Our work

The projects.
The work behind them.

Software work led by Joseph Arrieta, alongside products we build at Code Carvers.

Founder experience

Selected software work.

These projects reflect Joseph's engineering roles. Client names are withheld where required; the work and outcomes remain specific.

HR analytics · AI product

Münstermind

Connecting AI analysis to the decisions hiring teams make.

Joseph's role: CTO & Lead Systems Architect

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Documented outcome

~85%

shorter client time-to-hire

From 4–5 weeks to 3–5 days.

Scope of the work

  1. Hiring signals

  2. AI analysis

  3. User-facing explanations

  • AI Product
  • LLMs
  • SaaS
  • Cloud Architecture

Healthcare · HIPAA-compliant product

Teletherapy Platform

A production-ready, HIPAA-compliant platform for therapy sessions across browser, phone, and operational workflows.

Joseph's role: Solution Architect

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Documented outcome

3 months

from zero to production readiness

Including repeatable environments and operating runbooks.

Scope of the work

  1. No-download sessions

  2. Health-data safeguards

  3. Repeatable delivery

  • TypeScript
  • React
  • NestJS
  • AWS CDK
  • PostgreSQL
  • HIPAA-compliant

Retail technology · System modernization

Retail Platform Modernization

A platform reset around faster catalog synchronization and a simpler operating model.

Joseph's role: Technical Consultant & Solution Architect

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Documented outcome

~85%

lower monthly infrastructure cost

$4,000 per month to $600 per month.

Scope of the work

  1. Point-of-sale adapters

  2. Catalog synchronization

  3. Cloud cost reset

  • TypeScript
  • Next.js
  • Supabase
  • Node.js
  • Queues
  • Observability

Recruiting · Workflow software

Elite Reverse Recruiting

A technical foundation for a growing recruiting operation.

Joseph's role: Fractional CTO & Lead Architect

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Documented outcome

99.9%

availability in the first year

After replacing a platform with almost-weekly outages.

Scope of the work

  1. Recruiting workflows

  2. Real-time coordination

  3. AI-assisted job fit

  • React
  • Node.js
  • Terraform
  • AI Scoring

Applied AI · Product experiment

AI-Assisted Workspace

A production pilot with model-agnostic AI and responsive long-running workflows.

Joseph's role: Tech Lead

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Documented outcome

~2 days

to test models instead of multiple weeks

A model-agnostic layer made comparisons faster.

Scope of the work

  1. Product discovery

  2. Model portability

  3. Queued AI workflows

  • Node.js
  • Vue
  • OpenAI
  • AWS ECS
  • SQS
  • Terraform

Cloud operations · Technical audit

Production Performance Audit

A focused audit connecting production symptoms to infrastructure and application bottlenecks.

Joseph's role: Technical Consultant

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Documented outcome

3 → 2

containers for the same workload

With a measured failure threshold near 2,000 concurrent users.

Scope of the work

  1. Load model

  2. Runtime configuration

  3. Bottleneck tracing

  • k6
  • PHP-FPM
  • AWS
  • Elastic Beanstalk
  • RDS
  • CloudWatch

Enterprise software · Compliance

Security & Compliance SaaS

Frontend foundations that supported a growing team, followed by 20+ backend integrations across regulated communications platforms.

Joseph's role: Frontend Lead, then Backend Engineer

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Documented outcome

20+

communications integrations delivered

Across chat, voice, and video platforms.

Scope of the work

  1. Frontend leadership

  2. Layered testing

  3. 20+ integrations

  • Angular
  • Go
  • Storybook
  • Selenium
  • CI/CD
  • Compliance

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