# Paul Goergen > Software Developer Location: San Francisco, California, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/paulgoergen ## Work Experience ### Software Engineer @ Curri Jan 2023 – Present Using LangChain to make chat-based AI agents, both customer-facing and internal: - Built structured-output "supervisor" models for initial triaging of requests - Use evaluators as a critical design aspect, to create maps of required LLM behavior for the sake of production-worthy agents - Building tools that allow Cursor to self-tune LLM system messages in order to align with evaluator requirements I'm also currently the primary backend engineer for integrating with Salesforce. Otherwise, I've completed projects with a similar basis as mentioned in my first run with Curri (below) - Built entirely new automation systems to assist Operations with driver management - Spearheaded the transition over to the new "exceptions" -based operational paradigm ### Novice @ Dominican Friars | Province of the Most Holy Name of Jesus Jan 2022 – Jan 2023 | San Francisco Bay Area ### Software Engineer @ Curri Jan 2020 – Jan 2022 | Ventura, California, United States I am the sixth employee (including the founders) since the founding of Curri, a YC startup company, and its fourth software engineer, and thus witnessed and contributed in fundamental ways to the successful direction and massive growth of Curri. My prior experience as an industrial automation Electrical Engineer provided a very unique emphasis on "automation stability" in my projects, and my formation in Aristotelian/Thomistic philosophy proved uniquely useful in contributing to our development philosophy. Full-stack development (there is practically no part of the codebase that I have not contributed to): Typescript, GraphQL, SQL, Prisma, Infrastructure using Kubernetes, AWS, and Cloudflare, React UIs, mobile (iOS and Android) with React Native, Bash scripting -The engineering-based "founding father" to the entire Sales/Fleet platform's pipeline within Hubspot, completely integrated into the backend -Built the entire testing "integration environment" for all developers, integrating with Porter.run -Restructured all GraphQL to use Codegen typing principles from The Guild (https://www.the-guild.dev/blog/tag/graphql) -Played a crucial role in various projects for the Compliance team (Prop 22, DVIRs) -Designed and/or built central elements of the phone app; migrated crucial aspects over to React Native -Introduced Prisma into the codebase (prisma.io) -Initialized the backend integration with Aircall, Front, Hubspot and Stripe via REST and webhooks; contributed to Slack and Twilio integration. -Performed a total migration to BullMQ redis. -Restructured and made multiplex the main algorithm for driver searching ### Operations @ Curri Jan 2019 – Jan 2020 Curri is a "hotshot" delivery service, offering quick delivery times for construction materials. I was the sixth employee since the founding of Curri, and contributed to the founding culture that animates the whole company to this day. ### Seminarian (Theology) @ Priestly Fraternity of Saint Peter North American District Jan 2017 – Jan 2019 Formation strictly based on the Summa Theologica of St. Thomas Aquinas. Liturgical formation strictly based on the classical Tridentine Rite of St. Pius V. Strong formation in Latin. ### Seminarian (Philosophy) @ Priestly Fraternity of Saint Peter North American District Jan 2013 – Jan 2016 "Year of Spirituality" for discernment 2013-14, then philosophy proper from 2014-2016. Classical philosophical formation: strong emphasis on Plato & Aristotle. Liturgical formation strictly based on the classical Tridentine Rite of St. Pius V. Strong formation in Latin. ### Seminarian (Pre-Theology, i.e. Philosophy) @ DIOCESE OF LITTLE ROCK Jan 2010 – Jan 2012 A standard modern program of "Catholic Philosophical Studies" for priestly formation. Included a summer at the Institute for Priestly Formation in Omaha (IPF) and two months of Spanish immersion in Guadalajara, Mexico. Strong formation in Latin, via extracurriculars. ### Electrical Engineer @ Nucor Castrip L L C Jan 2008 – Jan 2010 | Blytheville, Arkansas Moved within the same site as Nucor-Yamato Steel to the start-up of a new, experimental "Castrip" (direct molten-to-sheet) casting mill, as well as an accompanying Vacuum Tank Degasser (VTD) and Ladle Metallurgy Furnace (LMF) Across-the-board experience: PLC programming and wiring (Rockwell and Siemens), various field instrumentation, Wonderware etc HMI design, motor drives (up to 5kV), motor controls and diagnostics, 34.5kV equipment (relays, switchyard disconnect and grounding), burner controls, water systems controls. ### Electrical Engineer @ Nucor Steel Yamato Jan 2007 – Jan 2008 | Blytheville, Arkansas Worked on various projects for Roll Mill #1 ### Electrical Engineer @ Nucor Steel Yamato Jan 2006 – Jan 2006 | Blytheville, Arkansas Worked on various projects for four months in the Roll Mill and four months in the Melt Shop. ## Education ### Theology Our Lady of Guadalupe Seminary ### Spirituality and Philosophy Our Lady of Guadalupe Seminary ### Master's degree in Philosophy Saint Meinrad Seminary and School of Theology ### Bachelor of Science - BS in Electrical and Electronics Engineering Missouri University of Science and Technology ### De Smet Jesuit High School ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/paul-goergen-pagkt2 --- Source: https://flows.cv/paulgoergen JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/paulgoergen/resume.json Last updated: 2026-04-05