TJ Miller

Looking for my next adventure

Laravel · AI

I've been living at the intersection of Laravel and AI. Not theoretically. In production.
20
Years Dev
13
Years Laravel
1.5M+
Downloads

I created Prism because Laravel developers deserved an AI integration that felt native. Over 1.5 million downloads later, it's a foundational piece of the Laravel AI ecosystem, and now powers parts of Laravel's official AI SDK, something Taylor Otwell personally acknowledged.

I built Iris to prove what's possible when you combine Laravel's elegance with serious AI architecture: persistent semantic memory, multi-generational memory consolidation, proactive messaging, task delegation, and shell command execution.

Projects

Prism

Multi-provider LLM integration for Laravel

A production-ready Laravel package that makes working with LLMs feel native. OpenAI, Anthropic, and many more providers. 1.5M+ downloads and growing, now powering parts of Laravel's official AI SDK.

prismphp.com

Iris

AI companion built on Prism

An AI that actually knows you. Persistent semantic memory, agentic workflows, proactive messaging, and task delegation. Commercially launched on Laravel.

iris.prismphp.com

Experience

Founder

Echo Labs 2016 - Present
  • Created Prism, Laravel's LLM integration package, featured at international conferences
  • Built and commercialized Iris, AI companion with persistent semantic memory and agentic workflows
  • Client work spanning startups to enterprise in Laravel, Go, and AI

Principal Software Engineer

Geocodio 2024 - 2026
  • Zero-downtime migration from MariaDB to ClickHouse, processing 1B+ API requests/month
  • Pioneered Claude Code AI-assisted development workflow for the engineering org
  • Built Go CLI, censusapistatus.com, and expanded data pipeline capabilities

Senior Developer

Curology 2020 - 2024
  • Multi-pharmacy revamp migrating 100k+ users; fulfillment app serving hundreds of thousands of orders
  • CI/CD overhaul during PHP/Laravel upgrade, saving $10k+/month
  • Platform auth migration (SuperTokens), modularized legacy monolith to DDD

Director of Application Development

International Bancard 2016 - 2020
  • Multi-gateway EMV payment API that drove the largest integration deals in company history
  • Stripe-style embedded card tokenization, Inertia.js developer portal
  • Built team from zero, guided PCI DSS, engineered AWS/Docker platform

Speaking & Community

2025 Laracon

Building with Prism

2025 Laravel Live DK

Building with Prism

2025 PHP[tek]

From Millions to Billions: Scaling with ClickHouse

2025 PHP[tek] Workshop

3-Hour Workshop: Building with Prism

2024 PHP[tek]

LLM Foundations & Agentic Workflows

2024 Laravel Worldwide Meetup
LLM Foundations & RAG
2018 WavePHP

Half-Day Docker Workshop

Podcast Slightly Caffeinated
Co-host, slightlycaffeinated.fm

Former organizer of DetroitJS & Detroit Laravel meetups

What I'm Looking For

I want to be at the intersection of Laravel and AI. That's where my skills and my passion meet.

Principal, Staff, Architect, or engineering leadership with IC time. Startup or established. What matters is the work: building AI-powered products, architecting systems that push what's possible, and working with people who care about craft.

Remote is strongly preferred. I'd consider relocating for the right opportunity.

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let's build something incredible together.

I'm not looking for just any job. I'm looking for the right one.