About Garrett
Software Engineer · AI Infrastructure · Backend Systems · Ships Fast
I build AI infrastructure and applications that ship in weeks, not months.
At Re:Build Manufacturing, I build backend systems and AI infrastructure: Terraform, observability, and CI/CD. I care about solving the actual problem, not building impressive architecture for its own sake.
What I've Shipped
ReVA — AI Chatbot Infrastructure
I built the infrastructure for an AI-powered chatbot from scratch: Terraform for multi-environment deployment, observability for product and engineering, and CI/CD for automated deployments.
When I found a bottleneck in our RAG system, I replaced it and improved embedding speed by 20X. By choosing Open WebUI over a custom frontend, we reduced the team from 6 developers to 2 and shipped in weeks instead of months.
Composite Resources — Manufacturing Scheduler
I built a finite manufacturing scheduling application in one month through daily customer meetings and a simple design: spreadsheet in, spreadsheet out.
An outside vendor with a large team took months, wanted $30k/year, required complex on-prem deployment, and still didn't match the features.
What I Care About
- Solving the actual problem, not impressive architecture
- Talking to customers, not just writing code
- Simple solutions that work
- Owning the full stack: application code, infrastructure, observability, CI/CD
I'm comfortable talking to customers, writing Terraform, debugging performance issues, and delivering something that works. If you're hiring for a backend or AI engineering role, I'd love to connect.