Katy AI Developer — Senior, Veteran-Led, Available
I am a senior AI developer in Katy, Texas. An AI developer is an engineer who builds AI systems — not just integrating APIs, but training models, building eval harnesses, and shipping production workloads. Single-principal delivery, 25 years in computer science, U.S. Army veteran. Houston-anchored, Katy buyers served remote with in-person discovery available.
Katy as a buyer market for AI developer work
Cinco Ranch, Cross Creek Ranch, the Katy Mills corridor, LaCenterra at Cinco Ranch, the I-10 / Grand Parkway interchange — Katy is the largest west-Houston suburb, anchored by Katy ISD and the energy-sector commuter population. The dominant verticals are energy operators based in the Energy Corridor and along I-10 West, Katy ISD-anchored education businesses, Cinco Ranch and Cross Creek Ranch healthcare practices, mid-market accounting and logistics.
What I ship as a Katy AI Developer
Custom LLM systems, RAG pipelines, fine-tuning (LoRA, QLoRA), agent workflows, eval harnesses, self-hosted deployment — not third-party API wrappers. The engagement shape adapts to which Katy vertical the buyer operates in — energy operators based in the Energy Corridor and along I-10 West, Katy ISD-anchored education businesses, Cinco Ranch and Cross Creek Ranch healthcare practices, mid-market accounting and logistics each have their own compliance posture, deploy posture, and procurement posture.
Who hires me as a Katy AI Developer
Buyers across energy operators based in the Energy Corridor and along I-10 West, Katy ISD-anchored education businesses, Cinco Ranch and Cross Creek Ranch healthcare practices, mid-market accounting and logistics. The credential stack — 25 years computer science, B.S. CS from the University of Houston, U.S. Army veteran — registers consistently across Katy verticals. The single-principal accountability is the load-bearing differentiator: the engineer in the scoping call is the engineer writing the code.
How a Katy engagement is scoped
Scoping call (free, 30 minutes). Written specification (1-2 weeks, paid). Two-week sprints with a working demo at the end of each. Pest tests alongside features. Handover with runbook and 30-day post-launch support window. In-person discovery available in the Katy metro on request.
The national AI developer page
The AI developer practice across the country, with the full scope detail, lives on the AI Developer for Hire page. This page is the Katy-specific entry — same practice, same engineer, Katy-anchored copy.
Are you available for Katy engagements?
Yes — one engagement at a time, fully present. In-person discovery in the Katy metro is available on request; day-to-day work is remote-friendly.
What is your hourly rate?
Bespoke, scoped per engagement, written into SOW before contract. Pricing depends on engagement shape — hourly retainer, fixed-scope project, or agency white-label all have different rate cards. The scoping call produces a written total before anything is signed.
Do you work with energy operators based in the Energy Corridor and along I-10 West buyers in Katy?
Yes — that is one of the largest Katy verticals I work in. The engagement shape adapts to the compliance, deploy, and procurement constraints specific to energy operators based in the Energy Corridor and along I-10 West.
How is this different from the national AI developer page?
Same practice, same engineer, same engagement shape — Katy-anchored. This page exists for buyers searching by city; the national page lives at /ai-developer with the full role scope detail.
Scope This Engagement
Single principal, plan first, working code on every checkpoint.
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