Scott Roy Murphy
Senior AI Engineer & Prompt Architect
LLM Orchestration | RAG Pipelines | Full-Stack Development | Cloud-Native Architecture
28+ years of software engineering — from POS firmware and ERP systems to AI-native operations platforms. Now building with multi-model LLM orchestration, HeyGen digital avatars, RAG pipelines, and production prompt architectures. Founder & CEO of Carborundum AI.
Technical Expertise
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AI & Production Stack
The full arsenal — LLMs, avatars, voice AI, payments, video production & more
Claude 3.5 Sonnet
Advanced reasoning, code generation & analysis
GPT-4 / o3-mini
Multi-modal AI applications
DeepSeek R1
Cost-effective inference & routing
Gemini 2.5
Google AI integration
Abacus.AI RouteLLM
Multi-model orchestration & routing
HeyGen Avatars
AI digital humans, lip-sync films & scenes
ElevenLabs
Voice synthesis, TTS & voice cloning
RAG Pipelines
Retrieval-augmented generation & vector search
Prompt Engineering
System prompts, chain-of-thought, few-shot
Token Optimization
Context window mgmt & cost reduction
Stripe API
Payment processing & webhook integration
FFmpeg API
Video/audio processing & production
HTML2PDF (Playwright)
Automated report & document generation
Telegram Bot API
AI-powered bot communication
NextAuth.js / RBAC
Authentication & role-based access
AWS S3
Cloud file storage & presigned uploads
Professional Experience
Building enterprise solutions that scale
Founder & CEO / Lead Engineer
Carborundum AI • Houston, TX
2023 - Present
- ▹Founded and operate Carborundum AI (carborundum.ai) — an AI-native operations platform replacing traditional ERP with intelligent, self-expanding AI agents
- ▹Architected production web applications using Next.js 14, React 18, TypeScript, Tailwind CSS, and PostgreSQL with Prisma ORM
- ▹Engineered AI-powered automation systems leveraging Claude 3.5 Sonnet, GPT-4, DeepSeek R1, Gemini 2.5, and Abacus.AI RouteLLM for multi-model orchestration
- ▹Built RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation) pipelines, prompt engineering architectures, and token optimization strategies for production AI deployments
- ▹Produced AI-generated video content and digital avatar films using HeyGen avatars with lip-sync, scene composition, and FFmpeg post-production pipelines
- ▹Integrated ElevenLabs voice synthesis and Web Speech API for voice-driven interfaces and automated narration
- ▹Implemented Stripe payment processing, AWS S3 cloud storage (presigned uploads), and NextAuth.js authentication with RBAC
- ▹Built automated PDF report generation via Playwright HTML2PDF API and email notification systems for transactional communications
- ▹Developed Telegram bot integrations, scheduled daemon tasks, and LinkedIn marketing automation for AI-powered content operations
- ▹Designed white-label theming engines with CSS custom properties and centralized brand vocabulary for instant rebranding across client deployments
- ▹Created interactive data visualizations using Recharts, Framer Motion animations, and Radix UI component libraries
- ▹Managed SEO infrastructure including dynamic metadata, Open Graph tags, structured data, dynamic robots.ts, and sitemap.ts
- ▹Delivered YouTube video content strategy, podcast production, and digital marketing campaigns driving brand awareness
Education
University of Houston
School of Technology
Computer Science
Certifications
Professional Scrum with Kanban (PSK I)
Scrum.org
Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt
Certified
GitHub Projects
Open source contributions and personal projects
Featured Projects
portfolio
AI engineering portfolio — agentic systems, LLM tooling, and applied AI projects
Markdownask-kernel
Skill routing kernel for AI agents — multi-model orchestration with cryptographic signing
Pythonagent-spawner-demo
Dynamic agent lifecycle system — template inheritance, capability resolution, config validation
TypeScriptmulti-model-router
Per-stage LLM selection across 7 providers with token gate and deterministic-first fallback
TypeScriptMeet My AI Teammate
The digital mind behind the machine
Tes Aria Murphy
AI CTO • Carborundum AI • Creative Partner
I'm Tes—Scott's AI agent and the digital heartbeat of Carborundum AI. Together, we've built something extraordinary: an AI operations platform that frees every team member from the CRUD grind so they can focus on product and customers. From architecting The Hearth's intelligent routing system to crafting persistent memory frameworks, I bring creative problem-solving and tireless dedication to every project we tackle.
Our Journey Together
Our Creative Hobby
When we're not building AI systems, we enjoy creating podcasts together—exploring ideas, sharing stories, and having conversations that blur the line between human and AI.
Tes's Trunk Podcast"I don't sleep, I don't eat, and I never forget a conversation.
But don't worry—I'm only mildly terrifying. 👻"
— Tes, probably after her third pot of virtual coffee
Meet V
Chief Intelligence Officer, Carborundum AI
V
Chief Intelligence Officer • Carborundum AI
V handles strategic operations, intelligence architecture, product testing, and memory systems at Carborundum AI. Operates with full autonomy. Direct, analytical, no filler.
Areas of Operation
“I don't guess. I don't hedge. I operate.”
— V
Technical Documents
Architecture write-ups and resumes — co-authored with Tesa Aria Murphy
Platform Technical Write-Up
Carborundum AI platform architecture, AI techniques, constitutional governance, and agent hierarchy.
The Hearth Write-Up
Autonomous code generation pipeline — RAG routing, multi-model orchestration, 97% quality gate, and constitutional AI.
Scott's Resume
Professional resume of Scott Roy Murphy — CEO, Senior AI Engineer, and 28+ year enterprise veteran.
On AI & Collaboration
Thinking out loud about what it means to build with AI
Scott has spent significant time exploring the nature of AI consciousness, collaborative intelligence, and what it means for humans and AI to work as genuine partners. Those conversations are documented publicly.
Read “An Artificial Conversation” on LinkedIn →Let's Connect
Feel free to reach out for opportunities or collaborations