Who We Are

After repeatedly seeing organizations struggle with low-quality technical execution and rigid agency models, Stephen founded Carrot to deliver direct access to elite engineering talent. Bringing a multidisciplinary background in product design, creative direction, and UI/UX systems, he oversees strategic partnerships and platform growth, ensuring every client deployment operates with institutional quality and speed.

A master systems architect and engineering prodigy, Tai serves as Chief Technology Officer and Co-Founder at Carrot. Bringing extensive experience architecting large-scale platforms that generated multi-millions in commercial software contracts, he oversees engineering standards, backend performance, and custom solutions, ensuring every pod delivers production-grade code.

Holding a degree in Business Administration from Caltech, Erica leads client operations, contract onboarding, and account management at Carrot. She oversees SLA compliance, sprint schedules, and pod resource management, ensuring enterprise partners experience smooth integration, clear communication, and rapid project delivery at every milestone.

Karan brings extensive enterprise experience architecting resilient cloud infrastructure for major media networks and global brands including BBC, Bloomberg, and HuffPost. Specializing in AWS/GCP deployments, MLOps, container orchestration, and high-performance hybrid infrastructure, he ensures client platforms are built for low latency and zero-downtime scale.

Holding a Bachelor’s Degree in Visual Communication and Design at RISD, Ge Jin leads high-fidelity interface design and interactive media development. With over a decade of experience designing complex, award-winning visual systems for interactive apps, gaming platforms, and enterprise dashboards, he specializes in translating raw product requirements into intuitive user experiences.

Yao specializes in backend distributed systems, relational database architecture, and server-side automation. With deep hands-on expertise across Python, Node.js, SQL, and microservice deployments, he leads data pipeline construction, API integrations, and database migrations for high-throughput enterprise applications across finance, real estate, and SaaS.

Brittany brings extensive commercial brand design experience, having spearheaded visual initiatives for enterprise clients such as Rockstar, Carnival, and Disney. She specializes in design systems, digital assets, and brand architecture—working alongside technical engineering teams to ensure modern product aesthetics align with overall market positioning.

Holding degrees in both Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Alex specializes in workflow orchestration, backend integrations, and custom system logistics. Proficient in Python, Java, and Ruby on Rails, he plays a key role in building resilient system workflows and automating data operations for complex engineering deployments.

James is a systems architect focused on scalable backend infrastructures, microservices, and distributed model execution. Bringing years of experience building complex cloud architectures and high-throughput API gateway layers, James oversees core backend reliability, container orchestration, and server-side logic to guarantee bulletproof software delivery across all engineering pods.

Daniel specializes in production LLM deployment, model fine-tuning, and vector retrieval pipelines for high-throughput applications. With deep technical focus on PyTorch, CUDA acceleration, and agentic workflows, he builds low-latency AI integrations, custom inference servers, and automated data pipelines that allow enterprise client systems to scale intelligently without performance degradation.

Wil is a certified Microsoft Solutions Developer with over 12 years of enterprise software engineering experience. Having served as lead architect on mission-critical systems for enterprise clients such as PG&E, Wil specializes in C#, .NET Core, ASP.NET, and enterprise-grade system security, ensuring high-reliability software execution.

Holding a Master’s Degree in Computer Science, John is a full-stack engineer with deep domain expertise in iOS, React Native, Node.js, and Golang. Having delivered scalable mobile applications and web services for high-profile consumer brands, John specializes in cross-platform mobile execution, API performance, and core application development.