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Founding Engineer
Technical Strategy & Architecture
Organizational Leadership

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.

Organizational Intelligence Engine
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

Welcomed Hannah Hawkins

Welcomed our beautiful daughter Hannah into the world!

FamilyNew DadJoy
Dec 2023
Engineering at Scale
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

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

Married in Fullerton, CA

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

MarriageCelebrationPartnership
July 2020
PropTech Platform & MLOps
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
Data Risk Analysis
Data Analysis

Data Risk Analysis

Leveraged technical data analysis skills to assess risk and optimize decision-making processes within GE Capital's financial frameworks.

Data Analysis
Risk Management
Financial Modeling
2012-2014

SEC Championship Victory

Starting Lock (5) for the Vanderbilt Rugby Club. Secured the Southeastern Conference crown in a thrilling 9-3 defensive battle against Auburn.

RugbyTeamworkChampionship
March 2011

Bachelor of Arts

Graduated with a focus on Financial Mathematics and Economics. Active member and Captain of Vanderbilt Rugby Football Club.

EducationEconomicsFinancial Mathematics
2012

Writings & Thoughts

Essays on engineering culture, systems thinking, and remote leadership.

All writings
3 min read

Optimized Shippable Value

In my post on Smallest Shippable Value, I ended with this thought: “The REAL secret is finding those things that are the highest percent of the value that are worth shipping.” Optimized Shippable Valu…

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Chief of the Piece

I have encountered the concept of Barrels Vs Ammunition from former PayPal COO & venture capitalist Keith Rabois a few times recently and have been giving it more thought as I have been building a lar…

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“We need to talk about your flair”

An Intro to Concern Capacity In the world of work, there’s a critical attribute that sets top employees apart: Concern Capacity.

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