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Tyler C.

AI Full-Stack Engineer | 24+ yrs | Python, TypeScript, LLM, Claude

🥇 Enterprise Architect | Full Stack, AWS & AI Systems Expert | E-commerce, Marketplaces, Scalable Platforms Overview: • Design, build, and scale production systems for e-commerce, marketplaces, SaaS, and AI-powered applications 🚀 • 20+ years of experience across startups, growth-stage, and enterprise environments • End-to-end ownership: architecture, development, deployment, scaling, and optimization • Deep experience with high-traffic systems, real-time analytics, and high-volume transactional platforms • Strong focus on scalability, reliability, cost-efficiency, and business-aligned engineering decisions • Actively building AI-powered systems using LLMs, agents, RAG, and workflow automation 🏭 Industries: • E-commerce • Recommerce • Marketplaces (multi-sided platforms) • SaaS platforms • AI-powered applications • Digital media / asset platforms • CRM & sales systems • Marketing & analytics platforms • Education technology • Inventory & operations systems 🛠 Services: • Full-stack web application development (frontend + backend) • System architecture & technical leadership • AWS cloud architecture & serverless solutions • AI integration (LLMs, agents, RAG pipelines) • API design (REST, SOAP) & third-party integrations • Microservices & distributed systems design • Legacy system modernization & re-architecture • Performance optimization & scalability improvements • Database design, tuning & optimization • DevOps, CI/CD, and release management ⚙️ • Workflow automation and AI orchestration 💻 Tech Stack: 🎨 Frontend: • JavaScript (ES6+), TypeScript, React, building scalable, modular, and maintainable component-based UIs, advanced state management, performance optimization, responsive/mobile-first design, cross-browser compatibility, Handlebars, Vanilla JavaScript 🧠 Backend: • Node.js, Express.js, PHP, Laravel, C#, ASP.NET (Web Forms, MVC), designing robust backend systems, clean architecture, RESTful and SOAP APIs, authentication/authorization, secure data handling, background jobs, and scalable services ☁️ Cloud & DevOps: • AWS Lambda, EC2, S3, CloudFront, CloudSearch, serverless and distributed architecture, CI/CD pipelines, automated deployments, monitoring, logging, observability, infrastructure management, performance and cost optimization ☁️ 🗄 Databases & Data: • MySQL, Microsoft SQL Server, PostgreSQL (pgvector), relational schema design, data modeling, query optimization, indexing, stored procedures, transactions, high-volume data processing, and vector database integration (Pinecone, Qdrant) for semantic search and AI workloads 🤖 AI / LLM / Automation: • Generative AI systems, LLM integrations (OpenAI, Claude, Gemini), prompt engineering, Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), embeddings, semantic/vector search, AI agents and multi-step workflows, LangChain, LangGraph, n8n automation, AI-assisted coding tools (Claude Code, OpenAI tools), document processing, knowledge retrieval systems, and intelligent automation pipelines 🏗 Architecture & Engineering Practices: • Microservices and distributed systems, scalable and event-driven architectures, API-first design, TDD, Agile (Scrum, Kanban), CI/CD, code quality, maintainability, reliability, fault tolerance, and long-term system design 🏆 Key Achievements: • Built and scaled recommerce systems used by thousands of customers at FASHIONPHILE • Designed and sold a stock photography platform with millions of assets and thousands of transactions • Built and scaled multiple SaaS, marketplace, and data platforms from zero to production • Delivered and maintained long-term systems with continuous releases over 10+ years 📈 • Strong ownership from architecture to deployment • Clear, direct, and reliable communication • Focus on measurable business outcomes • Emphasis on scalability, stability, and long-term maintainability

🇺🇸Roy, United States$100/hr100% JSS5.00 (5)Since May 2024
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Earnings and projects

MRR (estimate)
≈$12k

An estimate from an earlier read

World#834 / 412k
🇺🇸Country#409 / 62.1k
Revenue, last 30 days
$22k

Last 6 months: $67k

World#203 / 412k
🇺🇸Country#110 / 62.1k
Total earnings
$67k

Billed in all: $67k

World#59,267 / 412k
🇺🇸Country#11,219 / 62.1k
Per project
$9.5k

$8.3k in the last 6 months

World#16,888 / 412k
🇺🇸Country#2,857 / 62.1k
Projects, last 6 months
8

Across 9 contracts

33% fixed67% hourly
World#24,499 / 412k
🇺🇸Country#3,600 / 62.1k
Projects in all
7

Across 9 contracts

33% fixed67% hourly
World#236,188 / 412k
🇺🇸Country#33,699 / 62.1k

Earnings, last 30 days

$66.9k+$19.4k earned since Oct 10Billed in all, before Upwork's fee · drag across the chart to see what was earned in any stretch
$40k$50k$60k$70kOct 10Oct 24Nov 7

Tracked from Oct 10, 2026. Dotted: longer than usual between two readings.

Skill rankings: Top 0.34% in Web Application

Top 1% in 19 of 19 skills, ranked by MRR among everyone on Upwork with the skill.

  1. 2LLM Agent Development242 freelancers · 🇺🇸 #2Top 0.83%
  2. #10Chatbot1,273 freelancers · 🇺🇸 #3Top 0.79%
  3. #16LLM Prompt Engineering2,457 freelancers · 🇺🇸 #7Top 0.65%
  4. #17FastAPI4,337 freelancers · 🇺🇸 #5Top 0.39%
  5. #32Web Application9,341 freelancers · 🇺🇸 #16Top 0.34%
  6. #42Claude5,112 freelancers · 🇺🇸 #16Top 0.82%
  7. #42AI App Development4,708 freelancers · 🇺🇸 #16Top 0.89%
  8. #43OpenAI API6,930 freelancers · 🇺🇸 #11Top 0.62%