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LIAM ELLIS · LE-2026SHEET 01 OF 03REV.04 · 2026.05.15
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LiamEllis.

Building shipped systems — RAG, agents, full-stack interfaces. 10+ years from concept to production at enterprise scale.

§01ABOUT.MDX

Profile.

Senior AI product engineer · 10+ yrs · production systems

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SUMMARY

Senior full-stack engineer with 10+ years shipping production web and product systems from concept to launch across enterprise, civic, nonprofit, ecommerce, and media. Equally comfortable setting technical direction for small-to-mid-sized teams or executing heads-down as a senior IC. Known for high-ownership execution, fast iteration, and measurable outcomes — including a city-backed Restaurant Week platform that drove week-one adoption of 3,557 unique visitors and 399 completed punch cards, while sustaining sub-200ms QR validation latency under 100+ concurrent users on Supabase-backed real-time workflows.

Professional songwriting credits with 30+ MTV and VH1 placements — a long-running ability to translate ambiguous creative direction into shipped, audience-facing work.

§01.AIMPACT · MEASURED · 2024 – 2025
M-01×
3,557
unique visitors in week one
M-02×
6,000+
B2B records processed via AI
M-03×
75%
cost reduction via monorepo consolidation
§02EXPERIENCE.LOG

Build log.

6 engagements · 2019 — present

ROWS R-01 → R-06
DESC ↓ NEWEST FIRST
  1. R-01Jan – May 2026

    North Minneapolis, MN

    Digital Marketing Consultant

    Lundstrum Performing Arts

    • Architected a six-agent autonomous operations system — specialized AI agents for marketing, grant writing, donor communications, event coordination, data analytics, and content management with a shared knowledge base and cross-agent coordination protocols.
    • Built a production Next.js 15 / React 19 dashboard from scratch (TypeScript strict mode, Tailwind, shadcn/ui, GSAP, Recharts) with 6 data-rich tabs, 12+ interactive chart types, WCAG AA/AAA accessibility, and a dark-first HSL design system.
    • Delivered a Remotion-based programmatic video pipeline integrated with Higgsfield AI and Luma Labs; engineered 11 standalone HTML experiences across 200+ files and 15 directories.
    • Designed a complete brand system: JSON design tokens (hex / RGB / CMYK / Pantone), a 500-line communication style guide, and a 362-line data-driven social strategy with a 30-day deployment roadmap.
    • Ingested and structured 15+ website pages, 35+ blog posts, and the full annual report into a queryable local corpus enabling AI-assisted grant writing and content strategy.
    • Next.js 15
    • React 19
    • TypeScript
    • Tailwind CSS
    • shadcn/ui
    • GSAP
    • Recharts
    • Remotion
    • Higgsfield AI
    • Luma Labs
    • Mermaid.js
  2. R-02Jun – Aug 2025

    Minneapolis, MN

    Senior Software Engineer

    Experience Maple Grove

    • Sole engineer for a city-backed Restaurant Week platform — architected and shipped a production PWA in 8 weeks.
    • Built QR check-ins, geofencing validation, real-time leaderboards, raffle mechanics, role-based authentication, and restaurant admin dashboards.
    • Drove week-one performance of 3,557 unique visitors, 12,217 page views, 635 new users, and 399 completed punch cards.
    • Maintained sub-200ms QR validation latency under 100+ concurrent users with Supabase-backed real-time workflows.
    • Implemented analytics instrumentation for product, operations, and growth visibility.
    • Next.js
    • TypeScript
    • Supabase
    • PostgreSQL
    • Clerk
    • Vercel
    • Tailwind CSS
    • PostHog
    • Storybook
  3. R-03May – Jun 2025

    Minneapolis, MN

    Senior Software Engineer / AI Engineer

    FLS USA

    • Engineered AI enrichment pipelines processing 6,000+ B2B records for lead generation, validation, and qualification.
    • Built brand extraction and campaign-generation workflows using Firecrawl, Exa API, OpenAI, Vercel AI SDK, and v0.dev.
    • Reduced campaign setup time from 3 days to 15 minutes through workflow automation and structured generation.
    • Delivered marketing sites and outreach systems enabling non-technical operators to launch campaigns without manual research overhead.
    • Python
    • TypeScript
    • Next.js
    • OpenAI SDK
    • Vercel AI SDK
    • Firecrawl
    • Exa API
    • v0.dev
    • React Email
    • Resend
  4. R-04Mar – May 2025

