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Nik B.

Full Stack AI & Automation Engineer | Fractional CTO, Claude, MCP

AI agent & automation developer. I build production AI agents and workflow automation: n8n, Make, Zapier, Claude & OpenAI integration, RAG pipelines, MCP servers. I also advise founders on where AI actually fits before anything gets built. For business owners and startups I work as a fractional CTO: I run AI opportunity audits, covering where automation pays off in your workflows, what to build vs. buy, and in what order. Then I can drive the build myself or stand up the team (human or agent) to do it. I've founded and still run several SaaS products, and I ran a full-stack development agency, so I know what it takes to grow an app to real MRR, not just launch it. What I do for clients: β†’ AI Agents & Automation: custom AI agent development, n8n workflow automation, Make and Zapier builds and migrations, CRM and business process automation, LLM integration, RAG pipelines, MCP (Model Context Protocol) servers, chatbot development, structured data extraction. I built a market-intelligence agent that monitors competitors, scores opportunities, and delivers weekly briefings. My client called it "the system I didn't know I needed." β†’ Fractional CTO & AI Strategy: for teams without a technical lead. Architecture decisions, build-vs-buy, vendor and model selection, and a sequenced roadmap you can actually staff. I've made these calls for my own products, not just advised on them. β†’ Internal Tools & Operational Systems: dashboards, inventory and reorder logic, reporting, document pipelines, and the systems your team runs on every day. This is where most of my repeat work comes from. β†’ Full-Stack Development: end-to-end builds from architecture to deployment. Next.js, React, TypeScript, Supabase, Node.js, Python, CI/CD. I own the full pipeline, database design through production. β†’ AI-Powered MVPs: idea to production in 2 to 8 weeks. I've done it many times with my own products, so I know what ships. Recent build: FormD Scout monitors SEC EDGAR filings 24/7, scores them with Claude API, and delivers structured alerts with zero manual intervention. Because it runs unattended, it had to solve the hard part: never assert a fact that isn't in the source document, keep the link back to it, and flag gaps instead of filling them. My stack across 40+ shipped SaaS products: Next.js + React + TypeScript + Supabase (PostgreSQL) + n8n + LLM APIs (Claude, OpenAI, Gemini), with current products including JobPulse, LoomScribe, FormD Scout and CampaignSavant, running on Vercel, Google Cloud, and VPS infrastructure. Track record: Top Rated Plus (top 3% on Upwork), 100% Job Success, $200K+ earned. Clients hire me as a fractional CTO, AI consultant, AI engineer, automation specialist, or full-stack developer. The common thread is systems that run without babysitting. Background: 10+ years in IT and operations (enterprise infrastructure, sales ops at MicroStrategy), Georgetown Data Science certificate, Google Project Management certificate. I think in systems, not features. I document as I build: inline comments, architecture overviews, walkthrough calls, and a full handoff package so your team can maintain everything independently.

πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈHouston, United States$80/hr100% JSS4.24 (15)Since Aug 2018
MRR
$18,570
🌍#268/363K
πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ#138/54.3K
Recent Earnings
$111K
🌍#268/363K
πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ#138/54.3K
Total Earnings
$266K
🌍#8,868/363K
πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ#2,380/54.3K
Avg. Per Project
$8,316
🌍#18.6K/363K
πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ#3,092/54.3K
Recent Projects
10
9f4h
🌍#85.4K/363K
πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ#13.0K/54.3K
Total Projects
32
21f25h
🌍#85.4K/363K
πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ#13.0K/54.3K
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World Skill Rankings
of 4,062
#4
Automated WorkflowTop 0.07%
#7Make.com
#9CRM Automation
#9Retrieval Augmented Generation
#9AI Consulting
#10n8n
#10OpenAI API
#10Claude
#10Zapier
#17AI Chatbot
#18Automation
#21Machine Learning
#25Next.js
#26AI Agent Development
#27API Integration
#28Artificial Intelligence
#30AI Development
#44Python
#47JavaScript
#48React
πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈUnited States Skill Rankings
of 499
#2
Make.comTop 0.2%
#2Automated Workflow
#3OpenAI API
#3CRM Automation
#4Retrieval Augmented Generation
#5n8n
#5Zapier
#6AI Chatbot
#6Claude
#6AI Consulting
#7Automation
#9API Integration
#11AI Agent Development
#11Machine Learning
#11Next.js
#12AI Development
#14Artificial Intelligence
#18Python
#19React
#22JavaScript
Nik B. β€” Top 1% in United States | UpworkMRR