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Bryce McFall

@brycemcfall

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Senior AI software engineer specializing in LLM integration, scalable systems, and full-stack development.

United States

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What I'm looking for

I seek senior engineering roles building production AI systems and scalable full-stack services where I can drive technical architecture, mentor teams, and deliver measurable product and cost impact.

I am a Senior AI Software Engineer with a decade of experience building production-scale AI systems and full-stack applications at companies including Perplexity AI, Apple, and Travelers Insurance.

I specialize in LLM integration, RAG architectures, prompt engineering, and vector databases, and have contributed to systems serving hundreds of millions of queries monthly while reducing API costs and latency.

I architect cloud-native microservices and full-stack products using TypeScript, Python, React, Node.js, and Kubernetes, delivering measurable business impact such as infrastructure cost savings, performance improvements, and increased user engagement.

I collaborate cross-functionally with product, ML research, design, and business stakeholders, lead technical initiatives, and mentor engineers to ship reliable, scalable features that drive growth and operational efficiency.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

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AI Software Engineer

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Perplexity AI

Oct 2022 - Present (3 years 1 month)

Built core AI search infrastructure and RAG pipelines integrating multiple LLMs, scaling from 10M to 780M monthly queries and improving answer accuracy by 40% while reducing latency by 60% and cutting API costs 45%.

RAG TypeScript Python Kubernetes fastAPI Vector Databases Prompt Engineering

Full-Stack Engineer

Apple

May 2019 - Sep 2022 (3 years 4 months)

Modernized internal web applications for 130,000+ employees by migrating to React/Node.js microservices, improving performance 65% and delivering $15M+ in operational efficiency gains.

React Node PostgreSQL Redis CI CD Docker Performance Optimization

Software Engineer II

Travelers Insurance

Sep 2015 - Apr 2019 (3 years 7 months)

Led modernization of enterprise claim systems processing $2B+ premiums, halving claim resolution time and producing $5M in operational cost savings while increasing customer satisfaction 35%.