Nevyn Tatum | Full Stack Engineer & AI/ML Specialist

01 / Overview

Professional Summary

Innovative Full Stack Engineer with 5+ years of specialized experience in AI/ML applications and team leadership. Creator of WyvernChat, an AI chat platform serving 200,000+ users with 15,000 weekly active users. Proven track record in scaling AI-powered applications, managing cross-functional teams, and delivering robust cloud infrastructure solutions.

AI/ML Development Full Stack Engineering Team Leadership Cloud Infrastructure Database Scaling

02 / Toolset

Technical Skills

Programming Languages

Python JavaScript TypeScript C# Java Swift Kotlin Rust

AI/ML & Cloud

OpenAI OpenRouter AWS Machine Learning RNNs & Linear Transformers Prompt Engineering

Frontend Technologies

React Angular Ionic Vue CakePHP .NET Core

Backend & Infrastructure

Node.js MongoDB .NET Core Kubernetes Docker AWS Services

Development Tools

Git Jira Visual Studio

Databases

MongoDB SQL Elasticsearch

03 / History

Professional Experience

Full Stack Engineer & Software Development Manager @ RecursalAI (now Featherless AI)

January 2024 - Present | 2 years 9 months

Founded WyvernChat independently on November 28, 2023; the platform was later acquired by RecursalAI
Co-built and helped scale Featherless AI, a serverless LLM hosting platform, from early development through its growth to thousands of developers
Continued architecting and scaling the WyvernChat platform stack post-acquisition, growing it to 200K+ users
Managed a team of 4 engineers, overseeing project deliverables and technical direction
Implemented scalable solutions using MongoDB, Node.js, React, Next.js, and Kubernetes
Drove product growth from concept to 15K weekly active users through strategic technical decisions

Lead App Developer (Mobile - iOS - Android) @ PygmalionAI

September 2023 - February 2024 | 6 months

Developed cross-platform mobile application connecting to LLM endpoints (AWS, OpenAI, OSS platforms)
Architected mobile solutions using React, Swift, TypeScript, Kotlin, and Ionic
Integrated multiple AI/ML services enabling seamless user experience across platforms
Optimized mobile performance for real-time AI interactions and API communications

Full Stack Software Engineer @ WelcomeAI

October 2023 - November 2023 | 2 months

Developed Diffusion models and deployed cloud ML infrastructure on AWS
Built authentication and payment processing stack for cross-platform applications
Implemented end-to-end solutions using Python, JavaScript, React, and TypeScript
Optimized cloud deployment strategies for ML model serving and scaling

Software Engineer @ ToK AI

May 2023 - October 2023 | 6 months

Contributed to Moemate AI chat application development and feature enhancement
Collaborated on AI-powered conversational interfaces and user experience optimization

PHP Developer @ Cornell College

October 2021 - May 2023 | 1 year 8 months

Developed and maintained college web applications and internal systems
Implemented database solutions and backend services for educational platforms

04 / Highlights

Key Achievements

Founded WyvernChat AI Platform

Founded November 28, 2023, built from the ground up, and scaled to 200,000+ users with 15,000 weekly active users.

Led Technical Team

Successfully managed a 4-person engineering team delivering complex AI applications.

AI/ML Expertise

5+ years of hands-on experience in prompt engineering, model integration, and AI application development.

Cloud Infrastructure

Designed and deployed scalable solutions using AWS, Kubernetes, and modern DevOps practices.

05 / Portfolio

Featured Projects

WyvernChat

200K+ Users

An AI roleplay and worldbuilding platform for chatting with AI characters, building persistent worlds, and running collaborative story sessions. Founded November 28, 2023 as an independent project, later acquired by RecursalAI, and scaled from zero to a global community.

Next.js Fastify Redis MongoDB Socket.io

Homepage

WyvernChat trending and featured characters

Trending & Featured

Explore

Chat Interface

Featherless AI

40,000+ Models

A serverless LLM hosting platform offering instant, single-API access to 40,000+ open-weight models, with no setup and no dedicated hosting required. Helped build and scale it from early development into a platform used by thousands of developers.

Node.js Python Vue Nuxt.js AWS Kubernetes LLM Inference

featherless.ai (screenshots coming soon)

Wyldfire AI

Desktop App

The privacy-focused desktop counterpart to WyvernChat: a Tauri 2 native app where chats, characters, and worlds stay local on the user's own device instead of a server.

Tauri 2 Rust Next.js React SQLite

Screenshots coming soon. Everything runs local-first, so there's no hosted demo to pull them from.

MineFlow.io Mod Editor

A powerful web-based editor for creating and managing Minecraft mods, allowing users to create mods using a node-based interface.

React Fastify TailwindCSS

06 / Background

Education

Associate of Science (AS), Computer Software Development

Indian Hills Community College

High School Diploma

West High School

07 / Looking Ahead

Career Objectives

Seeking opportunities in a collaborative environment with creative, driven professionals where I can:

Solve complex technical challenges in AI/ML and full-stack development
Progress toward technical leadership and management responsibilities
Contribute to innovative products with meaningful impact
Work with diverse technologies and continue expanding my technical expertise
Influence team and company technical direction

Full Stack Developer Software Engineer ML Engineer Mobile Engineer Frontend Engineer