Skip to contentRyan Katayi

    Software engineer.
    Researcher. Maker.

    I build mobile apps, web applications and internal systems. I work across the stack with product teams and release apps of my own.

    Montréal, Canada Currently at Cudio
    Upwork jobs
    45
    Job Success
    100%
    Top Rated Plus on Upwork
    Angel HostCloud migration & database designGoodjuice / bevbaseSales intelligence & data workflowsFraqProperty operations & API authorization

    Independent product / iOS

    A set, saved in order.

    An app that recognizes the music around you and turns a listening session into a playlist.

    Droplyst App Store screenshot showing the new session form
    Inside Droplyst

    Original App Store screenshots.

    My contribution

    I built and shipped the app, from song recognition and session storage to playlist export and the iOS release.

    Read the Droplyst study

    Also shipped.

    Independent apps, from the first screen to the App Store.

    Seuil

    French practice for TEF and TCF, with adaptive sessions and feedback across speaking, writing, reading and listening.

    iOS · App Store

    Recall

    Photograph notes or enter a topic, generate flashcards and return to them with spaced repetition.

    iOS · App Store    All projects and client work

    Experience.

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    Cudio

    Full-Stack Developer

    Montréal · Hybrid

    Angel Host ↗

    Product & Infrastructure Developer

    • Led the migration of legacy operations into a centralized cloud core.
    • Designed database schemas and row-level access policies, built browser-based productivity tools and consolidated fragmented operational data.

    Goodjuice / bevbase ↗

    Full-Stack Engineer

    • Built sales intelligence interfaces for business metrics, distributor records and order history.
    • Worked on the data workflows behind those interfaces, connecting sales teams with the information they needed to review the business.

    Fraq ↗

    Full-Stack Developer

    • Built Node.js REST APIs for housekeeping and maintenance, with token-based ownership checks.
    • Built property assignment workflows in React and TypeScript for admins, managers, owners and operators, including form validation and role-based authorization.
    • Worked with Tailwind and shadcn components, image uploads and Postman API tests and documentation.

    FarmHut

    Co-founder

    • Co-founded FarmHut, building agricultural software for farmers and produce vendors in Zimbabwe.
    • Applied NLP and early GPT models in the product. Our conversational tools used WhatsApp for onboarding, customer support and financial literacy.

    Client work on Upwork.

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    3,600+ hours logged on Upwork41 completed jobs · 4 in progressProfile checked September 2026

    Selected contracts

    • Supabase backend development

      Oct 2024 – Jul 2026

      926 hours

    • React & Supabase: code review and launch preparation

      Jan – Apr 2026

      544 hours

    • React & Supabase application development

      Jun 2025 – Jul 2026

      429 hours

    “Ryan is a good communicator and knows how to self-manage very well. Would recommend!”

    Jordan Anderson
    React & Supabase development

    “Ryan doesn’t stop until the goal is met! Looking forward to working with him again in the future.”

    Jonathan Oliver · onRamp Futures
    Payments integration

    Outside software.

    Research and music.

    Research / Concordia University

    Working at a smaller scale.

    I’m pursuing an M.A.Sc. in Chemical and Materials Engineering, researching carbon nanotube separation and purification.

    Research background

    Music / Things worth keeping

    A night out can become an app.

    I listen to melodic house and indie rock. Droplyst grew out of wanting to keep the tracks I heard during a set.

    The Droplyst study