John C. Thomas

Claude Sonnet 4.6 integrated into iOS ProBuildCalc scan → AI design suggestions endpoint, returning rationale + 6–10 prioritized scope items + inspiration keywords with location context baked in.

Claude in the loop for Ikena scope generator (portal /ops) — RoomPlan scan + photos + address + style → phase-by-phase scope, line-item ranges, contingency, Hawaii sub-deduction computed.

Multi-tenant prompt isolation: every Claude call is scoped to tenant_id with row-level data access — no cross-tenant leakage even when one model serves all customers.

Token-budget aware: production endpoints use prompt caching to keep p99 latency and cost in check.

Built and maintain bespoke Claude Code agents (skills, hooks, MCP servers) that automate code review, deployment, security audits, and customer-zero testing across the project suite.

Time-zone friendly

Honolulu (Pacific/Honolulu, UTC-10). Overlaps US Pacific morning through afternoon; Europe evenings async. Async-first communicator; comfortable with PR-driven workflows.

Ships into regulated industries

USCG-licensed Captain (100-ton Master, STCW, advanced firefighting, FCC). Hawaii GC-B contractor track in flight. I know how to ship software that touches money, safety, and compliance.

Operates without supervision

Ran charter LLCs, dive operations, snowcat fleet, vessel salvage. Solo founder building 12+ products in parallel. I make decisions, document them, and ship — without needing a manager in the loop.

Knows what 'AI in production' really takes

Not a wrapper around chat. Real LLM-in-loop deterministic workflows: prompt caching, structured outputs, retry / fallback ladders, multi-tenant isolation, observability, cost ceilings. I have scars and the system logs to prove it.

BlueWave Projects · Honolulu, HI

Built and shipped a multi-tenant project management SaaS for design-build contractors — sole engineer, designer, and operator.

Ikena Design & Build · Honolulu, HI

Active Honolulu design-build practice pursuing Hawaii GC-B contractor license.

Hawaii Flooring Specialists · Oahu, HI

Manage fleet remodel crews on high-end floor installations, hardwood refinish, and full home remodels.

Ohana Boats Sales & Hawaii Boat Club · Honolulu, HI & Surrounding Islands

Managed fleet of 12+ private and club vessels at 100% USCG and local regulatory compliance.

Founding AI Engineer / Staff Fullstack

I've been the fleet operator (12-vessel manager at Ohana Boats Sales). I know what an ops platform has to do because I lived inside one of the cheap-enough-to-survive-without-it kind. Plus the LLM-in-loop multi-tenant SaaS playbook is exactly the BlueWave Projects playbook.

Senior ML / Staff Engineer

Their customer profile is my day job. Active GC running a $139K renovation through software I built, in the only category — Hawaii — that no national construction-tech vendor handles well.

Founding Engineer

“Claude-code-for-vertical-X” is literally my 9-week playbook in a different vertical. Insurance is the same shape problem as construction: regulated, document-heavy, mid-market operators starved for software that respects their workflow.

Founding Senior Engineer (Eng #4)

Ex-Flexport founders selling into freight. USCG Master + 1,000+ sea days is the differentiator they don't already have on the team — combined with the same multi-tenant LLM-in-loop chops.

Applied AI Engineer (Beneficial Deployments) · Staff+ Developer Productivity

15B Claude tokens through Claude Code in one focused sprint. I am exactly the customer they should be hiring from — power-user with production scars and a vertical-SaaS shipping pattern they can amplify.

Full-Stack AI-native Engineer

Stack match is 1:1 (Next.js + Tailwind + FastAPI + Postgres). Confirmed US-remote. Smaller-cap comp than the others on this list, but the cleanest founding-team fit on stack alone.