Tyler Wall
Staff Systems Architect | AI-Native Pioneer
289 Endpoints. 10 Minutes Each. Zero Engineers Replaced.
Staff Systems Architect who turns systems that don't move into ones that fly. I build AI that takes the work engineers hate and makes it disappear.
What I Build
Philosophy
AI handles the repetitive; engineers own architecture and edge cases. 90% of migration code was AI-generated, but engineers approved every change before deployment.
Execution Log
Creator & Lead Engineer
Creator & Lead Engineer
Created TRW, an open methodology framework for AI-assisted software development. Built persistent memory, structured workflows, and quality gates so AI coding agents compound discoveries across sessions and projects instead of resetting to zero.
Built 19 MCP tools with 6-phase execution lifecycle, quality gates, and automated verification for AI coding agents.
Designed multi-agent coordination and persistent cross-project memory. Discoveries compound across sessions. 2,600+ tests. In beta across 5 coding platforms.
Staff Software Engineer | AI Systems Architect
Staff Software Engineer | AI Systems Architect
Promoted to Staff from Engineering Manager (2+ years total at Unicity, Nov 2023 - Jan 2026). Led AI-powered modernization for a global platform (53 markets). Built the multi-agent system that made 289 endpoint migrations possible. (IC track — AI migration systems and tooling)
AI Migration System: Built multi-agent AI system with 5 specialized sub-agents automating 90% of migration code generation. 289 API endpoints migrated at 96% production traffic, hours of manual work reduced to under 10 minutes per endpoint.
AI Sprint Intelligence: Built pre-grooming system using historical transcripts as KB, double-blind validated at ±1 story point accuracy. 2.5x team velocity, 13% sprint efficiency gain.
QA from Zero: Built 0 to 1,500 automated test cases driven by business requirements, not AI-generated boilerplate.
AI Governance: After an AI agent broke production by modifying AWS routing tables, designed read-only AI accounts, DevOps approval workflows, and failure-as-state design principles.
Engineering Manager / Technical Lead
Engineering Manager / Technical Lead
Hired to migrate a 289-endpoint legacy system to Laravel. Achieved 96% production traffic with zero major incidents while driving $336K+ annual cost savings. (Management track — platform modernization and delivery)
Platform ROI: Delivered $336K+ annual savings (cloud $278K, DataDog 62.5% reduction, RDS $32K) while improving reliability — 34% faster response times, 4x order processing capacity.
Observability Infrastructure: Built on-call rotations, automated alerts, monitoring dashboards, and a debugging toolkit (Redis/Xdebug/BPF) reducing MTTR 95%. Adopted organically across the engineering org.
Developer Metrics: Built 50 per-developer daily/weekly reports. Support overhead dropped from 25% to <5% through data-driven tooling.
Principal Engineer
Principal Engineer
Promoted to Principal Engineer from Senior Lead (4+ years total at ButcherBox, Jul 2019 - Oct 2023). Owned architecture decisions for a platform processing $2B+ in transactions. Led cross-team architecture, pioneered early GenAI adoption, and single-handedly led flagship Instacart and Shopify integrations.
AI Pioneer: Drove GPT-3 adoption in 2022 (pre-ChatGPT), automating support workflows and saving ~2 hours/week/employee with NPS 57. One of the earliest enterprise GPT deployments.
Flagship Integrations: Led Instacart integration end-to-end, then led Shopify migration. Advised executive leadership on platform roadmaps and build-vs-buy decisions.
Senior Lead Software Engineer
Senior Lead Software Engineer
Joined right before COVID hit and order volume went through the roof. Built the Operations engineering team from zero (just me) to 9 engineers, broke it into specialized squads, then transitioned to lead all three teams through a monolith-to-microservices migration during COVID-19 10x traffic surge.
Team Builder: Built Operations engineering from 0 (solo) to 9 engineers across 3 specialized squads. Platform recognized internally as the benchmark for Testing, Stability, and Innovation.
COVID Resilience: Engineered backend optimizations handling 10x traffic surge during COVID with zero scaling incidents while competitors experienced significant downtime.
Immediate Impact: Boosted application performance 87% in the first 90 days.
Principal Engineer
Principal Engineer
Recruited to a specialized task force working under Sir Tim Berners-Lee to engineer decentralized data ecosystems (Solid). Led a team of 6-8 remote developers rescuing a failing insurance fintech project.
Rescued failing insurance platform 6 months behind schedule by restructuring architecture and coordinating 6-8 remote developers—delivered on-time with zero regulatory compliance issues.
Delivered real-time quoting engine handling complex state-specific regulations for all 50 states, processing quotes in under 2 seconds across 200+ rule variations.
Kept the client in the loop with weekly demos. The team was remote and under pressure, but we shipped on time every week.
VP of Engineering & Lead Systems Architect (Founder)
VP of Engineering & Lead Systems Architect (Founder)
Founded and scaled a cross-border e-commerce marketplace from Zero-to-One, serving complex trade and financial flows between China and the U.S.
Designed distributed architecture spanning AWS (US) and Aliyun (China), solving Great Firewall latency so cross-border purchases actually worked.
Architected unified logistics engine integrating 8+ international providers, automating bonded/free-trade import logic across 3 countries.
Implemented multi-currency payment system connecting 19+ payment gateways including ICBC (world's second-largest bank), directly enabling international transaction volume.
Won 2nd place at international technology competition in China; achieved compliance with public company (LifeVantage LFVN - NASDAQ) regulatory requirements.
Built and mentored distributed engineering team of 3+ developers post-MVP, instituting Agile/DevOps practices that scaled with the business.
Founder & Principal Solutions Architect
Founder & Principal Solutions Architect
Led a boutique engineering consultancy delivering full-stack solutions for enterprise clients. Operated as Fractional CTO.
Secured and executed multiple NewBalance.com contracts, directing performance engineering that improved page load times 40% and increased conversion rates measurably.
Operated as Fractional CTO for 5+ enterprise clients simultaneously, managing end-to-end SDLC and establishing engineering standards that outlasted engagements.
Delivered performant, scalable web applications using Node.js, PHP, and Angular—building a consultancy with 100% client retention rate over 4 years.
Senior Software Engineer & Team Lead
Senior Software Engineer & Team Lead
Led engineering of a high-volume, multi-channel e-commerce automation platform.
Led development of multi-channel sales automation achieving +1,700% YOY sales and -44% overhead reduction (shipping -44%, labor -17%) within 1 month of deployment.
Designed centralized inventory orchestration engine integrating Amazon, Overstock, NewEgg, and 6+ additional marketplaces into unified platform.
Managed team of 4 (3 developers + designer) developing MLM/Direct Sales management platforms from conception to production.
Built the linters, templates, and coding standards that every team at the company ended up using.