Evan Cortez
I build software that improves business operations.
From internal automation platforms to production SaaS products, I enjoy turning complicated workflows into software that people actually want to use.
Impact
Measurable improvements in workflow automation, performance, reliability, and collections—not a list of frameworks.
60%
Revenue-critical workflow automated
66%
Reduction in API requests
70%
Faster application loading
99.99%
Deployment uptime
Production SaaS
Live with real users
Current Focus
Building
A live multi-tenant SaaS for subcontractors—estimates, proposals, scheduling, time tracking, and payments in one workflow.
Featured Product
From initial idea to a production SaaS with real users in roughly one month. BidzBase is the centerpiece of this portfolio because it shows the full loop: problem, product, architecture, and ongoing shipping.
Small subcontractors and trade shops still stitch estimating, proposals, scheduling, and collections together across spreadsheets, texts, and disconnected tools. Work falls through the cracks. Payments slow down. Owners spend their evenings chasing paperwork instead of running the shop.
BidzBase is a production SaaS that follows the real workflow: estimate → send proposal → customer accept/decline → invoice → get paid. Scheduling, time tracking, and analytics sit on top of the same job data so the business runs from one system of record.
Independent subcontractors and small trade shops that need professional proposals, clear job status, and faster collections—without enterprise software overhead.
Solve contractor workflows first. Keep the product focused on estimates, proposals, payments, scheduling, and accountability. No feature for its own sake—especially not AI bolted on without a clear operational job to do.
Multi-tenant by organization. A Django API owns domain logic. React powers the operator experience. PostgreSQL, Redis, and S3 back the core. Stripe, SendGrid, and real-time channels connect the product to money, messaging, and live updates.
Django for durable domain modeling and permissions. Stripe Billing for self-serve plans and Stripe Connect for customer payments. Docker on AWS for predictable deploys. Branded PDF generation so proposals look as serious as the work they represent.
Shipping a usable core early beats polishing adjacent surfaces. Multi-tenant edge cases show up fast once real users arrive. Payments and permissions deserve more design time than almost anything else in the stack.
Deepen the operations layer for growing crews, tighten analytics around cash and throughput, and keep expanding the parts of the workflow that still live in inboxes and spreadsheets.
What the platform covers
Live Demo
Explore the production demo without creating an account. Click through sample jobs, proposals, scheduling, and analytics in a live product environment—not a mockup.
Opens bidzbase.com/login?demo=1
Product Thinking
Clear principles for turning messy operational problems into software people rely on.
I learn how work actually happens—handoffs, exceptions, and bottlenecks—before proposing software.
Stack choices follow the outcome. Reliability, cost, and speed to value matter more than novelty.
Clear boundaries and boring defaults beat clever abstractions that nobody wants to maintain.
A usable product in users' hands beats a perfect plan. Iteration is the product process.
Fewer requests, faster load times, less manual work, and healthier cash flow—not story points.
If it does not reduce friction in a real workflow, it does not belong in the roadmap.
Interfaces and data models should match how operators think about their day.
Experience
Selected accomplishments from shipping internal platforms and production systems at Right Angle Engineering—and building BidzBase.
Automated approximately 60% of a revenue-critical workflow, allowing the business to support significantly larger clients.
Reduced operational overhead so the team could scale without proportional headcount.
Reduced API traffic by approximately 66% through architectural improvements.
Fewer calls, less load, and a clearer contract between frontend and backend services.
Reduced application loading times by roughly 70%.
Users spend more time working and less time waiting on screens.
Introduced Docker and AWS CDK infrastructure to support rolling deployments and approximately 99.99% uptime.
Shipping became routine instead of risky.
Designed internal analytics systems and introduced new operational metrics that improved quality assurance.
Teams could spot issues earlier and act with clearer signal.
Built a configurable checklist platform that significantly improved quality control.
Consistent checks, less guesswork, better handoffs between stages.
Implemented automated payment workflows that accelerated collections and eliminated large amounts of overdue receivables.
Cash moved faster because follow-up stopped depending on memory.
Technologies
Categories that backed BidzBase and production systems—not a skill meter.
Architecture
Hover each layer to see why it was chosen. The diagram mirrors how BidzBase is wired in production.
Connected integrations
Why this layer
Operators, managers, and customers interacting with the product every day.
Education
Concise on purpose. The work above carries more weight than coursework.
Web Development
Completed 2024
Information Systems
Currently pursuing coursework
Contact
Open to conversations about product engineering roles where ownership, shipping, and business impact matter.
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