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Verified Expert in Engineering
Software Developer
Las Vegas, NV, United States
Toptal member since July 6, 2022
Bio
Kyle has launched major software products used by thousands at US Big Tech firms and French unicorn startups. He has taught and advised AI at multiple startups and pioneered Amazon’s 1st AI chat plugin in JetBrains for AWS re:Invent 2023. Kyle actively engages in cutting-edge AI projects and develops business-grade AI agents using LangChain (LangGraph).
Portfolio
Interview Kickstart
AI Agents, LangChain, LangGraph, Python, Prompt Engineering, Claude...
Oracle
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), Go, Terraform, JavaScript, React, Python...
seren-ai.co
Flutter, Dart, LangChain, Supabase, PostgreSQL, Prompt Engineering, Claude...
Experience
- Software Development - 6 years
- C# - 5 years
- Dart - 3 years
- Flutter - 3 years
- AWS Amplify - 3 years
- React - 3 years
- Unity - 2 years
- Amazon Web Services (AWS) - 1 year
Availability
Part-time
Preferred Environment
Flutter, LangChain, Python, JavaScript, React, Go, Large Language Models (LLMs), AI Agents, ChatGPT, Prompt Engineering, Microsoft Copilot, Node.js
The most amazing...
...thing I've done was pioneer the AWS CodeWhisperer chat integration for JetBrains IDE at AWS re:Invent, streamlining developer workflows with AI assistance.
Work Experience
Applied AI Course Instructor
2024 - PRESENT
Interview Kickstart
- Taught AI Agent full-stack development using LangGraph and LangSmith.
- Guided students in creating working AI apps and agents.
- Assisted in formulating AI teaching curriculum for engineers, managers, and business students.
Technologies: AI Agents, LangChain, LangGraph, Python, Prompt Engineering, Claude, Generative coding, Microsoft Copilot, GitHub Copilot Chat, ChatGPT
Principal Engineer
2023 - PRESENT
Oracle
- Acted as a principal tech lead for deploying Oracle's Grafana fork for internal dashboards, enabling our 10,000+ developers and all internal Oracle business teams to properly monitor their data and save around $7 million per year in licensing costs.
- Mentored and led a handoff team in Morrocco to handle all future security, operations, and development for Grafana dashboard tools.
- Worked on experimental POC for automated DevOps management for Oracle's 100+ global regions.
Technologies: Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), Go, Terraform, JavaScript, React, Python, Shell, MySQL, Prompt Engineering, Generative coding, Microsoft Copilot, GitHub Copilot Chat, ChatGPT, Node.js
Technical Co-founder
2024 - 2025
seren-ai.co
- Built a voice-controlled AI productivity app, allowing users to interact with an AI agent for UI control and PostgreSQL data management.
- Designed, developed, and implemented the entire project from scratch, including generating a business plan and release process with a co-founder.
- Led beta testing with multiple teams, iterating based on real-world feedback.
Technologies: Flutter, Dart, LangChain, Supabase, PostgreSQL, Prompt Engineering, Claude, Generative coding, Microsoft Copilot, GitHub Copilot Chat, ChatGPT
Senior Software Engineer
2020 - 2023
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
- Launched the Amazon CodeWhisperer chat integration in JetBrains IDE for AWS reinvent in a team of two.
- Architectured the AWS Amplify Flutter SDK from scratch and grew the customer base from 0 to 2,000+ upon release.
- Spearheaded architectural overhaul to support mobile, web, and desktop platforms that increased customer counts by 40%.
Technologies: Flutter, Dart, Amazon Web Services (AWS), AWS Amplify, iOS, Android, Kotlin, Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI), Prompt Engineering, Generative coding, Microsoft Copilot, GitHub Copilot Chat, ChatGPT, Node.js
Senior Mobile SDK Developer
2018 - 2022
Voodoo
- Led direction and development of a C# mobile SDK package that provided ads, analytics, GDPR, and A/B testing functionality for 150+ teams worldwide on iOS and Android.
- Pushed management to integrate machine learning and remote configuration systems to allow instant updates to mobile SDK behavior to increase ad revenue KPIs and reduce release cycle delays.
- Designed and independently developed a collaborative media Chrome extension in React and Firebase to improve cross-team information sharing.
- Created the hiring process and worked with management to expand the team from two to eight people.
Technologies: Unity, C#, iOS, Android
Software Contractor
2017 - 2018
Freelance
- Developed and deployed a working Android and iOS mobile app in Xamarin that allowed users to organize and structure their media, share with friends, and record audio, pictures, and videos.
- Created a social media website using Node.js and React, allowing users to make friends, post images and videos, and have instant chats with other users. Integrated it with Google Firebase for storage and user authentication.
- Developed a React and React Native program that integrated Google Maps and a carousel view to enable easy navigation between key points.
Technologies: JavaScript, React, React Native, C#, Xamarin, Firebase, Node.js
Software Developer
2016 - 2017
Epic
- Achieved a 15% reduction in server data requests by analyzing and reworking front-end and back-end legacy code across 20 years of development and three different teams.
- Migrated deprecated server data structures by introducing new APIs and methodically examining the impact on our application's codebase.
- Educated nurses and doctors in the hospital surgery center on using the Optime program and translated user-specific needs into the software.
Technologies: MUMPS, Visual Basic
Experience
AWS Amplify Flutter
https://docs.amplify.aws/start/q/integration/flutter/The open-source Amplify framework connects Flutter apps to AWS cloud resources. It provides an opinionated and easy-to-use API for adding auth, analytics, storage, datastore, and API with GraphQL or Rest cloud functionality.
Education
2012 - 2016
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science
Williams College - Williamstown, MA, USA
Skills
Libraries/APIs
Node.js, React, AWS Amplify
Tools
ChatGPT, Claude, Microsoft Copilot, Terraform, Shell
Languages
Dart, C#, MUMPS, Visual Basic, JavaScript, Python, Go, Kotlin
Frameworks
Flutter, Unity, React Native, LangGraph
Platforms
Amazon Web Services (AWS), Xamarin, Firebase, iOS, Android, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI)
Storage
MySQL, PostgreSQL
Other
Software Development, Prompt Engineering, Generative coding, GitHub Copilot Chat, LangChain, Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI), Supabase, Large Language Models (LLMs), AI Agents
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