Tyler Allen
Head Of AI at Unit21
San Francisco, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolTyler Allen is a Head of AI and seasoned software leader with eight years of experience building product and engineering teams at Unit21, a San Francisco startup focused on detecting and reporting suspicious activity. He progressed from hands-on software engineer to engineering manager and product manager before taking on AI leadership, blending product sense with technical depth in ML-driven risk detection. Equally comfortable designing clean UIs, optimizing legacy codebases, and prototyping new features, he thrives at the intersection of practical engineering and product outcomes. Based in the Bay Area, Tyler brings an unusually holistic background—international political economy education plus immersive full-stack training—that informs pragmatic, user-focused AI solutions. Off-hours he recharges on long bike rides across the Golden Gate, which he credits for sharpening his problem-solving stamina.
8 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's Degree International Political Economy, Bachelor's Degree International Political Economy at Colorado CollegeFull Stack Software Development, Full Stack Software Development at App Academy
Spanish
Github Skills (12)
react-component10
filter9
react7
user-friendly7
material-ui7
typescript6
sql6
query-builder5
react-components5
javascript5
antd4
github-app2
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
tylerthomasallen/woof
Oct 2018 - Mar 2019
Contributions:161 commits, 12 PRs, 125 pushes in 5 months
Tianyou-Song/kraving
Oct 2018 - Oct 2018
Contributions:57 commits, 21 PRs, 38 pushes in 7 days
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