Software Engineer · Santa Cruz, CA
Lucas Arden
I build fast, polished web software. Most recently: a retail company's entire e-commerce platform, built solo. The dots behind this text are a hand-written Navier-Stokes fluid sim. Give them a swipe.
Selected Work
Projects
Starving Musician E-Commerce Platform
A full-stack e-commerce platform consolidating two legacy ZenCart storefronts into a unified Next.js + PHP platform for two retail locations.
Chessboard
A chessboard implementation using Python and Pygame.
Portfolio
A personal portfolio website built with Next.js, Tailwind CSS and MongoDB.
About
About Me
I'm a full-stack engineer with a B.S. in Computer Science from UC Santa Cruz. Most recently I rebuilt The Starving Musician's entire digital stack solo: e-commerce platform, marketplace integrations, a POS database migration, and PCI-compliant payment automation, all with measurable revenue impact.
Away from work I'm usually deep in a personal project, like the fluid sim running behind this page. Open to remote or on-site, and willing to relocate.