Justin Wessels.

Developer. Product builder. Founder.

I take ideas
all the way
to working products.

I'm Justin Wessels. I design, engineer, ship and operate software — connecting the product decisions to the systems that make them work.

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Built. Shipped. Still building.

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Flagship productKids Call Home icon

Kids Call Home

A direct line to family.
Without a child's first phone.

A family communication platform that lets children call approved people from the devices they already have. No phone number, SIM card or social media account required.

Product & designEngineeringOperations
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Kids Call Home App Store image showing the family calling interface on iPadKids Call Home App Store image showing a parent’s children list on iPhone
Kids Call Home · Published App Store imagery
02 / Owned product · AndroidCODM SquadUp logo

CODM SquadUp

Find your people.
Build your team.

A companion platform for Call of Duty Mobile players to find teammates, manage teams and take part in tournaments.

Built and owned by me. Published on Google Play by Fluid Investment Group LLC.

CODM SquadUp Play Store screenshot showing a player profile and team matching controls
CODM SquadUp · Published Google Play imagery

How I work

The whole product.
Not just the code.

01

Find the useful thing

Understand the problem, shape the product and design an experience that makes sense to the person using it.

02

Build the system behind it

Connect interfaces, authentication, backend services, real-time communication and payments into a working product.

03

Keep it working in the world

Ship to stores, deploy to the web, handle operational details and improve the product through release after release.

My experience and approach ↗

What I bring to a product

Decisions that connect
the experience to the operation.

A product is a chain of connected decisions. The sign-in flow affects the account model. The account model affects permissions. Distribution affects payments, releases and support. I work across those boundaries.

The person using it

Make the important action clear

In Kids Call Home, the child’s calling experience and the parent’s setup responsibilities serve different needs. That distinction shapes both the interface and the system underneath it.

The system supporting it

Think beyond the screen

Authentication, data relationships, notifications and billing need to work together. I connect that implementation to the product’s everyday use, rather than treating each integration as an isolated feature.

The next release

Build with ownership in mind

Publishing is a milestone in a longer responsibility. Store updates, subscriptions, support and ongoing improvements are part of the product work I take on.

Independent companies.
Connected by the work.

The ecosystem ↗