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David L. Bowman

Engineering leader · Austin, Texas

theinnovationlab.dev · linkedin.com/in/davidlbowman · github.com/davidlbowman

I lead engineering teams that build with AI agents. I grew Bright Development's engineering team from the first hire to 72 engineers and the business to $8M in annual revenue, and today I lead the team building OpenRouter's platform for AI agents.

Experience

OpenRouter· Engineering Lead, Special Projects

2026–present
  • I lead the Ori team, which builds OpenRouter's platform for AI agents.
  • We built Code, Harness, Interns, Vault, Managed Machines and Eval.
  • Harness brings OpenRouter inference to Claude Code, Codex and other coding agents, and Interns are agents you can deploy.

Oasys Therapeutics· Technical Advisor

2026–present
  • I set the technical direction for an early-stage therapeutics company: Astro and React 19 on Cloudflare Workers, with the design system built first.
  • I designed how the platform connects to its provider network, pharmacy fulfillment and Stripe payments.

The Innovation Lab· Founder & CTO

2023–2026
  • Led engineering on more than 50 product launches, and served as part-time CTO for early-stage companies.
  • Shipped features built on Claude to production, including HIPAA-compliant translation between doctors and patients.
  • Executive teams brought me in to review their engineering orgs. I led the reorganizations that followed, cutting costs without slowing delivery.

Bright Development· Co-Founder & CTO

2020–2023
  • Grew the engineering team from the first hire to 72 engineers in the US and abroad, and led it.
  • Grew the business from zero to $8M in annual revenue in three years, profitable every year.
  • Shipped more than 250 products, from one-week builds to multi-year platforms.

Ocean Block Capital· Chief Technology Officer

2018–2020
  • Built the software the firm used to source properties and decide what to bid. More than 60 brokers used it, it handled more than $250M in acquisitions, and it's still in use, unchanged.
  • Managed the firm's team of 12 acquisitions associates.

Consulting· Software Engineer

2011–2018
  • Built backend services, APIs and device firmware for startups and small businesses while I served as a rabbi and studied full time.

Skills

Languages
TypeScript, JavaScript, Python, Rust, Haskell, Scala, C, SQL
Backend & APIs
Effect-TS, REST, tRPC, GraphQL
Frontend
React 19, Astro, Next.js, Svelte, HTMX, Tailwind, Vite
Cloud & DevOps
AWS, GCP, Docker, Kubernetes, GitHub Actions
AI & LLM
Anthropic API, Claude Code, MCP, OpenRouter, Structured outputs

Education

  • Rabbinical Ordination, Yeshiva University
  • BBA, Kennesaw State University