Tyler Mcsilva
Software Engineering Manager at dscout
Seattle, Washington, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolTyler Mcsilva is a Software Engineering Manager in Seattle with 11 years of experience building customer-facing products and scaling AI/ML features in fast-paced startups. He leads cross-functional teams to deliver ethical, production-ready AI—most recently shepherding an AI-powered research assistant chatbot and expanding its account-wide data access while preserving user trust. Tyler has a track record of operational improvements—driving a company-wide JIRA-to-Linear rollout, implementing daily deployments with 24-hour code review SLAs, and leading a Live product overhaul that cut bugs by 80%. He blends hands-on engineering and people leadership, hiring and onboarding engineers, defining standards, and coaching teams toward technical quality and inclusion. Outside work he builds community as a Twitch streamer who’s raised significant funds for charity, demonstrating communication skills that translate to stakeholder alignment and evangelism. With a CS degree from Oregon State and roots in front-end development, he bridges UX-focused product delivery with robust backend and ML system thinking.
11 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor’s Degree, Computer Science, Bachelor’s Degree, Computer Science at Oregon State UniversityUndergraduate, Arts Technology, Undergraduate, Arts Technology at Illinois State UniversityFront End Web Development, Front End Web Development at Thinkful
English
Github Skills (22)
lgbt8
laravel8
gatsby8
elearning7
php7
management6
crm6
single-page6
pkce6
transgender5
javascript4
openid-connect4
authentication4
jwt3
pattern2
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
tymc7/impeachment-timeline
Oct 2019 - Jan 2020
Timeline of events that lead to the impeachment of Donald J. Trump →
Contributions:135 commits, 41 PRs, 105 pushes in 3 months
gatsbyeventstimelinecivic-techlead
tylerbmcsilva/pictor-encryption
May 2018 - Sep 2018
Contributions:36 PRs, 46 pushes, 36 branches in 3 months
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