HMIS-NL / Housing-services analytics
HMIS-NL, reporting you can check
Reporting answers with an inspectable meaning and source
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Applied AI you can verify.
Backend systems you can rely on.
Software engineer building data systems and AI-enabled tools for evidence-based decisions. I ran reporting for five years at an Orange County homeless-services agency and took funder reports from days of manual work to on demand. Today I build AI applications where calculations and citations can be checked.
Selected engineering work
Each case study shows the problem and how the software solves it.
MiCasa / Housing navigation
MiCasa, keep the housing search moving
A demonstrated case moves from a shortlist to a reviewed inquiry and a dated next action. Time savings still need to be measured.
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C++ systems / Independent project
C++ trading engine
Replays four hours of live market data in 15 seconds
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Retrieval application / Independent project
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Hallucinated quotations are ruled out by design
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From reporting for program staff to independent applied AI work.
Mar 2021 - Feb 2026
Data & IT Manager
Friendship Shelter / Data platform engineering, reporting infrastructure and team leadership
Cut federal, state and local funder reports from two to three days of manual assembly to on demand by moving the calculations into version-controlled Python, so a rerun reproduces the same number.
2014 - 2021
Owner and Web Developer
Jellyfish Development
Ran a one-person web shop for local businesses and a youth-golf nonprofit (PHP, JavaScript, three.js).
Open to roles and contract work
Let's talk about your team.
I'm available for data engineering and applied AI roles, and contract work in the meantime. Remote or Orange County hybrid.
alandevaney@gmail.com