AI Software Engineer
Solves real business problems by building shippable AI solutions, fast.
Builds with AI 4–8 hours a day and is genuinely excited about where it is going.
Tim started in firmware engineering at companies like AMD and Phoenix Technologies, then spent two decades as an award-winning Director of Photography in the film industry, delivering for clients like Mercedes, BMW and T-Mobile on real deadlines and budgets. Today Tim brings that mix of technical depth and real-world delivery to AI-assisted software and full-stack products.
The return to engineering was on purpose: Per Scholas (2nd in class, GPA 3.8), and now an A.A.S. in AI Software Engineering at Maestro College (GPA 4.0). Tim wants a team where the learning is fast and the contribution starts in week one.
4 projects across interfaces, firmware, e-commerce and AI tooling. Click one to open it.
A library of four SolidJS tree components: a basic tree, a virtualized tree for huge datasets, a bring-your-own-database tree, and a batteries-included Supabase tree with automatic multi-user leaf locking. Built for the SolidJS ecosystem using the amazing TanStack Query library.
2026 · SolidJS · TanStack Query · TanStack Virtual · Supabase · TypeScript
Turn calibration specs into traceable firmware constants with review gates.
2026 · Python · Firmware · Specification workflows
A live online bookstore with 30,000 books, built end to end with AI coding agents, from prototype to deployment.
2026 · Rust · Axum · Askama · HTMX · PostgreSQL
Give AI coding tools a way to inspect JavaScript logs while they work.
2025 · JavaScript · MCP · Developer tools
Plan before code
Every change starts as a short written spec: the goal, the constraints, and what done looks like. This site began as docs/SPEC.md.
Claude Code + Codex
Tim splits the work and runs AI coding agents side by side on separate tasks, keeping them out of each other’s files, while directing and deciding.
Nothing ships red
No change goes live until the gate is green: nearly 60 browser tests on this site, plus a 51-screenshot pixel diff on every refactor.
Human in the loop
Tim reads what the agents produce and catches what tests miss: a 2px overlap, a stale image cache, a CSS rule that quietly came back to life.
3 yrs AI-assisted · 2 yrs MERN
Shipping real products with AI coding agents, from a live 30,000-book store to public projects.
9 yrs firmware · 10 yrs Windows / macOS
BIOS and device drivers that shipped in millions of PCs, plus DVD and pro-audio firmware.
22 AT&T sites · 2023–2025
Upgraded AT&T cell sites to 5G fiber transport, from the SOW to the last fiber jumper.
23 yrs client work
Two decades running film, live and AV productions on real budgets and deadlines.
Built Chantel's Corner, a live online bookstore with 30,000 books, end to end with AI coding agents (Rust, Axum, HTMX, PostgreSQL). On-call Windows and macOS support for private clients.
Upgraded 22 AT&T cell tower sites across Southern California to Fujitsu flexiHaul HSN8300NA 5G fiber-optic transport. Wrote SOWs, installed SFPs, pulled SC/LC fiber runs and jumpers, and DC power plant cabling.
Shot 11 feature films, 50+ short films, 200+ commercials, and 700+ interviews. Award for Best Cinematography for Days of Reckoning. Led 20–40 contractors on productions up to $500,000.
Shipped DVD firmware for six NUON DVD/game systems from Toshiba, Samsung, and Panasonic, with a global team on fault-tolerant firmware for high-volume products.
Designed and delivered Plug-and-Play support for the Windows NT driver of the Spruce Dolby AC-3 audio card, and tuned driver performance for professional audio.
Wrote Windows device drivers for Digital Wings, an FPGA-based digital audio workstation.
Wrote Windows device drivers and firmware for the InterWave audio card; integrated 13+ software components from a distributed team of 25+ engineers.
Wrote the Windows device driver and hard-drive firmware for the Passport XL removable drive, built for 24/7 enterprise use and 50,000+ hours MTBF.
Wrote motherboard BIOS in C and x86 assembly that shipped in millions of PCs from Toshiba, NEC, and Fujitsu. Invented and shipped FastBoot and Save-To-Disk.
In progress, expected December 2027
2nd in class, Core Values Award, full scholarship
Ableton Live
Ambition, Integrity & Perseverance
Days of Reckoning
For new game developers · Prize: Sony Net Yaroze PlayStation dev kit
Hiring an intern or junior engineer for AI, software or firmware work? Tim can start now.