Tair Larson
Austin
Summary
Enthusiastic AI workflow designer with expertise in full stack development and automated solutions. Proven track record in driving project success and enhancing cross-functional collaboration.
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
Work History
Founder
Excerra Studio
Honolulu, Hawaii
07.2025 - 02.2026
- Designed and implemented AI workflows converting long-form video classes into structured lead-magnet PDFs and eBooks, enhancing content accessibility and engagement.
- Built LLM-powered pipelines using GPT-4-class models for transcription cleanup, content structuring, summarization, and tone adaptation.
- Prototyped multi-step automation system integrating transcription APIs, text chunking, and prompt-chained LLM calls for branded marketing assets.
- Led customer discovery with course creators and B2B marketers through interviews and MVP iterations, validating pricing and workflow fit to inform product development.
- Owned complete product lifecycle as a solo founder, from architecture to infrastructure deployment and monitoring.
Senior Software Engineer
CIQ
Honolulu, Hawaii
04.2025 - 07.2025
- Directed design and implementation of web interface for Linux systems on VMs, enhancing login security and supporting multi-team collaboration.
- Collaborated with founder and project manager to scope MVP, resulting in first production release within four weeks.
- Enhanced reliability and observability by integrating tests, tracing, and metrics, reducing time to debug incidents.
- Developed user-friendly interfaces using Remix, TypeScript, and Linux, applying UI/UX principles for improved user experience.
Software Engineer II
98point6
Honolulu, HI
02.2022 - 04.2025
- Developed a high-performance telehealth chat platform with TypeScript, Node.js, React, GraphQL, and AWS, boosting system scalability and cutting down latency.
- Worked closely with cross-functional teams to bring in new technology, streamline processes, and enhance the user experience in a fast-paced, impactful environment.
- Re-engineered an outdated medication prescribing service by integrating third-party systems with AWS Step Functions, streamlining configuration, and optimizing shared resources.
- Led the technical development of a high-impact product rewrite, architecting and optimizing the frontend framework, building a scalable component library, integrating secure authentication systems, and enhancing the chat interface, which resulted in improved performance, maintainability, and user experience.
- Led scrum and stand-up meetings, mentored junior developers, and presented new features to stakeholders.
- Created and maintained comprehensive documentation, conducted Git code reviews, and ensured code quality and consistency across the team.
- Optimized configuration and shared resources, resulting in significant cost reductions and improved reliability.
- Led the technical development of the product rewrite by architecting the frontend framework and building a scalable component library.
- Integrated secure authentication systems and enhanced chat interface for improved performance and user experience.
Full Stack Software Engineer
Aspen Capital
Portland, Oregon
01.2019 - 01.2022
- Developed, tested, and maintained RESTful API microservices using JavaScript, Node.js, SQL Server, and MongoDB, enhancing support for financial business operations.
- Collaborated with product managers to design and implement an automated solution for a manual payment workflow, reducing manual processes by 80% and facilitating the processing of millions of dollars in payments.
- Led a Python project leveraging Flask to automate payment transfers between third-party accounting software and banks, drastically improving transaction efficiency and accuracy.
- Worked closely with internal teams and stakeholders to identify and solve key business challenges, showcasing strong communication and problem-solving skills.
- Authored and optimized Terraform and Ansible scripts to automate database creation, backup, and restoration processes, streamlining infrastructure management.
- Deployed Node.js microservices and established comprehensive logging and monitoring systems using Elasticsearch, Vault, Ansible Tower, and more, ensuring robust infrastructure management and seamless operations.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Computer Science
Oregon State University
Corvallis, OR01.2018
Skills
- AI workflow design
- Large language models
- Full stack development
- API integration
- Automated solutions
- Infrastructure management
- Scrum methodologies
- Product lifecycle
- Cross-functional collaboration
Interests
Triathlon, Scuba diving, Swimming
Timeline
Founder
Excerra Studio
07.2025 - 02.2026
Senior Software Engineer
CIQ
04.2025 - 07.2025
Software Engineer II
98point6
02.2022 - 04.2025
Full Stack Software Engineer
Aspen Capital
01.2019 - 01.2022
Bachelor of Science - Computer Science
Oregon State University
Websites & Social Links
https://www.linkedin.com/in/tair-larson-99140a168