Paul Craig: forward deployed + product engineer
- builds websites
- has preferences
- chows dogs
Paul Craig is a Forward Deployed and AI Product Engineer with 10+ years of experience in full-stack software development, technical strategy, and digital product delivery. He works directly with clients, users, designers, researchers, and business stakeholders to understand complex problems, define technical approaches, prototype solutions, and build and deploy products end-to-end. His core technologies include Python, Django, JavaScript, Node.js, React, and modern AI application development, including RAG, vector search, embeddings, agentic workflows, and tool calling. Paul has extensive experience delivering accessible, bilingual, cloud-based digital services for governments in Canada, the UK, and the US, as well as independently launching high-traffic and AI-powered products. Paul has led teams and shipped plenty of products, always iteratively and responsive to feedback.