AI-forward engineer
I live at the frontier of AI software engineering — agentic workflows, frontier models, autonomous systems, and everything in between.
About me
Hi, I'm Brandon.
I build things that think.
Full-stack developer and solutions architect with 15+ years of shipping ambitious software. These days I'm obsessed with the latest wave of AI software engineering — agents, frontier models, and the automation that rewires how we build.
Also: a designer who sweats the pixels, a loving husband, and father of two boys who are, without question, the best part of the whole thing.
15+
Years shipping software
650K+
YouTube subscribers
$30M+
TVL on platforms I've led
2
Boys at home (a.k.a. CTOs)
The short version
Six things that shape the work
I'm a builder first. Every role I've held — from director of IT to senior engineer — has been about turning ambiguous ideas into systems people can actually use.
Full-stack builder
Next.js, TypeScript, Node, Python, Go, Rust. Databases, infra, CI/CD. Comfortable from the keyboard to the cloud.
Designer at heart
I care about craft. Typography, motion, spacing, product feel — pixels matter, and so do the invisible details.
Solutions architect
I've led teams, written standards, and shipped enterprise platforms for banking, DeFi, government, and aerospace.
Husband
Married to an incredible partner who makes the whole thing possible. Family is the first project; everything else comes after.
Dad × 2
Father of two boys. Relentlessly curious, exhaustingly fun, and the reason I optimize for long-term, not just the next sprint.
The long-ish version
I've always been the person who figures it out.
I started shipping software professionally in 2006. Since then I've architected enterprise platforms in banking, DeFi, government, and aerospace — high-stakes systems where the margin for error is thin and the impact is real.
Two years ago I went deep on AI. Like, all-in deep. I've tested and deployed across OpenAI, Anthropic, Google DeepMind, and every interesting open-source model I can get my hands on. I've built agentic workflows, orchestrated multi-agent systems, and contributed to frameworks that thousands of developers are building on top of.
Outside the keyboard, I'm a husband and a dad of two boys. That second job is the hardest, the best, and the one that keeps everything else honest.
Timeline
A quick walk through the years
Not a full résumé — just the chapters that shaped how I build.
2025
Top contributor, ElizaOS
Shipping into the #1 open-source AI agent framework (16k+ ★) — autonomous agents for real-world applications.
2023 — now
Senior Software Engineer, Synctera
Leading UI/UX and AI-enhanced components for a banking-as-a-service platform moving billions weekly.
2020 — 2023
Solutions Architect, Excelsior Creative
Led a DeFi platform from $0 → $30M+ TVL and an automated payments streaming system.
2013 — 2021
Senior Full Stack Engineer, OCERS
Single-handedly architected an organization-wide intranet and 30+ custom applications.
2006 — 2013
Director of IT, Sierra Lobo
Organization-wide IT strategy, private cloud for federal clients, network for 1,200+ users.
2019
MIT Sloan — Blockchain & Business
Independent blockchain + AI smart contract work, automated crypto trading bots, flash-loan infra.
Let's build
Got an ambitious idea? Let's ship it.
AI strategy, full-stack engineering, or just a conversation about where this is all going — I'm always up for a good one.