    Minneapolis, MN

    Senior Software Engineer / AI Engineer

    WinWinX + Agency Underground

    • Built AI-assisted brand extraction and content generation workflows for marketplace and marketing teams.
    • Automated context-to-content pipelines enabling non-technical staff to generate campaign-ready materials in under 15 minutes.
    • Improved lead quality and targeting accuracy by ~20% through data cleanup, enrichment, and workflow automation.
    • Next.js
    • Python
    • OpenAI SDK
    • Vercel AI SDK
    • React Email
    • Resend
  5. R-05Nov 2023 – Aug 2024

    New York, NY

    Senior Software Engineer

    FLYPILOT

    • Delivered full-stack consulting for enterprise and premium retail clients: AgileOne, Brookfield Properties, Matsuda Eyewear, and Gentle Monster.
    • Led teams of 3–6 remote engineers across roadmap execution, architecture decisions, and client delivery.
    • Consolidated 11 production sites into a unified Next.js monorepo — cut delivery time by 50% and infrastructure costs by 75%.
    • Improved page performance by 60% on Matsuda Eyewear through rendering optimization and frontend refactoring.
    • React
    • Next.js
    • TypeScript
    • Shopify
    • Storybook
    • Figma
  6. R-06Jan 2019 – Dec 2023

    New York, NY

    Senior Full-Stack Engineer · Promoted: Backend Lead → Platform Lead

    Freeman

    • Led teams of 3–6 engineers across mission-critical internal and external web platforms over five years.
    • Served as Platform Lead for design-token automation, integrating Figma with internal SDKs and delivery systems.
    • Owned authentication architecture for internal and external APIs; implemented Okta SSO across the platform.
    • Built platform infrastructure that improved delivery speed, cross-team reliability, and long-term scalability.
    • TypeScript
    • Node.js
    • PostgreSQL
    • AWS Lambda
    • Amazon CDK
    • GraphQL
    • Serverless
    • Okta
    • React
§03STACK.YML

Stack.

Core in citron · supporting in graphite

S-01Frontend & UI
N=8
  • React
  • Next.js
  • TypeScript
  • Tailwind CSS
  • shadcn/ui
  • GSAP
  • Recharts
  • Storybook
S-02Applied AI & Agents
N=8
  • OpenAI
  • Anthropic
  • Vercel AI SDK
  • RAG
  • LangChain / LangGraph
  • Langfuse / LangSmith
  • Multi-agent workflows
  • Evals & guardrails
S-03MCP & Agent Tooling
N=6
  • Custom MCP servers
  • Claude Code
  • Cursor
  • Codex
  • Factory AI
  • Spec-driven dev
S-04Backend & Data
N=7
  • Python
  • Node.js
  • PostgreSQL
  • Supabase
  • pgvector
  • GraphQL
  • REST APIs
S-05Cloud & DevOps
N=9
  • AWS Lambda
  • Amazon CDK
  • CloudWatch
  • Vercel
  • CI/CD
  • IaC
  • OpenTelemetry
  • Sentry
  • PostHog
S-06Auth
N=4
  • Clerk
  • Okta SSO
  • OAuth / OIDC
  • RBAC
§03.AEDUCATION
  • B.A. Anthropology · University of Minnesota

    Minneapolis, MN · 3.8 GPA

  • Full-Stack Development · Epicodus

    Portland, OR

  • Ruby on Rails Certification · StartUp Institute

    New York, NY

  • Frontend Development · General Assembly

    New York, NY

§04TOOLKIT.SH

Toolkit.

Daily drivers · editor → shell → agents

T-01WarpAgentic terminal
T-02oh-my-zshShell framework
T-03RaycastLauncher & workflows
T-04WisprVoice-to-text dictation
T-05CursorAI-native IDE
T-06NotionDocs & knowledge base
T-07Claude CodeCoding agent
T-08CodexCoding agent
T-09DroidFactory coding agent
T-10HermesAgent orchestration
T-11PerplexityResearch & search