Caughey
I’m Joseph Caughey, a fractional CTO and AI product architect in Victoria, BC. I build agentic engineering systems with deterministic validation underneath them, so AI-generated work is verified against a spec rather than trusted on faith. I set the technical strategy and I still write the code.
Joseph Caughey — Fractional CTO & AI Product Architect
About Joseph Caughey
I’m Joseph “Joey” Caughey. At Parity Integration I design the validation framework behind production rebuilds: executable specs, LLM-as-judge evaluators, contract tests at every seam, and validators that keep grading once the code is live. I also wrote DirectiveAI, an open-source standard that compiles AI directives into scoped, auditable Git branches.
I hold a certificate in Applied Artificial Intelligence from the University of Victoria, completed with a 97% standing.
Building now
Two things in flight
Parity Integration
Fractional CTO / AI Product Architect
The validation framework behind production rebuilds, plus the Figma-to-code, Jira and MCP tooling around it.
DirectiveAI
Open source
A Git-first standard that compiles AI directives into scoped, policy-gated, auditable branches.
The other half
I also make films, records and commercials.
AI-generated shorts, music videos, commercial spots, and the records I produced and released through Stand One, the label I founded.
Worked on brands such as
What next
I am looking for ownership.
Equity-aligned leadership and long-term partnerships where I can take real responsibility for product architecture, technology strategy and platform growth.