Joey (Stags) Stagnitta
Builder of things that probably didn't need to be built, but are better because they were.
11+ years building systems at Amazon that saved $130M+ in supply chain costs. Cornell ORIE grad who traded linear programming for prompt engineering. Currently having an existential crisis about whether I'm building AI tools or AI tools are building me. The answer is yes.
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About
The Short Version
I spent 11 years at Amazon building systems that figured out where to put stuff in warehouses. Turns out that's harder than it sounds — hard enough to save $130M+ when you get it right.
Now I'm building things for myself. AI agents, mobile apps, this website you're looking at right now. The common thread is that I like making complex things work elegantly, whether that's a supply chain network or a card game.
Cornell taught me the math. Amazon taught me the scale. The existential crisis taught me to ship fast.
Quick Facts
Location
Seattle area
Experience
11+ years
Specialty
Optimization & AI
Current Focus
Building AI tools
Education
Cornell ORIE
Golf Handicap
17.2
Teams
Experience
Independent Builder
Self-Employed
Building AI-powered tools and mobile apps. Shipping fast, breaking things responsibly, and figuring out if Claude is my coworker or my replacement.
- ✓Built AI agent orchestration platform (stag-orchestrator)
- ✓Shipped multiple Flutter apps to App Store
- ✓Full-stack web platform powering this site
Senior Software Development Engineer
Amazon
Led optimization systems for Amazon's supply chain network. Built large-scale Java/Spring services on AWS that modeled and optimized inventory placement across fulfillment centers.
- ✓$130M+ in annualized cost savings through optimization
- ✓Architected network-wide supply chain simulation platform
- ✓Led team of engineers across optimization and ML workstreams
- ✓Designed real-time inventory rebalancing systems
Software Development Engineer
Amazon
Built and scaled backend services for supply chain optimization. Developed the mathematical models and data pipelines powering inventory placement decisions.
- ✓Built optimization engine processing millions of SKUs daily
- ✓Developed constraint-based modeling for network capacity
- ✓Created automated testing framework for optimization correctness
Software Engineering Internships
Amazon & Lutron Electronics
Summer internships building real software. Supply chain tools at Amazon, embedded systems at Lutron.
M.Eng & B.S. Operations Research
Cornell University
Operations Research & Information Engineering. Where I learned that every real-world problem is just a poorly specified linear program.
Projects
stag-orchestrator
FeaturedactiveAI agent orchestration platform. TypeScript state machine coordinating Claude agents with Linear project management. Real-time dashboard, automatic task decomposition, and the closest I've come to Skynet.
stags-wtf-server
activeThe site you're looking at. Full-stack web platform with OpenResty/Lua edge auth, Next.js frontend, Spring Boot APIs, all containerized with Docker.
acey-deucey
maintainedReal-time multiplayer card game built with Flutter. Full game engine with betting mechanics, animated card dealing, and online play.
PopHabit
maintainedHabit tracker with a bubble-based UI. Urgency scoring algorithm surfaces what you should do next. Satisfying pop animations when you complete habits.
GimmeGolfGames
maintainedGolf scorekeeping app with side games, iOS Live Activities for real-time scoring, and group play management.
walkup_music
archivedPick your walkup song from Spotify and play it at the right moment. Vanilla JS with Spotify Web API integration. Because every at-bat needs a soundtrack.
📍 Status
Doing
Testing status updates
Where
Seattle area
Mar 14, 2026
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