GRAYSON HICKS
FULL-STACK DEVELOPER // NEW ORLEANS, LA
No matter the platform or language, I like to build software (dreams of hardware, too). I am interested in and passionate about solving problems with all things technical. I enjoy writing about technology and giving talks.
I am currently a customer engineer at Mastra, Inc., helping businesses build with the Mastra AI agent framework. I live outside New Orleans, LA with my wife, four sons, and one daughter. We love gardening, hiking, lacrosse and catching salamanders.
// currently learning & building with:
mastra, inc. (Oct. 2025 - current)
Customer engineer helping businesses build with the Mastra AI agent framework.
mfd, inc. (Nov. 2023 - Oct. 2025)
Lead front-end engineer improving physical product development and financing using our Next.js app and LLM-based agents.
netlify (Mar. 2023 - Nov. 2023)
Conducting React site performance audits for enterprise clients. Supporting large Netlify users to build and maintain first-class web experiences.
gatsby, inc. (2020 - 2023)
Performing Gatsby site performance audits for enterprise clients. Supporting Cloud platform users to get the most out of Gatsby.
mediacurrent.com (2018 - present)
Leading developer on a large distributed team. Building enterprise level websites using React, Gatsby, Node.js, and GraphQL around a strong team of Drupal developers.
virtualjobshadow.com (2016 - 2018)
On a small development team for a thriving ed-tech SaaS. Responsible for full feature builds, from the browser to the database and covered with tests.
gatsby-plugin-remote-images
A Gatsby.js plugin for downloading and linking remote images from another node's field for the benefits of gatsby-image.
Mojiscript
A fun tool that takes text and transforms it in to Emojis with similar shapes. Built with Gatsby.
vrWorkplace
A ReactVR project allowing the user to choose a workplace, enter a 360 view of the workplace, and select "hotpoints" related to that career.
pallypal
Web based canvas tool to create color palettes and exported stylesheet files with semantically named color variables.
sanctum ipsum
A site based Catholic lorem ipsum generator made with React. Also offers a node.js based API and an npm package.