Branson Tay
Full-stack engineer · forward-deployed
I build applied-AI
tools that ship.
A full-stack engineer who ships production code end-to-end, with tools living on the internet and at the race track with real users. I drop into unfamiliar systems and love using entrepreneurial instincts to own problems from scoping to deployment.
OPEN TO WORK LONDON-BASED US-AUTHORISED (H1B1) FROM SEP 2026
Helm
Automatic CV generator app, built with an agentic harness on a self-improving loop.
- Live consumer product 10 users 20 CVs generated
- Generates a tailored CV from one job description
- Uses end-to-end evals and agentic harness to determine the quality of the CV output
WHY Teach myself system design, and self-improving harnesses in production environments
Source is private as Helm is a live product. The diagram shows the architecture instead.
- typescript
- fastapi
- k8s
- sqs
- cloudflare
Helm exposes one public surface (web) and keeps every other service private behind a shared key. Select any component to see what it does, and why it sits where it does.
MARL Racing Sim
When teamwork helps and when it hurts.
- Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning in a custom-built F1-inspired action space
- Find learning strategies for teammates in a dynamic competitive environment
- Maps when team play speeds learning, and when it stalls it
WHY Investigate when cooperation and competition hurt AI agents working together.
- python
- pytorch
- dqn family
PHASE 01 · DOES IT LEARN?
Purpose: Let's verify if the simulator works as an experimentation platform, and DQN (Deep-Q-Network) learns. One vanilla DQN against a base agent with simple heuristics.
Conclusion: All three seeds for our DQN agents beat the base agent more than 50% of the time. We got DQN to work!
Quasi-Static Lap Time Simulator
Lap-time solver built from first principles, with a fitted tyre model
- Actively used by Leeds Gryphon Racing to determine design trade-offs
- Predicts pace per track from mass, aero, tyres, and gearing
- Python FastAPI web app for engineers to easily use with RAG AI chatbot
WHY Let engineers reason about design choices in minutes, instead of hours of expensive track time
- python
- fastapi
- api design
- linear programming
- web development
- data modelling
Other projects
I like transforming new technologies into products that translate into a breadth of real-world applications
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Aerodynamic Concept RAG Analyser A RAG pipeline that ingests arXiv aerodynamics papers into a vector database for LLM evaluation. pythonragvector dbllmmcpfastapi
- Assembled a RAG pipeline ingesting arXiv aerodynamics papers into a vector database for LLM evaluation
- Integrated MCP tooling to extend agent retrieval, enabling dynamic paper ingestion and concept refinement
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Travelindr Co-founder and CEO of a group travel-itinerary generator, taken from idea to an incubated MVP. agilea/b testingproduct strategyfundraising
- Founded Travelindr, a group travel-itinerary generator, in a small team implementing Agile practices
- Communicated core company strategy to the team, backed by qualitative focus group data using A/B testing
- Pitched to investors, reached Minimum Viable Product (MVP) status, and was incubated at NEC
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Azure Serverless Distributed Pipeline An event-driven distributed pipeline on Azure for serverless analysis at scale. pythonazure functionsblobqueueserverless
- Designed a distributed Azure pipeline using Functions, Blob and Queue Storage for event-driven analysis
- Implemented serverless functions and load-tested HTTP triggers to validate throughput and latency at scale
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E-commerce Shopify Store Built and marketed e-commerce brands, optimising conversion from data and heatmaps. shopifyfacebook adsphotoshoppremiere pro
- Increased conversions by 10 percent by adapting the add-to-cart button position from cursor heatmaps
- Built an efficient sales funnel from data insights and trend targeting
- Developed and marketed multiple store brands with attention-grabbing creatives
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Formula Student ICE Data Acquisition System A real-time GPS telemetry pipeline from Arduino Teensy to live engineering dashboards. c++arduinogit
- Built a real-time GPS telemetry pipeline from Arduino Teensy to dashboard and wireless engineering displays
- Honed collaborative software practice with Git and code reviews
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2D CFD Radiator Optimisation Simulator A 2D incompressible fluid solver in Rust that optimises radiator angle for cooling and drag. rustnumerical methodsparallelism
- Developed a 2D incompressible fluid solver analysing radiator angle effects on cooling, pressure drop and drag
- Automated batch simulations and visualisations to optimise radiator design with parallel processing
Background
I sit at the intersection of mechanical engineering and computer science, and I build in that overlap. I'm drawn to where AI meets the physical world, where learning systems meet real hardware and dynamics.
- 2024 – 25Jaguar TCS Racing Junior Strategy & Software Engineer Kidlington, UK
- 2020 – 22Republic of Singapore Navy Marine Systems Specialist Technician Singapore
- Predicted first-class
- Formula Student Performance & Simulation sub-team lead
- Designed gearbox to load, speed and dimensional spec in CAD
- Graduated with Good Progress and School of Engineering Merit awards
Let's build something
that ships.
London-based UK Graduate visa US-authorised via H1B1 treaty visa