Open to AI engineering roles

I ship products and agents in public.

AI engineer in Jacksonville, Florida. I build multi-user SaaS, trading systems and native iOS apps, solo, from design to deploy.

Illustration of Ryan at his desk with a laptop and a coffee

Work and milestones

Newest first
  1. Milestone

    Started building full time

    Went all in on shipping my own products, solo, from design to deploy.

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What I am building now

  • F1 constructors in 3D In progress

    A scroll through all eleven 2026 teams at ryanlugg.com/f1. Ferrari has a 3D livery timeline from 2022 to 2026. The other ten teams are next.

  • Backtest promotion gates In progress

    A strategy only advances to event driven validation after clearing Sharpe, Monte Carlo and trade count gates.

  • Event driven validation In progress

    A second NautilusTrader stage with its own order and fill model, to catch what vectorized backtests miss.

  • Pine Script indicator library In progress

    Thirteen shared modules indicators copy from rather than reimplement. 364 commits in 60 days.

  • Agent workflow orchestration Shipped

    Five reusable workflows plus a watchdog that audits a live session every ten minutes and can block tools.

Daily tools

Languages
Python, TypeScript, JavaScript, Swift, Bash, HTML, CSS
Frameworks and data
React, Next.js, Node.js, SwiftUI, Tailwind, Supabase, PostgreSQL, SQLite, pandas
AI and services
Anthropic, OpenAI, MCP, Stripe, Telegram, Discord
Infrastructure
Vercel, Cloudflare, Git, GitHub

Building full time

Location
Jacksonville, Florida
Focus
Building full time since August 2026
Looking for
Salaried AI engineering role
Stack
Next.js, Supabase, Python, Swift, MCP

Since August 2026 I have been building full time. I run QuantLab Journal, a multi-user trading journal SaaS, alongside a fleet of live trading bots, three native Apple apps and a review-generation business for local shops.

I work end to end across the stack. Next.js and Supabase for SaaS. Python for bots and agents. Swift and SwiftUI for Pitwall Lab, Muse and Brain Dump. MCP tooling around Claude for research and ops.

I want a salaried AI engineering role where I build production systems. Reach out if the fit is clear.

Ready for the next role.

Email is the fastest way to reach me about roles or freelance work.