Miles Tanaka
Available for freelance

Full-Stack Engineer

I build products that think.

I design and ship AI-native applications end to end — from the model layer to the pixels. Currently building tools for developers and teams shipping AI products.

Stack

Tools I reach for.

Languages

TypeScriptPythonGoSQL

Frontend

ReactNext.jsTailwind CSSFramer Motion

Backend

Node.jsPostgreSQLRedistRPC

AI / ML

OpenAI APILangChainPineconeAnthropic API

Infra / Tools

VercelDockerTurborepoGitHub Actions

Work

Selected projects.

Experience

Where I've worked.

2024 — Present

Senior Full-Stack Engineer · Nimbus AI

Leading the product engineering team building Nimbus's core agent platform, from the orchestration backend to the customer-facing dashboard.

Next.jsPythonLangChainPostgreSQL

2021 — 2024

Full-Stack Engineer · Ledgerly

Built and scaled the core web application for a fintech startup, from seed stage to Series B, including the migration to a real-time data pipeline.

ReactNode.jsPostgreSQLAWS

2019 — 2021

Frontend Engineer · Studio Marlow

Built marketing sites and web apps for a range of clients at a small product studio, with a focus on performance and motion design.

ReactGatsbyFramer Motion

Writing

From the blog.

AIEngineering

What actually breaks when you ship AI agents to production

The failure modes nobody warns you about — from silent context loss to cost spikes under real traffic.

Jun 2, 2026·8 min read
Architecture

Local-first is harder than it looks

Notes from building Fieldnote — what CRDTs actually solve, and what they don't.

Mar 14, 2026·6 min read
Backend

A simpler way to think about caching

A mental model for cache invalidation that has held up across three companies.

Nov 20, 2025·5 min read

Contact

Let's build something.

Open to freelance projects and select full-time roles. The fastest way to reach me is email.

hello@milestanaka.dev