
PJ McMullen
Software engineer · Rochester, NY
I've been building software for about 15 years. The first 12 were spent doing integration consulting at banks, healthcare companies, and large enterprises.
Lately, I've been working on my own products, PlankeApp and Greener Closet. I build them by creating systems and workflows for my AI agents (Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Grokbot).
Projects
- PlankeApp 2019
The hiring marketplace for the Pilates industry. Over 4,000 studios and instructors use it to find each other, and about 90 studio organizations pay for it. I built the iPhone and Android apps, the website, and the billing that keeps Stripe, Apple and Google in agreement.
- Greener Closet 2024
Scores clothing 0-100 on six factors I researched - microplastics, PFAS, dyes, and more. Paste a link, get a score. Over 3,300 products scored so far, and it can now read a photo of a clothing tag.
Ask ChatGPT if that sweater is mostly plastic and it checks Greener Closet for you. Built as an MCP server, so other AI assistants can use it too. There's also a Chrome extension that scores clothes on any store you shop.
- Scout2026
An agent inside PlankeApp. A studio posts a job, Scout finds instructors who fit and drafts the pitch.
Experience
- Co-founder & lead engineer2019 - now
PlankeApp, Remote
The only engineer, and I handle sales and customer support too. I run development through Claude Code and Codex, with review agents and guardrails so one person can ship and run it safely.
- Founder2024 - now
Greener Closet, Remote
Did the research, built the scoring, and built everything that sits on top of it.
- Fractional solutions architect2026 - now
Contract
Technical reviews of startup products built with AI - whether to keep building on what's there or start over.
- Senior integration consultant2020 - 2024
Lightwell / Eliassen Group, Remote
Built integrations and APIs for logistics, home security, life sciences and healthcare companies. Led the dev teams from requirements to go-live.
- Software integration developer2019 - 2020
Mizuho, Jersey City, NJ
Moved a large Java application onto IBM Integration Bus.
- Software integration developer2018 - 2019
Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Jersey City, NJ
Automated deployments for a large routing application on IBM Integration Bus, using Jenkins and Ansible.
- Integration specialist2012 - 2018
Leveraging Technology, Rochester, NY
Enterprise integrations for financial services and health insurance clients.
Education
- St. John Fisher College2012
B.S. Computer Science