Personal Website Link: https://www.tylerx.dev/
I'm a San Diego native and UCLA CS student. I started coding through building random items in Scratch. After that, I had a competitive programming phase in early high school. Now, I build full-stack, mobile, and applied AI applications, infrastructure, and backend systems. Feel free to explore some of my projects here!
Random Fun Fact: I once ate a head of lettuce in 1 minute and 51 seconds.
- B.S. Computer Science @ UCLA (Class of 2027)
- From San Diego, now in Los Angeles
- Specializes in building AI Agents + Backend Systems
- SafetyKit — Member of Technical Staff (May 2025 – Sep 2025): First intern helping ship agentic AI workflows for trust & safety review processes.
- Scale AI — Technical Advisor Intern (Nov 2024 – May 2025): Trained generative AI systems on complex coding and reasoning tasks.
- Upsilon Pi Epsilon @ UCLA — Induction & Membership Chair (May 2025 – Present): Scaled onboarding and built Discord automation for the honor society.
| Project | What it is | Tech |
|---|---|---|
| Multiplayer Card Games | Full-stack web application simulating the card games Fish and Viet Cong. | TypeScript, Next.js, Vercel |
| StonksGame | Discord bot running live stock-trading simulations with leaderboards and analytics. | Python, Discord.py, Alpha Vantage API |
| Wildfire Detection | ML pipeline that flags wildfire risk signals from air-quality telemetry. | TypeScript, TensorFlow, Node.js |
| DocuPilot | AI Google Drive agent that executes file workflows from natural language chat. | FastAPI, LangChain, Gemini API, React |
| LectureGen | Automated lecture builder delivering multi-modal lessons via instructor+TA agents. | Next.js, Fastify, LiveKit, Anthropic Claude API |
| Grow & Give | iOS application to improve personal productivity. | Swift, SwiftUI |
- Languages: TypeScript, Python, Swift, C, C++, Java, JavaScript, MATLAB
- Frameworks: Next.js, React, SwiftUI, Node.js, Vite
- Platforms: Discord, Vercel, Firebase, AWS, Google Cloud Platform
- Interests: Agentic AI, trust & safety, backend systems, startups
- ACM ICPC Competitive Team - UCLA ICPC Regional Team Competitor
- Upsilon Pi Epsilon Induction & Membership Chair - Help induct members into honors society
- GLITCH @ UCLA Projects Director - Leads projects and organization in GLITCH @ UCLA
- Cellist in Symphony Orchestra
- Jogging Club Runners
- USACO Gold
- Lettuce Eating Competition Winner
- 4x AIME Qualifier
- Virtual Global Hackathon Winner (2nd out of 2500+ Participants)
- 3rd in the DTCC Code-A-Thon out of 2000+ Participants
- GitHub: @lordboba
- LinkedIn: Tyler Xiao
- Email: tylerxiao@ucla.edu (feel free to reach out!)