Andrew A.
Ex-Apple/Google | Full Stack AI Engineer | Go, Python, RAG, AI Agents
Hey there! I'm Andrew, a Senior Software Engineer with 𝟏𝟐+ 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 of experience shipping production apps at 𝐀𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐞, 𝐆𝐨𝐨𝐠𝐥𝐞, 𝐇𝐄𝐁, and 𝐔𝐒𝐀𝐀. Currently at Apple building agentic AI infrastructure. I bring big-tech quality to every project, whether you're a startup racing to launch or an enterprise that needs senior-level help. WHAT I DELIVER • Full-stack web and mobile applications from idea to deployment • Agentic AI systems, RAG pipelines, and intelligent automation • Conversational Voice AI pipelines, including real-time text-to-speech and custom voice cloning • Cloud infrastructure that scales without breaking the bank • Internal tools, admin systems, and APIs built for performance and reliability TRACK RECORD • Apple (current): Lead CLI engineer on Apple's Agentic Platform Team. Building the control plane for deploying and managing AI agents and MCP servers at scale using LangGraph, Ray, and Kubernetes • Voice AI Architecture: Built and deployed end-to-end audio pipelines integrating cloud APIs (ElevenLabs) and self-hosted open-source models for ultra-low-latency, high-fidelity voice synthesis • Apple (previous): Shipped a Vue.js admin system with OAuth 2.0, a Go/gRPC cloud backend, and an iOS app for internal marketing ops • Google: Refactored an open-source tool used across hundreds of offices, saving billions in lost productivity • USAA: Led the Savings Booster product that moved $160M+/year into member accounts. 2 years, zero major bugs • HEB: Architected a NestJS microservices platform on GCP and led a 5-dev team to deliver a supply chain negotiation tool CORE STRENGTH • I think like a product owner, not just a coder. Smart architecture decisions early so you don't pay for them later • Led teams of 5-10 devs and shipped on deadline at companies where failure isn't an option • Clear communicator. I flag problems early, keep you in the loop, and treat your project like my own TECH STACK • ai/agentic: LangGraph, Ray, Claude Code, MCP, RAG pipelines, TensorFlow, ElevenLabs, Audio AI / TTS, Datadog, Grafana • frontend: React, Angular, Vue, TypeScript, Swift (iOS) • backend: Node.js, Go, Java, Python, NestJS, GraphQL, gRPC • cloud/devops: AWS, GCP, Azure, EKS, Kubernetes, Docker, CI/CD, Ansible • data: PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Kafka, Firebase If you've got a project that needs senior-level engineering and someone who actually cares about the outcome, send me a message. I'd love to hear what you're building.
Earnings and projects
An estimate from an earlier read
Last 6 months: $134k
Billed in all: $159,335$159k
$17k in the last 6 months
Across 10 contracts
Across 13 contracts
Earnings, last 30 days
Dotted: longer than usual between two readings.
Skill rankings: Top 0.05% in PostgreSQL
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