Jason Brill - Engineer and Artist
Engineer and artist exploring the convergence of computation and creative expression. Currently building production GenAI and agentic AI systems at Lightning Labs—architecting autonomous agents, RAG workflows, and scalable platforms for payment networks.
My work spans full-stack systems serving millions of users, interactive data visualization, and experimental interfaces. I'm drawn to projects that blur boundaries between technology, art, and human experience.
Projects
Synesthetic Studio
2022 — PresentWhat if you could touch your music? Transforming digital audio into tactile materials through spectrogram analysis—aluminium etching, concrete casting, and resin embedding for institutional collections.
Terminal Web
2024 — PresentBuilding web interfaces for Lightning Network node operations. Streamlining payment infrastructure management through intuitive dashboards and real-time monitoring.
Lightning Land
2022 — PresentVisualizing 16,000+ Lightning Network nodes in 3D space. Exploring how spatial representation helps us understand complex payment networks.
Curiosity Rover Tools
2021Data visualization tools for scientists analyzing Mars telemetry. Spent a summer helping people understand signals from a robot on another planet.
Experience
Lightning Labs
2022 — PresentScaling Bitcoin payments for Billions
NASA JPL
2021Mars rover data visualization
Clinc
2018 — 2020Conversational AI for banking
Education
Parsons School of Design
2020 — 2022MFA Design & Technology
University of Michigan
2014 — 2018BS Computer Science