Bruce Hansen, Fractional CTO & AI Engineer
I've spent 10 years shipping production software, including 7 years as the embedded fractional technical lead for 5 long-term clients in fintech, SaaS spend management, benefits administration and financial literacy. Most of those engagements have run 2+ years. Off the Rails (OTR Pro) is my independent practice, based in Salt Lake City since 2019.
AI Systems That Hold Up in Production
LangGraph AI agents, Claude-powered backends, MCP servers and OCR/document-extraction pipelines
Full-Stack Delivery
Ruby on Rails 8, Hotwire and React, plus payroll, HRIS, ERP and payments integrations
Technical Leadership
Technical discovery, build-vs-buy advisory and leading in-house or offshore teams
Outcome-Focused
Scoped to a business problem, with clear success criteria before code is written
Current AI Stack
LLMs, RAG, agents and MCP, applied where they actually help
Production Quality
Tests, evals, observability and documentation your team can maintain
Direct Communication
You work with the engineer doing the work, not an account manager
Experience
- Off the Rails (independent), Apr 2019–present. Fractional CTO and AI engineer for Utah and remote clients.
- Stride Schedule, co-founder & CTO, May 2024–present. B2B construction scheduling SaaS integrating Oracle Primavera P6.
- Happy Delivery, AI product developer, Mar 2025–present. Production LangGraph voice agents for an Amazon DSP fleet operations platform.
- Campfire (Lehi, UT), full stack engineer, 2021–2024.
- Pattern (Utah), 2019–2021. Warehouse software on Amazon MWS and EDI.
Integration experience includes Oracle Primavera P6, Amazon MWS, EDI, BambooHR, Paylocity, ADP, UNUM, Coastal Payroll, Infusionsoft and Google Calendar/ICS.
How I Work
Most of my work sits at the intersection of software engineering and applied AI: shipping features that use large language models safely against real company data, connecting tools via MCP, and helping teams decide what to build next.
I am based near Salt Lake City and available for video calls across US time zones. When a local workshop or whiteboarding session helps, we can meet along the Wasatch Front.
If a project has gone sideways—missed deadlines, unclear architecture, an offshore team without direction—I also take short turnaround engagements to stabilize delivery and leave a maintainable plan behind.
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Why Choose Me?
- 10 years shipping production software
- 5 long-term fractional clients, most for 2+ years
- AI agents, MCP servers, Rails + React
- Based in Salt Lake City, working remotely US-wide