ“ San Francisco, CAβ€’πŸŽ“ Mathematics & Economics, Occidental College '20
Jan 2023 - October 2025

Co-Founder & CTO

Curo Charging

Curo is the world’s largest EV charging and parking marketplace, enabling commercial fleets to effectively deploy their vehicles and property owners to drive revenue.

  • β†’Created and scaled the product from MVP to 1M+ annual GMV across 10+ states
  • β†’Raised seed backed by YC, Blue Bear, Rebel, Pioneer, and many additional amazing investors
  • β†’Built fleet & host portals, charging app, AI support chatbot, data pipelines, and more
  • β†’Hired and led engineering and design teams
May 2022 - December 2022

Co-Founder & CTO

Return Protocol

Return was an on-chain protocol that enabled staking interest to be automatically directed towards purchasing and retiring carbon credits in exchange for a social impact identity.

  • β†’Designed off-chain portal and Solidity contracts on Polygon
  • β†’Reached tens of thousands in TVL
  • β†’Raised pre-seed backed by Blue Bear, Not Boring, Slow, Eniac
February 2022 - May 2022

Marketplace Operations Specialist

DraftKings

Built statistical/ML pricing models for digital sports collectibles.

  • β†’Built statistical/ML pricing models for digital sports collectibles on the marketplace
  • β†’Optimized drop queues and supply to improve sell‑through and revenue
  • β†’Reviewed smart contracts, underwrote new business, and collaborated on marketplace expansion
December 2021 - February 2022

Freelance Solidity Developer

Hedge Finance

Hedge Finance was a DeFi protocol that was creating trading and research tools for the crypto space.

  • β†’Developed and executed test plans for staking pools
  • β†’Updated dividend contract for dynamic allocation to staking pools

Skills

Technical

JavaScript/TypeScriptReact & Next.jsPythonSQLSolidityAWSGCPDockerGitHub Actions

Leadership

HiringProject ManagementMentoringPublic Speaking

Domains

Electric VehiclesBlockchainMarketplacesFinTechBetting Markets