Building the people, platforms, and practices that power great products.

Hi, I'm Andrew Hawkins. I build technical foundations and teams designed for focus, autonomy, and velocity.

My Journey

A history of technical challenges solved, systems architected, and life lived.

AI Product Architecture

Organizational Intelligence Engine

Led AI transformation at venture-backed Torch ($87M raised). Orchestrated end-to-end AI product strategy, directed architecture of complete AI tech stack (RAG/CAG, Multi-Agent Systems), and led teams to ship continuous-learning intelligence agents serving Fortune 500 clients.

GenAI

RAG

Multi-Agent System

2024-2025

Head of Engineering

@ Torch.io

Welcomed Hannah Hawkins

Welcomed our beautiful daughter Hannah into the world!

FamilyNew DadJoy

Dec 2023

Proud Dad

Management

Engineering at Scale

Led 8-10 global, remote engineering teams for Tidy.com ($100M+ LTR). Defined product/AI vision, coached engineers through architectural decisions, and established hiring processes achieving 95% retention.

Leadership

Remote Teams

Mentorship

2020-2024

Senior Engineering Manager

@ Tidy.com

Giving Back to the Game

Became a certified youth football official with the PFOA, mentoring young athletes and ensuring fair play on the gridiron.

CommunityFootballMentorship

Jan 2021

Youth Football Official

@ PFOA

Married in Fullerton, CA

Tied the knot with my amazing partner Lauren in Fullerton, California!

MarriageCelebrationPartnership

July 2020

Newlywed

Full Stack & ML

PropTech Platform & MLOps

Built core platform automating cleaning/maintenance for property managers. Deployed predictive models (XGBoost, Neural Networks) for job scheduling and reliability forecasting. Managed end-to-end MLOps lifecycle.

Ruby on Rails

PostgreSQL

MLOps

2014-2020

Founding Engineer

@ Tidy.com