# Resume: Irvyn Hall

Motivated by hard problems and AI.

## Contact

- Email: irvynhall@gmail.com
- Location: Aberdeen, Scotland
- GitHub: https://github.com/1rvyn
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/irvynf1
- Resume PDF: https://irvyn.us/resume/irvyn-hall-resume.pdf
- Relocation: Willing to relocate: Anywhere

## Skills

### Languages

- Go
- Java
- JavaScript
- TypeScript
- Python
- C#
- C++
- HTML
- PowerShell
- SQL
- React

### Cloud

- Cloudflare
- AWS
- Azure
- Google Cloud
- Vercel
- OpenAI

### Systems

- Node
- Svelte
- Next.js
- Docker
- Kubernetes
- PostgreSQL
- Redis
- Prometheus
- Grafana
- Linux
- WebSockets

### Tooling

- Git
- CI/CD
- Jira
- Teams
- Slack
- Gradle

## Experience

### Software Engineer II, Opus 2

March 2025 - Present

Stack: Go, Python, CUDA, AWS EC2, ASR, LLM, Data Science

- Scaled and hardened internal whisper GPU infra across AZ's.
- Improved BE + FE performance of realtime ASR services to let editors work on transcripts with unlimited size.
- Having fun leading an iniative to implement LLM/AI post-processing to our ASR pipeline.

### Software Engineer, SecuriGroup Ltd

August 2023 - March 2025

Stack: Go, Protocol Buffers, GraphQL, Azure, Prometheus

- Implemented self-hosted observability with Prometheus, Grafana, and Bugsnag, improving triage time.
- Built backend Go APIs across Protocol Buffers, GraphQL, and REST for 25,000+ users across the UK and Ireland.
- Architected and deployed an Azure AI/ML document pipeline for 1,200+ live clients. RAG over insurance documents that made it into production!
- Led DevOps work across Azure, AWS, and internal systems, speeding up docker builds and deployments.
- Mentored a junior developer in Go and day-to-day engineering practice.

### Software Engineer, Aberdeen Drilling School

May 2023 - July 2023

Stack: C++, Go, PostgreSQL, Redis, OpenAI

- Worked across C++, PowerShell, Go, HTML, JavaScript, PostgreSQL, Redis, CI/CD, and OpenAI APIs.
- Designed integration tests that improved installation and cleanup time by minutes.
- Built automation scripts and a RAG-based internal chatbot over company documentation.

### Lab Assistant, Robert Gordon University

September 2022 - May 2023

Stack: Node, JavaScript, MongoDB, REST

- Helped the dean of our school Dr John Isaacs teach Dynamic Web Development classes covering Node, jQuery, WebSockets, Express, Linux, REST APIs, and MongoDB.

### Summer Intern Software Engineer, Leonardo

May 2022 - August 2022

Stack: C#, GraphQL

- Led the refactoring of C# services from REST to GraphQL, reducing over-querying and improving performance.
- Contributed to planning work for moving internal testing projects toward private-cloud architecture.

### QA Engineer, Moonsworth LLC

January 2021 - October 2022

Stack: Python, A/B testing, Analytics, Gaming, Data Science

- Engineered a heuristic packet-based anti-cheat system that detected more than 300,000 cheaters.
- Wrote internal documentation and trained staff on anti-cheat analytics.
- Drove release QA and experimentation work that reduced bug reports by roughly 80%.
- Managed a team of 4 engineers by creating and tracking work through Trello and Jira.

## Education

### Robert Gordon University

- Degree: Bachelor of Science in Computer Science
- Dates: September 2021 - July 2023
- Location: Aberdeen
- Notes: 4.0 GPA/1st Class

### North East Scotland College

- Degree: Diploma of Higher Education in Computer Science
- Dates: September 2019 - August 2021
- Location: Aberdeen
- Notes: 4.0 GPA