Where I've Worked
Hey there! I'm Michael Latman, a product-focused software engineer currently building Tasklet.ai & Shortwave. I've had the privilege of working on security software at AWS, software for early-stage startups at Olive AI, credit card products at Blispay, and ad rendering systems at Alliance Data, along with starting my own contracting business in college.
Tasklet.aiJun 2025 - Present

Jun 2025 - Present
Senior Software Engineer
Washington DC-Baltimore Area
Owned Tasklet.ai's frontend client from the ground up in React, TypeScript, and Node.js, driving UI architecture and maintaining performance across a product now used by thousands of organizations
Launched Instant Apps, enabling agents to generate multi-file React applications on demand that feel native to the Tasklet UI, letting users build custom workflow tools or extend the platform itself, with two-way data sync, sandboxed builds for safely running untrusted code, and a bi-directional context system enabling seamless human-agent handoff
Prototyped and owned the computer use feature end-to-end, building remote desktop streaming, WebSocket authentication, a picture-in-picture view, and a sidebar enabling shared agent and human control
Designed and built Direct API, enabling agents to self-discover API connections through a configurable UI with dynamic auth selection, placeholder mapping, and a secure token store for reusable integrations
Designed and built the containerized sandbox integration, giving agents the ability to run arbitrary shell commands and software packages, including authentication, agent tools, and UI file previews for agent-generated content
Championed AI-assisted development across the team by establishing a shared coding workspace, instituting AI code review and security scanning, and driving adoption through internal talks and continuous tool evaluation
Work is only part of what I do
Check out my personal projects and experiments I've built outside of my professional work.
Amazon Web ServicesApr 2022 - Jun 2025

Apr 2022 - Jun 2025
Software Engineer II
Baltimore, Maryland
Sole owner of the authorization backend spanning seven Kotlin and Java microservices, accessed globally by thousands of security personnel and monitoring centers
Delivered unified full-text search with OpenSearch indexing enabling real-time queries across tens of thousands of physical security devices, then packaged the infrastructure into reusable CDK constructs for org-wide adoption
Spearheaded and won approval for a next-generation UI redesign, now in production
Led initiative to build a platform for organizing and managing physical security device settings and permissions, including embedded software in Rust
Established and owned API standards for the organization, consulting across five teams on authorization and UI/UX implementation, leading quality assurance initiatives, and serving as AWS Security Guardian
Instrumented analytics and telemetry across the product and owned full-stack production incident response
Olive AIApr 2021 - Apr 2022

Apr 2021 - Apr 2022
Senior Software Engineer - Ventures
Remote
Led engineering across five portfolio companies at a healthcare startup incubator, owning AWS infrastructure, CI/CD pipelines, and code reviews
Contracted with an Ohio area hospital to build a hotkey-driven resource locator for call center staff, working directly with the call center supervisor to shape requirements, reducing response times by ~21%
Amazon Web ServicesJan 2020 - Apr 2021

Jan 2020 - Apr 2021
Software Engineer II
Baltimore, Maryland
Led UI development for the organization, shipping full-stack features across Kotlin and Java microservices and React (React Query, Redux, Hooks)
Built a role emulation system enabling developers to test UI behavior across permission scopes, catching backend authorization issues before production
Defined UI integration requirements and led the effort to deploy RBAC across the physical security platform
Served as AWS Security Guardian, reviewing code and threat models across teams
Alliance DataJan 2019 - Jan 2020

Jan 2019 - Jan 2020
Software Engineer
Baltimore, Maryland
Built high-performance ad server in Kotlin delivering context-aware ads with sub-250ms latency
Owned centralized authentication service using Spring Security across multiple products
Created shared Kotlin service framework that reduced boilerplate code across teams
BlispayJun 2018 - Jan 2019

Jun 2018 - Jan 2019
Software Engineer
Baltimore, Maryland
Built and maintained data analytics pipelines in Python and data models in Java and PostgreSQL, supporting customer behavior analysis across a regulated fintech platform
Fixed critical production issues in the React web app for a consumer credit product
SyncrobitsFeb 2017 - Jun 2018

Feb 2017 - Jun 2018
Founder
Baltimore, Maryland
Founded and led a team building iOS and Android applications in Swift and Java
Built an iOS ticket scanning and point-of-sale app in Swift that processed over one million transactions across concert venues in Maryland and surrounding states
Managed client relationships, billing, and project delivery
