Ryan McBride

Built to move past the surface-level buzz around AI and understand the architecture firsthand. Created a document-aware chat application that lets users upload files and ask questions grounded in their own content.

• •Designed the full ingestion pipeline, including upload, chunking, embedding, and semantic retrieval, using pgvector within a PostgreSQL-based stack.
• •Built a cohesive product with threaded conversations, context-aware responses, and document ingestion, not just a basic chat interface.
• •Deployed as a solo project, supporting document-aware chat across multiple file types including PDF, DOCX, and plain text.

Led development of a greenfield internal platform at Charter Communications, originally scoped for a five-engineer team. Delivered it with a two-engineer team ahead of schedule and under budget.

• •Designed and built a dynamic rules engine that controlled field visibility and values based on user selections, turning complex business logic into a maintainable system.
• •Implemented bidirectional data synchronization with Salesforce, enabling real-time updates and reliable consistency across platforms.
• •Reduced sales-to-engineering engagement time for ROI analysis from weeks to minutes, earning recognition from VP-level leadership.

Technical lead on a high-traffic consumer streaming product at Charter Communications, serving 1M+ monthly visitors. Led feature delivery across the On Demand platform while coordinating closely with product and design teams.

• •Integrated Apple TV+, Xumo, and Peacock into Spectrum's marketing experience, expanding content discovery for over 1M monthly users.
• •Built analytics tracking to surface user behavior patterns and support more informed product decisions.
• •Led implementation across the On Demand platform, translating product requirements into consumer-facing features at scale.

A frontend product showcase built around music discovery and interaction design. The goal was to create an experience where users could explore a deep catalog in a way that felt fast, clear, and intentional, not just another generic music player.

• •Designed browse and playlist-style interaction flows focused on search, discovery, and ease of navigation.
• •Built a polished, responsive UI with dark/light themes.
• •A rebuilt of an existing project with upgraded technologies and SSR.