Location: Walsenburg, CO
Remote: Yes (US only)
Willing to relocate: No
Technologies: Python, Java, TypeScript, Kafka, Spark, PostgreSQL, OpenSearch, AWS (Lambda, ECS, S3, Step Functions), Kubernetes, Terraform, MLflow, PyTorch, FastAPI, BentoML, LLM orchestration (Ollama/Llama 3), RAG architectures
Portfolio: https://walsenburgtech.com/blog
Resume/CV: https://drive.google.com/file/d/180FozwS-NM4EV4Dhhop2t8nlsHp...
chriscowart18[at]gmail[dot]com
Staff Engineer / Engineering Manager | 18 years | Fintech, AI/ML, Platform Engineering
I build production AI systems in regulated financial environments. Previous: 60M+ ML classification system and high-throughput data pipelines at an auto lender. Managed engineering teams up to 10 and directed 35 developers through a CoE model. Recently shipped a KYB and a tiered fraud detection pipeline with ML model serving.