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Nathaniel Young

Software engineer · Hands-on technical leadership

10+ years across Microsoft, John Deere, and Principal. I help teams turn an uncertain direction into useful software, with the architecture, AI experience, and follow-through to carry it into operation.

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Selected work & independent builds

Client delivery, AI products, and the decisions behind them

Client work

Stand and Salute

Pre-production automated flag pole engineering for Stand and Salute LLC, via Dreamforge. Working proof of concept.

Client work

DSM Children's Museum

Interactive exhibits: phones, Fire House sensing, and a playable pipe puzzle design tool.

Archived venture

Varimuse

About 15 people found it and tried it. None bought tokens. I closed it. I will not race to the bottom on free credits.

Archived venture

Pet Protagonists

From a pet photo to a complete illustrated book. Read the result, explore the architecture, and see the work behind the product.

Work with me

Build Beyond Belief

Scoped partnership for an ambitious one-off. Judgment, a fast proof, and a team that can carry it after.

Earlier offering

Sagaciasoft AI Chatbots

Website-grounded AI assistants, multiple backends, and a Stripe offering. An early lesson in useful answers and the work of finding paying customers.

Independent

Trading architecture

Containerized Python strategy services, broker connectivity, scheduled execution, and deploy automation. Built to understand market systems by running them.