James Patton
Software Engineer & AI Product Builder
Building the future of technology with innovative solutions and cutting-edge AI
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Software Engineer & AI Product Builder
Note: This is a portfolio showcase of my work and projects. I am currently employed and not seeking new opportunities at this time.
With over 8 years of experience in software development and architecture, I specialize in creating innovative solutions that combine cutting-edge technologies with practical business needs. My expertise spans from full-stack development to AI implementation, with a strong focus on delivering high-quality, scalable applications.
I'm passionate about staying at the forefront of technology trends and applying them to solve real-world problems. My background in both development and design allows me to create solutions that are not only technically sound but also user-friendly and visually appealing.
Technical Skills
Frontend
Backend
DevOps & Tools
AI & LLMs
Digital Twins
Work Experience
Lead Software Developer
- •Led the design and delivery of AI-powered products from concept to production for planning and geospatial workflows
- •Built full-stack applications spanning frontend, backend, cloud infrastructure, AI systems, and automation
- •Designed scalable APIs, data pipelines, and AI workflows using OpenAI, LangChain, Redis, and ArcGIS
- •Led architecture decisions across multiple internal platforms and AI initiatives
Founder & AI Product Engineer
- •Built and launched an AI-powered SaaS platform, owning engineering, infrastructure, product strategy, growth, and customer success
- •Developed the frontend, backend, APIs, AI workflows, authentication, payments, and cloud infrastructure
- •Implemented SEO, analytics, GTM automation, and conversion tracking to support customer acquisition
- •Designed scalable AI document retrieval using OpenAI, LangChain, vector databases, and retrieval-augmented generation (RAG)
AI Engineer
- •Built AI evaluation systems to improve LLM reliability and response quality
- •Developed Python-based automation pipelines for large-scale AI benchmarking
- •Designed backend services supporting AI agents, workflow orchestration, and evaluation infrastructure
- •Processed and analyzed large evaluation datasets to improve model performance
Featured Projects
Buff My Class
A dark, armory-inspired website for Buff My Class, a 400+ member World of Warcraft guild on Zul’jin (US). A vanilla-JS frontend backed by a Node.js server that pulls a live roster, raid progression, and gear from the Blizzard API and Raider.IO — a rich internal hub for the whole guild.
Naruva.ai
An AI chatbot SaaS I founded, built, and launched. Small businesses train a custom chatbot on their own documents and embed it on their site with one line of code — grounded answers via RAG, with a full analytics dashboard.
Satellite Area Calculator
A user-friendly web app for drawing and measuring areas and distances on satellite imagery with professional-grade accuracy. Built with Vue.js and the Google Maps API, it features a distance measurement tool for lines and paths, plus an optimized AI assistant for natural language map commands.
Euclid HL
An AI planning and zoning platform, live in communities across North America, that answers residents’ questions with cited answers grounded in each community’s adopted code — cited to the section, linked to the parcel on the map.
Dubai Digital Twin
A large-scale digital twin of Downtown Dubai, leveraging Esri and Unreal Engine to create an immersive, real-time 3D environment for urban planning, scenario analysis, and real estate management.
St. Louis Digital Twin
An immersive digital twin project using ArcGIS Maps SDK for Unreal Engine to revitalize the Dr. Martin Luther King Drive corridor in St. Louis, enabling interactive visualization of urban transformations.
GridPrice
A sophisticated Android application designed to help users optimize their electricity consumption by providing real-time pricing data from ComEd's hourly pricing program.