Tran Thai Son (Tyson)

AI Engineer · Full-Stack Developer · AI Consultant · Educator
Vietnam · Available Globally (Remote)
Languages: Vietnamese (Native) · English (Fluent) · Chinese (Basic)

I engineer AI systems and full-stack software, help businesses integrate AI into their workflows, and teach people how to build with modern AI tools.

// EDUCATION

SNA Marianapolis International School
High School Diploma (In Progress) · Self-directed study in AI Engineering, Computer Systems, and Distributed Software

// PROFESSIONAL & INDEPENDENT EXPERIENCE

Independent AI Developer & Systems Builder · Self-Directed / Tyson Builds
2024 — PRESENT

Architecting autonomous AI agent coordination systems, self-hosted LLM infrastructure, full-stack web applications, and developer tooling with high-velocity spec-driven vibe coding.

  • Conceived and architected Chief of Agents, an AI-native project coordination framework for parallel multi-agent software engineering
  • Created Not Limited, an initiative focused on removing technical and financial barriers for non-traditional builders and Vietnamese creators
  • Authored open-source GPU Rental Kit (github.com/TysonTranThai/gpu-rental-kit) to automate bare-metal GPU provisioning for vLLM inference
  • Deploying self-hosted open-weight LLMs (DeepSeek, Llama 3, Qwen) on private Linux VPS clusters with automated SSL and Nginx routing
AI Consultant & Client Solutions Engineer · Client Engagements & Small Business Automation
2024 — PRESENT

Partnering directly with small business owners, solo founders, and operators to design and implement customized AI workflows, support bots, and internal automation tools.

  • Audited client operational workflows to identify high-ROI automation and AI integration opportunities
  • Built custom 24/7 AI customer support bots and knowledge retrieval systems (RAG) integrated with company documentation
  • Automated cross-platform data synchronization between CRMs, messaging platforms (Telegram/Slack), and spreadsheets
  • Trained non-technical client teams on practical prompt engineering and daily AI tool adoption
Founder & Technical Mentor · Code Journey & 1-on-1 Builder Mentorship
2024 — PRESENT

Mentoring students, founders, and aspiring builders in spec-driven vibe coding, full-stack web development, and AI agent orchestration through project-first hands-on sessions.

  • Designed a 7-step independence learning roadmap: Goal → Understand → Learn → Build → Debug → Deploy → Build Independently
  • Guided complete beginners and students from zero coding knowledge to shipping their first live web applications on Vercel
  • Taught practical context engineering, `.cursorrules` creation, and terminal CLI navigation for high-velocity AI pair programming
  • Created collaborative community learning environments centered on figuring things out through real execution
Founder & E-Commerce Operator · Athletics & Digital Storefront Ventures
2023 — 2024

Founded and operated basketball merchandise and athletic equipment e-commerce projects, developing commercial intuition in sourcing, branding, and customer communication.

  • Managed end-to-end product sourcing, supplier evaluation, and international inventory logistics
  • Designed digital storefronts, brand visual identities, and social marketing campaigns
  • Handled customer inquiries, order fulfillment, refund policies, and margin calculations
  • Gained foundational entrepreneurial experience that now directly shapes practical software architecture decisions

// SELECTED TECHNICAL PROJECTS

Chief of Agents2026
Creator & Lead Architect

An intelligent orchestration system that bridges the gap between simple AI prototyping and production software engineering. Chief of Agents takes high-level user goals, generates structured implementation specs, breaks them down into isolated tasks, and coordinates specialized AI coding agents in parallel with automated review and revision loops.

Not Limited Platform2026
Founder & Architect

A personal mission and open ecosystem built on the conviction that no one should be prevented from building their ideas simply because they lack money or a formal computer science degree. Offers accessible tools, guidance, and free AI building resources.

GPU Rental Kit2026
Creator & Maintainer

A modular open-source toolkit and automated script suite designed to rapidly configure, secure, and deploy bare-metal cloud GPUs (RunPod, Vast.ai, Lambda Labs) for private LLM inference, vLLM acceleration, and model fine-tuning with zero manual boilerplate.

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Code Journey2024
Initiator & Mentor

A collaborative initiative created to help people learn programming, AI tools, and computer systems through hands-on project building. Through Code Journey, Tyson explored how people learn best with modern AI and refined his mentorship methodology.

Basketball & E-Commerce Ventures2023–2024
Founder & Operator

Entrepreneurial ventures in athletic equipment, basketball merchandise, and digital storefronts. Tyson managed end-to-end commercial operations including product sourcing, supplier communication, brand identity, customer service, and digital sales funnels.

// TECHNICAL SKILLS MATRIX

AI & Intelligent Systems
LLMs & Model APIs · Autonomous AI Agents · Prompt & Context Engineering · AI Automation Pipelines · RAG & Vector Retrieval · AI Workflow Optimization
Software Engineering & Full-Stack
TypeScript · Next.js (App Router) · React · Tailwind CSS · Node.js · Python · HTML5 / CSS3 · SQL
AI Infrastructure & Hosting
Linux (Ubuntu / Debian) · Docker & Containerization · Self-Hosted AI & Model Serving · VPS & Cloud Server Management · Nginx & Reverse Proxies · API Gateways & Routing
Data & Backend Integrations
REST APIs & Webhooks · Supabase · PostgreSQL · User Authentication
Developer Tools & Agentic Workflows
AI Coding Agents · Git & GitHub · CLI & Terminal Workflows · Spec-Driven Vibe Coding
CORE MANTRA: Build. // Learn. // Help. // Keep Going.
Available for Remote Contracts & Client Builds