Shipping Rails + AI products
For the past two years I’ve been a Founding Product Engineer focused on building and scaling CorePilot — an AI-powered ERP for the aviation aftermarket. My role spans:
- Product strategy & technical architecture
- Rapid iteration using Rails + Hotwire
- Data modeling & performance tuning in PostgreSQL
| Area | Stack / Tools |
|---|---|
| Backend | Ruby on Rails (API + full-stack), Sidekiq |
| Frontend Delivery | Hotwire (Turbo + Stimulus) |
| Data | PostgreSQL |
| Caching & Realtime | Redis |
| Cloud & Ops | Heroku, Render, Digital Ocean, AWS |
| Monitoring | Appsignal |
| Collaboration | Product-minded approach, tight feedback cycles |
Why it matters:
- Focus on reliability, developer velocity, and clean domain modeling
- Lean stack: Rails + Hotwire for speed without SPA complexity
- Enough test coverage to ship with confidence
- Product-first engineering: start with the user problem, ship iteratively.
- Pragmatic over hype: proven fundamentals > unnecessary abstraction.
- Clear communication & tight feedback loops.
- AI Agent workflows for coding
- Innovative UX for LLM integrations
- Collaboration on lean Rails + AI products
- Conversations around scaling product-engineering teams
- Happy to discuss mentoring, open source, advisory roles
- LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/htcarr3
Feel free to reach out if you want to chat about building products with Rails.
- Location: Asheville, NC (Eastern Time, US)
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