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Kevin West
Executive engineering leader specializing in AI, cloud architecture, and startup product delivery
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Founding/backend engineering leader who built an AI product for car enthusiasts, recruited and managed cross-functional/offshore teams, and helped drive an $8M Series A after scaling a viral launch of 40k+ users in a weekend. Also built a sophisticated human-in-the-loop AI brand platform with agent orchestration and led a major AWS Step Functions migration that reduced platform costs from $30k/month to roughly $900/month.
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Key Strengths
- founding engineer who built and led engineering for an AI consumer product
- scaled a viral launch to 40k+ new users in one weekend
- built engineering processes from scratch across IaC, CI/CD, testing, and monitoring
- player-coach leadership across backend, frontend, and offshore data science teams
- direct ownership of technical architecture and delivery reporting to CEO
- helped secure $8M Series A through product execution
- strong operational readiness under high-pressure launches
- pragmatic buy-vs-build decision making
- hands-on AI systems design using agents and state-machine orchestration
- designed human-in-the-loop AI workflows for high-value brand clients
- practical LLM quality evaluation for low-volume, high-margin enterprise use cases
- ability to simplify complex AI workflows into intuitive customer experiences
- led major platform migration that cut costs from $30k/month to about $900/month
- improved reliability and reduced tech debt through managed-service architecture
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