AR / VR Spatial Computing Creative Code Full-Stack React

The Future Is
Spatial

I see technology not as an end in itself, but as a medium — the same way paint is a medium for a muralist or celluloid for a filmmaker. The most exciting canvas of our generation is mixed reality: the space where digital information is woven directly into the physical world we inhabit.

My work sits at the convergence of engineering rigor and creative exploration. I build systems that power immersive experiences — from real-time spatial anchors to GPU-accelerated shader pipelines — but the question that drives me is always the same:

"How do we make a person feel something they've never felt before?"

Whether it's an AR layer that transforms a city sidewalk into an interactive narrative or a VR environment that teaches empathy through embodiment, I believe the next decade of computing will be defined not by screens, but by presence.


Engineering Background

My professional foundation was forged at two of the world's most demanding engineering organizations. These roles sharpened my instincts around performance, architecture, and shipping products at planetary scale — but they also fueled the creative hunger that now drives my work in immersive technology.

JPMorgan Chase

Software Engineer II · Plano, TX

May 2022 — Present
  • Developed an enterprise-scaled UI and backend integrations mirroring mobile-app architectural patterns (modular components, async workflows, analytics pipelines) used by iOS teams, supporting 40,000+ daily users.
  • Built REST, SQL, and internal API integrations optimized for high-volume data processing, achieving a 32% improvement in load performance for bulk operations.
  • Presented sessions at company-wide developer conference to stakeholders, highlighting future feature process/workflow changes for end users.
  • Integrated Adobe Analytics tracking within custom UI components to curate informative user-journey dashboards.
  • Utilizing AI Agents (Co-Pilot, Claude) to develop a scalable custom UX component package across any React project with a single formatted JSON file — including props, animations, and typography guides from any UX design documentation.
  • Led a finalist pitch-off team for an AR/VR home-buying platform with integrated virtual walkthrough tours, using AWS ECS, NeRFStudio, and React to display 3D gaussian-splat representations of house listings.
  • Managed multiple AGILE/SCRUM ceremonies, driving collaborative initiative and peer programming sessions.
  • Mentored junior engineers on engineering best practices, mobile-inspired UI patterns, and scalable architecture.
ReactREST APIsSQLAdobe AnalyticsAR/VRAWSAI AgentsAGILE

Apple

Power Performance Engineer · Cupertino, CA

Prior
  • Developed custom automated scripts to mimic a variety of user interactions, analyzing system performance for iOS 16.
  • Implemented an automated QA process for detecting spike-defect occurrences at ~98% accuracy.
  • Created custom Splunk dashboards to visualize batch testing cases presented during AGILE meetings.
  • Curated solutions to identify issues within local iOS and third-party applications (Facebook, X, Instagram), collaborating with production support teams to deliver codebase fixes.
iOSAutomationSplunkQAPerformance TestingPython

Creative Explorations

Beyond the day job, these are the ideas I chase — studios, prototypes, and provocations at the edge of immersive technology. Navigate the file system below to explore.

sdyer@creative-lab:~/projects
~/projects

sdyer@creative-lab:~/projects$ ls -la

total 2 directories

drwxr-xr-x 4 sdyer staff 128 Mar 24 09:41 .

drwxr-xr-x 8 sdyer staff 256 Mar 24 09:41 ..

Click a directory to explore ▸