Available for new opportunities

Evan
Gerstner

Software Engineer

I build backend systems, data pipelines, and AI-driven tooling that make complex problems easier to solve. Based in Kansas City — open to remote.

4+
Years of Industry Experience
B.S.
Computer Science — Mizzou, Cum Laude
AWS
OCI · Kubernetes · Terraform
RAG
Vector Search · LLM Integration

Areas of Focus

Backend & Data Engineering

ETL pipelines, database architecture, and workflow automation. I've built systems that moved data across OCI, Oracle ADB, and AWS at scale.

PythonSQLOCIAWS

AI & ML Engineering

Retrieval-augmented generation, vector search, and natural language interfaces. I've architected systems that let users query complex data with plain language.

RAGLangChainLlamaIndexVector Search

DevOps & Automation

Infrastructure as code, deployment pipelines, and release automation. Eliminated full-day manual processes by building automated workflows across cloud environments.

KubernetesTerraformAtlantisChef

Recent Projects

01

AI Icebreaker Bot

LLM-powered networking assistant using RAG and vector search with LlamaIndex and IBM Watsonx Granite.

PythonRAGVector DBLLMs
02

Spotify API Insights

Web app visualizing listening habits via Spotify API and OAuth. Deployed on AWS EC2.

AngularOAuthAWS EC2
03

Animal Noise Locator

iOS app combining GPS, microphone arrays, triangulation, and a TensorFlow model to classify and locate animal sounds.

SwiftPythonTensorFlowFirebase