ty porter

lexington, kentucky
software engineer @ proof

i'm a senior software engineer with over 6 years experience building distributed applications. i have significant experience in the identity verification space, specifically around nist ial2 and live selfie / video conferencing.

i am currently pursuing an mscs degree from georgia tech and expect to complete it in late 2026.

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proof

senior software engineer (sept 2025 - present)

building fraud and risk detection / mitigation for identity verification and remote online notary

id.me

senior software engineer (aug 2021 - sept 2025)

led engineering initiatives surrounding video conferencing infrastructure, custom access control, aws -> gcp cloud migration, and real-time call center reporting

bitwerx

software developer (aug 2019 - aug 2021)

contributed to large-scale data migration pipelines, a high-performance rails api gateway, and real-time data sync systems

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rgbatrixemulator

creator

a highly-configurable emulator for raspberry pi-compatible hub75 led matrices that allows developers to build applications without needing expensive lab setups

mlb-led-scoreboard

lead maintainer

a customizable led scoreboard displaying live mlb game data. integrates with rgbmatrixemulator. lead contributor since 2022