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Arin Tahmasian

@arintahmasian

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I build and lead mission-critical platforms, agentic AI workflows, and governed software delivery.

United States

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What I'm looking for

I'm looking to lead hands-on engineering for mission-critical AI and cloud platforms, where I can architect systems, build and mentor strong teams, govern AI-enabled SDLC workflows, and stay close to production code.

I've built Inkflare.ai from scratch into a production AI-native content platform serving paying customers, owning its backend, frontend, AWS infrastructure, AI orchestration, authentication, media pipeline, and deployment process. Its agentic workflow uses planning, generation, verification, QC, repair loops, RAG retrieval, and human approval to achieve a 98% user approval rate.

At NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, I led Mars Science Laboratory operations software, restored the complex MSLICE rover-planning system to stable daily operation, and coordinated engineering efforts across more than 20 developers. I also reduced external contractor dependency by 50% and operational engineering costs by 30% while supporting mission-critical reliability.

I've led cloud architecture and software delivery teams for enterprise clients through Agile Clouders and spent nine years building Prime Clinical Systems' core EMR product. I bring more than 20 years of hands-on experience across aerospace, healthcare, cloud infrastructure, security, and AI, and I've authored eight technical books on cloud, AI, software security, and architecture.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

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Technical Co-Founder & Head of Engineering

Current

Inkflare Inc.

Nov 2024 - Present (1 year 9 months)

Built Inkflare.ai from scratch into a production AI-native content platform, launching MVP with live customers in May 2025 and converting to paying customers by August 2025. Architected a scalable cloud-native system with agentic workflows, RAG retrieval, and automated repair loops, achieving a 98% user approval rate.

Agentic AI AWS Fargate S3 CloudFormation CDK Python Flask Angular Redis Vector Search OpenAI Claude Gemini NVIDIA NIM Cursor Jira GitHub MCP FFMPEG SkiaSharp TTS STT OAuth REST APIs

Technical Lead and Software Systems Engineer

NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Jan 2017 - Jan 2025 (8 years)

Led the reverse-engineering and restoration of MSLICE, a decade-old rover planning system, to stable daily operation. Managed a team of 5 developers as technical lead and product owner, and served as subsystem Systems Engineer overseeing 20+ developers.

Agile Scrum Systems Engineering AWS GovCloud Architecture Reviews Incident Response Stakeholder Management .NET C#SQL Server Oracle Python

Founder and Principal Cloud Architect

Agile Clouders

Jan 2013 - Dec 2021 (8 years 11 months)

Founded and led a cloud architecture and software delivery practice focused on AWS, custom software development, and enterprise digital transformation. Managed a distributed team of 15 overseas developers and delivered multiple client products.

AWS Cloud Architecture Software Development Team Management Client Relations Digital Transformation

Technical Lead / Senior Software Developer

Prime Clinical Systems

Jan 2004 - Dec 2013 (9 years 11 months)

Led a team of three developers building Patient Chart Manager, the company's core EMR product. Built healthcare interoperability interfaces across DICOM, HL7, and e-prescription standards, maintaining HIPAA and CCHIT compliance.

EMR Healthcare Interoperability DICOM HL7 SQL Server Oracle HIPAA Database Migration