CANDIDATE: ERYN MONTGOMERY DISCIPLINE: CREATIVE TECHNOLOGIST & SYSTEMS LEAD STATUS: OPEN FOR FULL-TIME & CONTRACT BASE: NOLA / COLUMBUS, OH / REMOTE UNION: IATSE LOCAL 478

Executive Briefing

10-Year Hollywood Production Lead · Autonomous Systems Engineer

I build automations, browser applications, and resilient data systems. Behind every project is ten years leading film prop departments: managing six-figure budgets, directing crews, and anticipating problems before they shut down a multi-million-dollar set.

In software, as on camera, my defining instinct is anticipating downstream failure modes and building safeguards before anything reaches production.

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104k → 9.7k AST Deduplication

90.7% lines reduced in Obsidian vault exports via Flatpack’s single-instance pointer compiler.

0.00% Duplicate Posts

100% idempotent publishing in crierbaby via atomic DB claims and photo-fingerprint retries.

5 Gates Hallucination Defense

Unsure = Alive rule in RIP · URL. Candidates must pass five progressive gates before Claude Opus writes copy.

10+ Years Film Leadership

Headed IATSE 478 prop departments, managing $100k-$500k budgets, union crews, and on-set crisis triage.

Selected Systems & Evidence

RIP URL publication interface
Autonomous Publication · TypeScript · Val Town

RIP · URL — Autonomous Fact-Checked Publication

A weekly obituary newsletter for defunct domain names. Built around an unsupervised state machine that fact-checks itself, because an AI writer will happily eulogize a living company.

1. Discover → 2. Liveness Gate → 3. Primary Evidence → 4. Archive Shot → 5. Claude Opus → 6. Fact Audit → 7. Publish
The Safeguard Unsure = Alive rule. Bot walls, redirects, or timeouts permanently disqualify the candidate.
CI Regression Suite Offline tests mock every response type on push, guarding against eulogizing living websites.
Visit Publication → GitHub Repo Read Architectural Case Study →
crierbaby post queue interface
Photo Scheduler · Cloudflare Workers · Vision AI

crierbaby — Zero-Duplicate Social Scheduler

A self-hosted social media photo scheduler with vision-model captioning. Solves the two failures that cannot be undone: posting twice after network drops, and posting without approval.

Idempotent Retry Logic Workers atomically claim posts in D1 SQLite. Retries re-upload photos and match content IDs before re-posting.
Human-in-the-Loop Drafts are written in the background from your plain-language voice notes. Nothing posts without manual batch approval.
Explore on GitHub → Read Idempotency Case Study →
Creative Coding · HTML5 Canvas & AST

Creative Browser Tools & Flatpack AST Compiler

Browser tools for design that I wished existed: perceptual color clustering from photography, real-time destructive resampling shaders, and Flatpack—an AST compiler reducing Obsidian vaults by 90.7%.

Flatpack Vault Metric 104,000 lines reduced to 9,700 lines by replacing repeated embeds with navigable pointer headings.
Canvas 2D Color Clustering Runs client-side in the browser: extracts harmonious color palettes without sending image data to servers.
Flatpack on GitHub → Live Palette Maker →

Target Roles & Team Fit

01 // ROLE

Creative Technologist & Design Engineer

Unites aesthetic sensitivity, narrative craft, and code. Builds novel UI experiments, canvas-driven graphics, interactive tools, and expressive digital media.

  • Interactive Canvas 2D color extraction & pixel shaders
  • Rapid browser prototyping & bespoke micro-apps
  • Typographic precision, responsive UX, and accessible web systems
02 // ROLE

AI Systems & Automation Engineer

Builds reliable, autonomous systems that orchestrate LLMs, vision models, and data pipelines without silent failures or hallucinations.

  • Multi-step prompt chains with independent factual auditors
  • Defensive gates: liveness probes, fallback logic, rate-limit resilience
  • CI/CD automated regression testing for model behaviors
03 // ROLE

Full-Stack & Edge Prototyper

Deploys lean, lightning-fast edge applications on Cloudflare Workers and serverless platforms, bridging lightweight frontends to persistent data.

  • Cloudflare Workers + D1 SQLite serverless architectures
  • TypeScript state machines and event-driven architectures
  • Clean REST APIs and idempotent background workers
04 // ROLE

Technical Producer & Operations Lead

Applies a decade of Hollywood prop department mastery to technical delivery: unblocking teams, managing budgets, and triaging crises with calm precision.

  • Deep experience managing $100k+ budgets and vendor pipelines
  • Leading cross-functional teams under strict delivery deadlines
  • Anticipatory problem-solving: identifying single points of failure early

Technical Competencies & Stack

TypeScript & JavaScript Expert

Modern ESNext, strong typing, asynchronous state machines, AST parsing, and robust error boundaries.

TypeScript Node.js ES Modules DOM / Canvas
Cloudflare Workers & Serverless Production

Edge microservices, scheduled cron tasks, D1 SQLite databases, idempotent HTTP queues, and rate-limiting.

Workers D1 SQLite Val Town KV Store
LLM & Vision Orchestration Production

Multi-step pipelines with Claude Opus/Sonnet, OpenAI, and multimodal vision models with automated fact-auditing gates.

Claude Opus Vision AI Fact-Checking Gates Prompt Engineering
AST & Document Parsing Production

Abstract Syntax Tree traversal, markdown manipulation, pointer graph generation, and recursive embed resolution.

Markdown AST Obsidian Templater Regex Compilers
HTML5 Canvas & Creative Code Expert

Real-time pixel resampling, color extraction via perceptual clustering, dithering, and digital asset degradation.

Canvas 2D Color Math Bit Depth Quantization Chroma Bleed
Testing & CI/CD Production

Unit, integration, and regression testing in GitHub Actions. Mocked network failures, bot wall simulations, and DST edge-cases.

GitHub Actions Automated Tests Mock Sandboxes
Visual Design & Post-Production Expert

Decade of editorial and digital visual craft. Deep proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite and cinematic framing.

Adobe Premiere Photoshop Lightroom Typography
High-Stakes Production Leadership Expert

10 years as Property Master (IATSE 478). Six-figure department budgeting, union crew management, vendor negotiation, and crisis mitigation.

Department Head $500k+ Budgets Vendor Sourcing On-Set Crisis Triage

“The failures that hurt most are the quiet ones: a sync that succeeds with nothing in it, an AI that confidently buries a living company, a scheduler that double-posts on a dropped network reply. Both in film prop departments and in distributed software, my rule is the same: when a system doesn’t know, it must speak up, stop, and do the safe thing.”

— Eryn Montgomery · The Fail-Safe Philosophy

Candidate Screening Q&A

What is Eryn’s notice period and availability?

Available immediately for full-time permanent roles or high-impact contract engagements. Zero notice period required.

What are Eryn’s work authorization and location preferences?

US Citizen (authorized to work for any US employer without sponsorship). Based in New Orleans / Columbus, OH. Open to 100% remote roles, hybrid, or relocation for the right team.

What kind of culture does Eryn thrive in?

High-agency, collaborative teams that value craftsmanship, psychological safety, and direct communication. Environments where engineering and design collaborate as equal creative partners.

Is Eryn open to a system design or code walkthrough?

Absolutely. Eryn is eager to walk through any codebase, demonstrate automated test suites, discuss fail-safe state machines, or review edge architectures.

Let’s Start a Conversation.

Whether you have an open role, an experimental project, or want to schedule a 15-minute introductory call, I’d love to connect.

Email Directly (montgomery.k.eryn@gmail.com) → Download Résumé PDF Call / Text (504-635-8773)
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