# Ryan Vanbelkum

> Staff Software Engineer at Intuit

Location: St Joseph, Missouri, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/ryanvanbelkum

Staff Software Engineer | Enterprise AI & Agentic Platforms Engineer

I build and scale AI-powered systems that transform how businesses operate.
As a Staff Software Engineer at Intuit, I lead technical strategy and execution across multiple teams, driving the design of next-generation AI agents and AI-first capabilities. I specialize in embedding AI deeply into enterprise platforms — not as features, but as core workflow infrastructure.

- My focus areas include:
Designing and shipping production-grade AI agents
Building personalization systems powered by modern AI models
Integrating LLMs into enterprise workflows and financial systems
Architecting AI-assisted internal development platforms
Leveraging AI tools to 10x engineering velocity and iteration speed
I operate at the intersection of product, platform, and AI strategy — turning ambiguous AI opportunities into scalable, reliable systems used by millions.

- What I’m Driving
Intuit – Leading initiatives powering QuickBooks Online
Building personalization layers using AI models to deliver contextual experiences at scale
Embedding AI into core SaaS infrastructure to create an AI-first product experience
Mentoring engineers on applied AI patterns and responsible AI implementation
Driving cross-functional AI adoption across product and engineering

- Previous Impact
Grubhub – Scaled high-availability ordering and delivery systems serving millions
EquipmentShare – Built telematics and fleet intelligence systems
The Nerdery – Delivered custom enterprise software solutions
DST Systems – Architected high-performance automation platforms

- AI & Technical Expertise
Agentic AI architecture
LLM integration (prompt orchestration, tool use, workflow automation)
Personalization systems using AI models
Enterprise AI adoption & governance
AI-assisted developer platforms
Engineering
JavaScript, TypeScript, React, React Native, Node.js, Next.js, GraphQL, Redux, Python, AWS, Firebase, CI/CD
AI Development Tooling
GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Windsurf, AI-native coding workflows

- Outside of Work
ryanvanbelkum.me

## Work Experience
### Staff Software Engineer @ Intuit
Jan 2023 – Present

### Senior Software Engineer @ Intuit
Jan 2021 – Jan 2023 | Remote
- Supporting world-class Quickbook Online (QBO) web application
- Developing features for QBO, which are rolled out and used by millions of customers
- Leading front end project for omnichannel e-commerce product to be used by QBO customers
- Helping guide front end efforts across the organization and standardizing how we see web-based product offerings

### Senior Software Engineer @ Grubhub
Jan 2018 – Jan 2021
-Create modern internal tools to support food delivery network
-Working with modern front end frameworks and toolsets such as; React, Redux, Jest, Enzyme, Cypress, Immutable
-Create auditing tool from scratch used to explore states of a delivery in our system
-Help other teams across the different organization to write and maintain clean and performant code
-Move testing suite from Jasmine to Jest, and Nightwatch to Cypress in order to improve test coverage and CI performance

### Front End Software Engineer @ EquipmentShare
Jan 2017 – Jan 2018 | Kansas City, Missouri, United States
-Convert existing Angular code bases to React and Redux
-Create UI component library for company apps to consume
-Create and evolve single page web applications consuming telematics data, and written in Angular and React
-Create mobile app written in React Native and deployed to Google Play and Apple App stores
-Continue to explore new technologies and improve skill sets

### Full Stack Senior Software Engineer @ The Nerdery
Jan 2015 – Jan 2017 | Kansas City, Missouri, United States
-Produce high quality software applications to solve client needs
-Support Nerdery development team with career and technical growth
-Provide a reliable resource for team members to help solve problems
-Meet with clients to help with project planning and delivery
-Creating beautiful mobile and web apps
-Helped clients move from legacy code bases to modern frameworks
-Back end development of multiple large platforms. Hosting millions of users and transactions.

### Software Engineer @ DST Systems
Jan 2014 – Jan 2015 | Kansas City, Missouri, United States
-Using Java and DB knowledge to develop server-side J2EE application
-Using front end skills such as Javascript, JQuery, & HTML/CSS to always improve products
-Practiced test-driven development (TDD) to improve software quality
-Troubleshoot and triage bugs to keep clients functioning.  Taking steps to learn from those mistakes
-Working well with development team members to complete sprints and work towards business needs

### Software Configuration Management Engineer-Process Manager @ DST Systems
Jan 2012 – Jan 2014 | Kansas City, Missouri, United States
-Development of internal software applications to improve processes and lessen business costs (Java & Perl)
-Managing build servers, automation servers, and code repository servers (Windows & Red Hat)
-Providing virtualized deployment of servers with a variety of container and database configurations
-Developed processes and standards for software development lifecycle


## Education
### Computer Information Systems (CIS) in Information Technology
Missouri Western State University
Jan 2008 – Jan 2012


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/ryan-vanbelkum-9a82371a8

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Last updated: 2026-03-22