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Tyler Ryan Hoffman

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I’m Tyler Ryan Hoffman, a software and AI-focused technical contractor with seven years of project-based experience across software engineering, cloud systems, and evidence-driven AI evaluation.

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I’m Tyler Ryan Hoffman, a software and AI-focused technical contractor with seven years of project-based experience across software engineering, cloud systems, and evidence-driven AI evaluation. I enjoy turning ambiguous requirements into measurable acceptance criteria, then verifying solutions through careful debugging, deterministic checks, and clear documentation that other reviewers can reproduce.

My work often bridges code, structured evaluation rubrics, and scientific/quantitative reasoning—especially when accuracy, edge cases, and quality evidence matter. I also support annotation workflows (video/audio and structured labeling) and technical quality review for complex tasks, while maintaining consistent standards in remote, high-volume, time-sensitive environments.

  • 7 years' experience
  • Joined October 2026

Industry experience

  • Software & Internet
  • Computers & Electronics
  • Professional Services
  • Education
  • Financial Services
  • Manufacturing

Work experience

Independent Technical and AI Contractor · Independent Contractor (Remote, United States)Oct 2019 – Present · 7 yrs 2 mos

Creates and reviews software tasks (bug fixes, features, refactoring, algorithms, performance improvements) with automated verification and maintainable interfaces/tests. Reproduces issues, narrows root causes, compares actual vs intended behavior, validates fixes, and writes repeatable documentation. Evaluates AI-generated responses using detailed criteria and rubrics, identifies factual/reasoning errors, compares alternative answers, and provides direct evidence-based feedback. Develops and refines prompts and benchmark tasks, testing edge cases and translating instructions into measurable acceptance criteria. Performs guideline-based video/audio/data annotation with action labels, event boundaries, failure tags, quality checks, and escalation of unclear cases. Reviews robotic task footage for motion/grasping/positioning/task completion, visible failures, and sensor/perception cues. Analyzes cloud/platform systems covering scalable services, APIs, queues, containers, IAM, private net

Education· 7

Ph.D. in Computer Science · University of Texas2016 – 2020
Master of Science in Software Engineering · University of Texas2014 – 2016
Master of Science in Mathematics · University of Texas2016 – 2018
Master of Science in Physics · University of Oxford2021 – 2022

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