SolidAngle
Human-centered platforms,
built from first principles.
AI consulting, cloud engineering, and fractional technical leadership— from a player-coach with 15 years of shipping systems that matter.
Los Angeles, CA · paul@solidangle.net
What I do
Engagements are scoped to fit—from a focused cloud audit to ongoing fractional leadership.
Fractional CTO
Your technical co-founder, part-time.
Roadmap, hiring, RFC culture, code review. Senior technical leadership—without the full-time overhead. I embed with your team and set the foundation that lets you scale.
Learn more →AI & Data Engineering
AI that ships, not demos.
Production LLM pipelines, RAG systems, entity resolution, vector search. I've built civic AI from scratch and deployed it to real users under real constraints.
Learn more →Cloud Architecture
Find the money in your AWS bill.
AWS, Terraform, IaC, Fargate, Atlantis. I've recovered ~$1.5M/year in cloud spend in a single engagement by combining architectural review with strict resource ownership.
Learn more →Software Engineering
Full-stack, built to last.
React, Django, GraphQL, React Native, Postgres. From spec to production—HIPAA-compliant health apps to civic data platforms—built with the same discipline I apply to every system.
Learn more →Selected work
A sample of systems I've built and shipped—across civic tech, disaster relief, and infrastructure.
Civic Tech
LA Disaster Relief Navigator
6,000 personalized recovery plans. 30,000 residents reached. Shipped in weeks during the 2025 wildfires.
AI / Data
SolidAngle Data
Civic intelligence platform—natural language search over thousands of LA municipal documents and campaign finance records.
Cloud
$1.5M Cloud Recovery
Stabilized critical streaming infrastructure and reduced annual cloud spend through targeted architectural review.
The player-coach
I write code and I lead teams in the same week. I set roadmaps and I review PRs. That's not accidental—it's how I've always worked, from building Monte Carlo ray tracers at Northrop to architecting the platform that helped 30,000 Angelenos navigate the 2025 wildfire recovery.
My goal is to build systems—and teams—that outlast my involvement.
Full story →Ready to build something that holds?
Whether you need a cloud audit, a fractional technical lead, or a team to ship a production AI system—let's talk.
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