Brian Barbar

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Work Experience
Full-Stack Software Engineer at Binect
Apr 2023 – Jul 2025
Frontend and full-stack development on a production web client for sending physical mail digitally, in a 5-developer team.
  • Built features across the stack using TypeScript and Python
Software Engineer at The Singularity Group
Jan 2020 – Dec 2023 (part-time from Apr 2023)
Collaborated with a team of ~15 developers on Mobile Minigames (4 million downloads) and AI-powered Twitch streamers that amassed millions of views.
  • Built prompt-engineering and AI moderation systems for ~20 production LLM-driven streamers interacting live with millions of viewers — guardrails, content filtering, and persona design
  • Designed a Discord moderation bot (filtering, logging, automated responses) handling 70,000+ messages (C#, Python, AWS)
  • Saved the project ~$100,000 by building a system that reduced translation string volume while maintaining quality (C#)
  • Implemented localization across 39 languages, including custom rendering solutions for Hindi, Bengali, and Arabic (C#, Unity, Python)
  • Built a multiplayer Discord bot game with Firebase and S3 (Python, AWS)
AI Experience
AI Safety Hackathon — Tied 1st Place 🏆 1st Place
Feb 2025
AI Alignment Evals Hackathon hosted by AI-Plans. Sole developer responsible for the technical implementation.
  • Led the technical implementation of a quantitative LLM evaluation framework by extending the SALAD benchmark, introducing a 1–10 safety rating
Voice Cloning Risk Demo
Apr 2026
  • Built a working voice cloning demonstration (RVC, Kokoro) illustrating AI misuse risks, as application material for an AI policy nonprofit
Volunteer Software Developer at AI-Plans
Jul 2024 – Nov 2025
  • Frontend development in Vue for the AI-Plans website, including building the Events page
  • Provided technical consultation to the CEO on architecture decisions, including database structure design
Volunteer Software Developer at ControlAI
Apr 2024 – Jun 2024
  • Built a Discord analytics bot tracking server statistics and member activity: daily metrics collection, persistent user database, automated export to Google Sheets
Certifications
AI Safety Bootcamp
May 2026
ML4Good
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AGI Strategy Course
Nov 2025
BlueDot Impact
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  • Participated in the AGI Strategy Course and exchanged ideas with people from diverse backgrounds interested in AI safety
Programming Skills
Python PyTorch C# TypeScript
Tools
AWS Firebase Docker Linux Git LLM APIs / Prompt Engineering Godot Unity
Languages
English (Fluent) German (Native)
References
Kabir Kumar
Co-Founder and Director at AI-Plans.com — available upon request