June 2026 — Sep 2026a3f8c1d
Software Engineering Intern · TBD
TBD
AI AgentsBackend Systems
// hi, i'm tyler
I build Agents and backend systems.
CS student at UCLA. From trust & safety automations to multiplayer card games, I like solving challenging problems, building efficient backend systems, and automating repetitive tasks.
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- Location
- San Diego, Los Angeles, San Francisco, NYC
- Education
- UCLA B.S. in Computer Science '27
- Focus
- AI agents, backend systems, trust & safety automation
// experience
git log --timeline
Recent roles across AI workflows, evaluations, and student leadership.
June 2025 — Sep 2025e7b2d4f
Member of Technical Staff · SafetyKit
First intern owning agentic AI workflows for trust & safety review pipelines, helping the team ship automation that humans actually trusted.
AI AgentsTrust & Safety
May 2025 — Presentb9c1a3e
Induction & Membership Chair · Upsilon Pi Epsilon @ UCLA
Scaled onboarding for the honor society and built Discord automation to keep events organized for a fast-growing membership base.
LeadershipAutomation
Nov 2024 — May 2025c1a9f3b
Technical Advisor Intern · Scale AI
Trained generative AI systems on complex coding and reasoning tasks, designing eval loops that kept quality high while throughput scaled.
AI SystemsEvaluation
// projects
Selected builds
A few things I've shipped.
multiplayer-card-games.ts
Product EngineerRealtimeWeb Apps
Multiplayer Card Games
Full-stack platform for playing Fish and Viet Cong online with synchronized state, matchmaking, and polished animations.
TypeScriptNext.jsVercel
View project ↗stonksgame.ts
CreatorBotsFinance
StonksGame
Discord bot that runs live stock-trading simulations complete with leaderboards, analytics, and Alpha Vantage powered data feeds.
PythonDiscord.pyAlpha Vantage API
View project ↗wildfire-detection.ts
ML EngineerMLClimateTwilio API
Wildfire Detection
Telemetry pipeline that ingests air-quality data and flags wildfire risk via TensorFlow models and alerting hooks.
TypeScriptTensorFlowNode.js
View project ↗docupilot.ts
AI EngineerAI AgentsAutomation
DocuPilot
Google Drive agent that executes document workflows from natural language chat, handling routing, summarization, and task updates.
FastAPILangChainGemini APIReact
View project ↗kinetic.ts
Full Stack EngineerAIEducation
Kinetic
Automated lecture builder that uses instructor and TA agents to deliver multi-modal lessons with live collaboration tools.
Next.jsFastifyLiveKitAnthropic Claude API
View project ↗grow-and-give.ts
iOS DeveloperMobileProductivity
Grow & Give
SwiftUI productivity app that helps students set goals and stay accountable through habit tracking and gentle reminders.
SwiftSwiftUI
View project ↗// writing
Changelog entries
Personal technical notes on product engineering, design systems, and AI workflow shipping.
// contact
connect --via=email
Email for details, or schedule a call to jam on agentic AI, sports, and more.
$ connect --via=email
tylerxiao@ucla.edu$ connect --via=call
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