Founder of SquidRoster — scheduling software that turns shift management into a team sport for hourly workers.
I'm a General Manager running food & retail operations at the WCS New York Aquarium, where I manage hourly and seasonal teams against labor percentage targets every week. I built SquidRoster because no scheduling tool could show me what a shift costs while I'm still building the schedule — so I made one that does.
A decade of operating gave me the problem. A CS background gave me the ability to solve it.
SquidRoster — Scheduling & Workforce Engagement SaaS for frontline teams
- AI-powered autofill with a 5-factor scoring engine
- Live labor-to-revenue KPI visibility during schedule building (not after)
- Duolingo-style gamification: tokens, badges, streaks, leaderboard, and a live Race Display
- Multi-tenant architecture · 47+ passing tests · React + TypeScript + FastAPI
Currently preparing for Y Combinator Summer 2026.
Frontend: React 18 · TypeScript · Vite · React Query · Zustand · @dnd-kit
Backend: Python · FastAPI · SQLAlchemy · PostgreSQL
AI: MiniMax (text/chat) · GPT-4o-mini (vision) · AI schedule import (photo → shifts)
Infra: Cloudflare · Railway · GitHub Actions · PWA via vite-plugin-pwa
I spent nearly a decade as a Business Analyst before returning to software development. I hold a CS degree and taught myself full-stack development — React, TypeScript, Python, FastAPI. I built an inventory management system (React + MongoDB) that's currently in production at the Aquarium.
- Product: squidroster.com
- Email: hello@squidroster.com
- LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/alejandrobay
- X: @squidroster