James M. Smith
AI/Product Engineer
AI/Product Engineer at Magical Inc in San Francisco, building AI-powered workflow automation that ships real features end-to-end. I graduated from Oregon State University in June 2026 (B.S. Computer Science, Cybersecurity minor, Cum Laude) and spent four years as an NCAA Division I cheerleader while building production AI systems on the side. At Estée Lauder I shipped a 12,000-SKU recommendation engine with $1.5M projected annual revenue impact and cut LLM API costs 45% with vector-database caching — and I've been chasing that kind of leverage ever since. I care about building things that actually work.
Education
Oregon State University
Bachelor of Science in Computer Science & ML/AI
September 2022 – June 2026
Graduated Cum Laude. Minor in Cybersecurity. Dean's List. Relevant Coursework: Operating Systems I&II, Discrete Math, Analysis of Algorithms, Software Eng. I&II, Data Structures, Web Development, Computer Assembly, Technical Writing.
Companies I Have Worked With
Magical Inc
CurrentAI/Product Engineer
July 2026 – Present
Building AI-powered workflow automation features at a Series A startup in San Francisco, shipping end-to-end from prompt engineering through production deployment.
Freelance AI Engineer
Freelance AI Engineer
May 2026 – July 2026
Built an AI quoting agent for a lumber wholesale distributor that reads customer RFQ emails, queries live ERP data, and drafts quote replies in Outlook.
Envolvly
CurrentCo-Founder
February 2023 - Present
Co-founded and scaled a tech startup by building a robust, secure, and scalable full-stack application from the ground up.
BVR ST CO
Machine Learning Intern
October 2025 – June 2026
Built ML pipelines for collegiate football performance analysis, processing player-tracking data to surface tactical insights for coaching staff.
Oregon State University
AI Advisor
August 2025 – June 2026
Advised the GENESIS AI development team on building internal agentic AI tools to streamline university business operations across a 35,000-student public research university.
The Estée Lauder Companies
Machine Learning Intern
June 2025 – August 2025
Engineered an agentic AI workflow to power a customer-facing chatbot, enhancing product recommendations for a global brand.
NJ Transit
Programmer & Technical Analyst Intern
June 2024 – August 2024
Fortified a critical statewide incident reporting system by creating tests, directly contributing to system reliability and modernization.
Hats & Ladders
Software Engineering Intern
June 2022 – August 2022
Built a user management panel serving over 200,000 users, simplifying administration for hundreds of organizations.
Projects
Envolvly
B2B SaaS I co-founded at OSU. Built the full stack from scratch — React, Node.js, MongoDB, AWS — and grew it to 1,000+ users. Won OSU's school-wide pitch competition.
GitHub · Docker · AWS · React · Typescript · +1 more
StuntCV
Computer vision tool for analyzing cheer stunts. Tracks 33 body landmarks per frame, measures joint angles, and exports pose data to CSV.
Python · OpenCV · MediaPipe · Tkinter · NumPy
OVERSEER
Native desktop app that uses your webcam to monitor eye gaze and posture. Sends alerts when you drift. All processing is local — nothing leaves your machine.
Rust · Tauri · OpenCV
COORDINATOR
Agentic AI for real-time sports strategy. Runs on local NVIDIA hardware, processes live play-by-play data, and surfaces tactical recommendations mid-game.
NVIDIA · AutoGen · Next.js
ResumAI
CLI tool that reads a resume and job description, then generates a tailored cover letter, ATS score, and interview prep materials.
Python · OpenAI API · CSV · ATS
MIT JOS
Worked through MIT's 6.828 JOS curriculum, implementing memory management, system calls, a file system, and concurrency in C and x86 Assembly.
C · C++ · Assembly · OS concepts · Computer Architecture
jcord
Full-stack Discord clone with real-time messaging, WebRTC voice/video, typing indicators, presence, and full-text search.
Next.js 16 · TypeScript · Supabase · PostgreSQL · LiveKit · +2 more
n8n Automation Suite
Personal collection of self-hosted n8n automation workflows — AI agents, sentiment analysis pipelines, lead gen, and self-healing infrastructure monitors.
n8n · Node.js · REST APIs · Webhooks · AI Integrations
Personal Homelab
Raspberry Pi home server running self-hosted services on a Tailscale mesh VPN, with Pi-hole for DNS, Caddy as a reverse proxy, and Docker for containerization.
Raspberry Pi · Docker · Tailscale · Pi-hole · Caddy · +1 more
Second Brain Pipeline
Two-tier agent pipeline that converts 1,400+ AI conversations into a structured Obsidian knowledge base — Haiku for batch digesting, Sonnet for synthesis.
Python · Claude API · Haiku · Sonnet · Obsidian · +1 more
Hermes
Personal AI executive assistant running on my homelab. Telegram interface, human-in-the-loop approval gate, and integrations for email, calendar, and voice. In progress.
Raspberry Pi 5 · Dell OptiPlex · Python · Telegram · N8N · +2 more
Creative Works
I have a passion for making small videos recapping chapters of my life and saving memories. Here are a few: