Tyler Halstead

Staff Software Engineer

Staff-level engineer and founder building production AI systems, agent workflows, and 0→1 products. Focused on reliable tool use, observable execution, and turning ambiguous problems into shipped systems.

Experience

10/2025 — PRESENT

Staff Software Engineer

Rocket Money

Building the backend AI orchestration platform for Rowan capabilities.

11/2024 — 10/2025

Staff Software Engineer

Plumb (archived)

Owned integrations and backend architecture for an N8N style AI workflow builder.

08/2023 — 10/2024

Co-founder (technical)

Divinate

Founded and built an AI powered user-research platform, from fundraising through customer acquisition.

03/2024 — PRESENT

Founding Engineer

Alpaca

Built the first version of the Alpaca teacher survey and school analytics platform. Continuing on in limited contractor capacity.

01/2022 — 12/2023

Senior Software Engineer

Stark Labs

Built accessibility product features, enterprise SSO, and real-time Figma scanning.

06/2020 — 12/2021

Software Engineer

WP Engine / LocalWP

Built LocalWP, its APIs, component system, authentication services, and Local Hub.