Joseph Tabia

I'm looking for a role where I can work on real-world problems, build useful products, and grow as a software engineer. I'm particularly interested in AI, backend development, and LLM-powered applications. I enjoy learning new technologies, taking ownership of my work, and working with a team that values collaboration and good engineering. As a freelance software engineer, I worked with e-commerce and service-based businesses to design and deliver web applications, AI-powered solutions, and LLM integrations. I handled projects end-to-end, from understanding requirements and designing solutions to development, deployment, and delivery. I also built LLMShield, an AI gateway that connects applications to providers like OpenAI and Anthropic. It brings together zero-trust security, PII redaction, semantic caching, and intelligent model routing to make LLM integrations more secure and cost-efficient. Another project is Vera, a privacy-focused local AI assistant designed to handle most queries directly on-device while relying on cloud LLMs for more complex tasks. The architecture prioritizes keeping user data local without sacrificing the capabilities of more powerful models.