I’m Theodore Blair, a full stack software engineer with 9+ years of experience building scalable backend systems, microservices, and AI-powered SaaS platforms. I specialize in Go and Python backend development, AI-native engineering (including MCP servers and multi-agent orchestration with modern LLMs), and rapid prototyping of AI features. I design robust APIs and data architectures and deploy production AI services on AWS and GCP. I’m a collaborative problem-solver who thrives when working across product and engineering teams to move ideas from prototype to production. I enjoy solving complex automation, data, and integration challenges, and I’m passionate about delivering reliable, scalable software that enables enterprise teams to innovate quickly with AI.

Theodore Blair

I’m Theodore Blair, a full stack software engineer with 9+ years of experience building scalable backend systems, microservices, and AI-powered SaaS platforms. I specialize in Go and Python backend development, AI-native engineering (including MCP servers and multi-agent orchestration with modern LLMs), and rapid prototyping of AI features. I design robust APIs and data architectures and deploy production AI services on AWS and GCP. I’m a collaborative problem-solver who thrives when working across product and engineering teams to move ideas from prototype to production. I enjoy solving complex automation, data, and integration challenges, and I’m passionate about delivering reliable, scalable software that enables enterprise teams to innovate quickly with AI.

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I’m Theodore Blair, a full stack software engineer with 9+ years of experience building scalable backend systems, microservices, and AI-powered SaaS platforms. I specialize in Go and Python backend development, AI-native engineering (including MCP servers and multi-agent orchestration with modern LLMs), and rapid prototyping of AI features. I design robust APIs and data architectures and deploy production AI services on AWS and GCP.

I’m a collaborative problem-solver who thrives when working across product and engineering teams to move ideas from prototype to production. I enjoy solving complex automation, data, and integration challenges, and I’m passionate about delivering reliable, scalable software that enables enterprise teams to innovate quickly with AI.

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Work Experience

Senior Software Engineer at Self Employed
October 1, 2025 - Present
Architected Go-based microservices and REST APIs powering AI-driven SaaS platforms deployed on AWS. Built Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers and agent tooling enabling LLMs (GPT-4/5, Claude) to securely interact with internal APIs and enterprise data services. Developed AI-enabled APIs and RAG pipelines integrating vector search (Pinecone, Chroma) for enterprise knowledge and automation workflows. Designed scalable backend systems using Go, Python FastAPI, Node.js, PostgreSQL, and Redis with event-driven architectures. Implemented Databricks data pipelines ingesting behavioral and performance data into Delta Lake on S3 for analytics workflows. Built containerized deployments with Docker and CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions for rapid iteration and production releases.
Senior Software Engineer at Striveworks LLC
September 1, 2024 - September 1, 2025
Led development of LLM-powered platforms and AI agent workflows using Go, React, Python FastAPI, PostgreSQL, and Redis. Designed a document intelligence system on AWS using Amazon Bedrock, GPT-4/5, Lambda, S3, and DynamoDB processing 1M+ documents per month with 95% accuracy. Built AI agent tools using Model Context Protocol (MCP) enabling LLMs to access internal APIs, vector databases, and enterprise data services. Developed multi-step LLM pipelines and agent orchestration workflows for classification, retrieval, and automation tasks. Implemented vector search with Chroma and RAG pipelines to support enterprise knowledge assistants. Optimized WebRTC + LiveKit streaming for real-time AI interactions across web and mobile clients.
Software Engineer at Azumo
February 1, 2021 - August 1, 2024
Built Generative AI solutions for enterprise workflows including automated email drafting, summarization, and content generation. Designed LLM-powered service APIs using FastAPI and Docker integrated into production SaaS platforms. Implemented AI automation pipelines combining LLM reasoning with backend microservices for enterprise productivity tools. Developed voice-interactive features using ASR + TTS. Reduced operational workload by 35% through AI-driven automation tools.
Software Engineer at A3Logics Inc
August 1, 2017 - January 1, 2021
Designed an video generation platform on AWS enabling automated avatar animation and voice-to-character synchronization. Built media processing pipelines using FFmpeg and OpenCV integrated with cloud rendering infrastructure. Implemented scalable backend services and RBAC for content generation platforms. Reduced creative iteration time by 60% through automated rendering and preview pipelines.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Computer Science at San Francisco State University
August 26, 2013 - December 15, 2017
Bachelor of Science in Computer Science at San Francisco State University
August 1, 2013 - December 1, 2017

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Software & Internet, Healthcare, Professional Services