# Kevin Tayah > Senior Software Engineer @ Ethermed.AI Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/kevintayah I am a senior software engineer with six years of startup experience. I was among a team of four engineers building a unique FinTech application at WithBelay, contributing to securing $5M in seed investments. Currently, I’m developing scalable Elixir-based healthcare solutions at Ethermed.AI, integrating LLM-driven workflows and building prior auth submission capabilities. I have a BS in Computer Science from Drexel University. I am fluent in Arabic and fill my free time with rock climbing and adventuring, please ask about my latest adventure! ## Work Experience ### Senior Software Engineer @ Ethermed Jan 2024 – Present | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States Led the development of a flagship AI-powered healthcare platform, transforming a disorganized initiative into a functional product. Designed and built an Elixir-based system to process medical prior authorizations, leveraging LLMs to provide approval probabilities and guideline matches—delivering on critical deadlines that secured key client buy-in. Developed a scalable reprocessing system for AI validation using RabbitMQ Streams, enabling prior authorizations to be rerun as AI models improved. This system established a foundation for continuous learning and refinement of AI decision-making models. Built a client-ready management and review portal using Phoenix LiveView and JavaScript, providing medical professionals with real-time tracking of processed authorizations. This facilitated AI model feedback loops and improved system transparency. Enhanced security in the open-source Azurex library, implementing managed identity authentication, a more secure alternative to the existing authentication method. ### Senior Software Engineer @ Belay Jan 2021 – Jan 2024 | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States Played a pivotal role in development, with management prioritizing my involvement in pair programming sessions focused on critical code paths. This approach resulted in contributing to approximately 41% of the codebase. Instrumental in securing a seed round of over $5M in funding through the development of robust backend systems, demonstrating the viability and potential of the product to investors. Independently spearheaded the implementation of critical features including user authentication, automatic PDF and email generation, seamless user bank account access, and secure ACH payment transfers, enhancing user experience and operational efficiency. Led the development of a high-performance micro-service leveraging Elixir to track and stream data pertaining to over 10K stocks and their option chains, ensuring real-time data availability and accuracy for financial operations. Expanded feature sets of three critical Elixir open-source libraries to align with company goals ### Senior Software Engineer @ WOLF Financial Jan 2021 – Jan 2021 | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States Organized and planned features between CEO and Head of Design which lead to acquiring angel investments totaling up to $750,000 and growing its user base by 400% Managed and mentored 3 developers, to insure efforts were meeting business goals Interviewed 20+ potential new hires to expand the team ### Software Engineer @ WOLF Financial Jan 2020 – Jan 2021 | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States Contributed to 35% of code-base by implementing core social media features like posting and/or viewing images, videos, text, polls, and stock charts on a shared feed Independently created an animated SVG-based chart in app to observe stock price change information Implemented a video editing feature to allow users to stitch videos, add text, add/or chats to user created videos ### Climbing Instructor @ The Cliffs Climbing + Fitness Jan 2019 – Jan 2020 | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States ### Junior Software Engineer @ Nuix Jan 2019 – Jan 2020 | Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, United States Worked on Investigate, a data search and visualization tool that used React, Redux and leveraged a self managed component mono-repo that utilized Storybook for displaying the different components. Also frequently was performing Peer Reviews and frequently used tools such as Git and Jenkins. ### Software Developer @ KieranTimberlake Jan 2018 – Jan 2019 | Greater Philadelphia Area Worked on automated unit, integration, and acceptance testing for Roast a survey app that helps make your space comfortable. Technologies used: API Loopback, Ember.js, and Qunit. Overhauled and optimized Pointelist, a high density sensor network that you configure to collect data on spaces and places. Technologies used: Node.js, Git, Bash, and Unix ### Software Developer And Tester @ SAP Jan 2017 – Jan 2019 ### Climbing Wall Manager @ Drexel Recreation Center Jan 2016 – Jan 2019 | Greater Philadelphia Area ## Education ### Bachelor of Science - BS in Computer Science Drexel University Jan 2016 – Jan 2021 ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/ktayah - Website: https://kevintayah.com --- Source: https://flows.cv/kevintayah JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/kevintayah/resume.json Last updated: 2026-03-22