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Hi, I'm Arthur Bernier Jr

Developer Relations Engineer | Technical Educator | Content Creator

Turning complex tech into developer wins. 100K+ YouTube subscribers, 15+ years bridging engineering and education.

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40+ Repos

10K+ Hours Teaching

100K+ Subscribers

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About Me

I'm a Developer Relations Engineer with 15+ years of experience uniting engineering excellence, AI enablement, and large-scale developer education. I specialize in designing enterprise hackathons that drive measurable API adoption, building SDK demonstrations developers actually use, and creating technical content that converts.

50+ Technical Workshops & Hackathons

Including enterprise clients (Adobe, Uber, Citibank) and educational programs driving measurable learning outcomes

100K+ YouTube Community

Silver Play Button with 1M+ views creating AI tutorials and developer education content

Former CTO

Led engineering at VC-backed startup ($3.5M raised), 10+ distributed engineers

15+

Years Experience

5K+

Annual Learners

40+

Open Source Repos

10K+

Teaching Hours

What I bring

Skills & Expertise

Languages

JavaScript TypeScript Python SQL

Frameworks

React Node.js Next.js Express

AI/ML Tools

ChatGPT Claude Cursor N8N

DevRel Skills

Developer Advocacy Technical Education Content Creation Community Building

Infrastructure

Docker GitHub Actions AWS API Design

Specialties

Enterprise Hackathons SDK Development Workshop Facilitation Cloud Infrastructure

Career journey

Professional Experience

Independent Consultant

2018 – Present

Enterprise Hackathon Director & AI Instructor

Designed and delivered 50+ enterprise-grade AI hackathons and activation programs where teams shipped functional GPT/Claude-powered applications in 48-72 hours, driving measurable API adoption increases.

InternXL (AfroTech) Per Scholas General Assembly

Per Scholas

May 2021 – Aug 2025

Senior Director, AI, Programming & Cloud

Built GitHub demos teaching AI agent workflows, cloud automation, and dev tooling to 5,000+ learners annually. Designed repeatable developer enablement frameworks adopted across 20+ national campuses.

AI Education Curriculum Design National Scale

General Assembly

Aug 2018 – Sept 2024

Lead Instructor, Software Engineering Immersive

Delivered 10,000+ hours of live instruction across 20+ immersive bootcamps, maintaining NPS score above 90. Created globally adopted starter kits and template repositories.

Full-Stack 10K+ Hours NPS 90+

Seventh Ave (VC-Backed)

Oct 2020 – Mar 2023

CTO & Co-Founder

Helped raise $3.5M in venture capital and built engineering team from 2 → 10+ developers. Architected distributed Node.js microservices powering real-time audio experiences.

$3.5M Raised Team Building Architecture

Astranis Space Technologies

Mar 2023 – Aug 2023

Tech Lead, Ground Software

Built backend/frontend tooling for spacecraft telemetry and mission-critical operational workflows supporting live satellite operations under strict aerospace constraints.

Spacecraft Systems Mission-Critical Zero-Error

Blavity Inc.

Dec 2018 – Feb 2021

Software Engineer

Built API systems serving 50M+ monthly requests using Node.js, Express, and NGINX with strong performance and error resilience. Integrated partner ad systems for major brands.

50M+ Requests High-Scale APIs Media Tech

Featured work

Projects & Repositories

A selection of my open-source contributions, educational materials, and developer tools

Educational Repos

40+ GitHub repositories featuring SDK examples, starter kits, and tutorial code adopted across bootcamps and developer communities

Full-Stack Tutorials Teaching

Hackathon Playbooks

Enterprise-grade frameworks for running AI hackathons that drive measurable API adoption and developer engagement

Enterprise AI DevRel

Developer Curriculum

Scalable technical content pipelines supporting 5,000+ learners annually across AI, full-stack, and cloud development

Curriculum Scale AI/ML

ITLFM Platform

Social platform built on MERN stack - currently in development as personal project and portfolio piece

MERN Social WIP

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YouTube & Community

Content & Education

Building developer communities through tutorials, livestreams, and technical education

YouTube Channel

100K+ Subscribers

Silver Play Button recipient with 1M+ views. Creating AI tutorials, developer workflows, and technical education content that consistently ranks and drives learning outcomes.

100K+ Subscribers

1M+ Total Views

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