JACOB ADAMS
Senior Full-Stack AI Engineer

Senior Full-Stack AI Engineer

Senior Full-Stack AI Engineer with 5+ years building scalable web and AI platforms. Focused on LLMs, RAG, cloud-native architecture, and end-to-end product delivery.
Generative AI
LLMs & RAG
Full-Stack Systems
Cloud & DevOps
Senior Full-Stack AI Engineer with 5+ years building cloud-native and AI platforms.
Expert in LLMs, RAG, vector search, and production retrieval pipelines.
Proven ability to deliver secure APIs, microservices, and modern frontend experiences.
Experienced in AWS, Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, PostgreSQL, Redis, and CI/CD.

Portfolio Highlights

AI and cloud-native solutions delivered with enterprise-grade reliability, automation, and intelligent workflows.
01

Campaign Callback Scheduler

Serverless AWS platform for callback scheduling and booking management.
TypeScriptAWS LambdaAPI GatewayDynamoDBStep Functions
02

Travel Refund Decision Engine

AI agent platform for automated refund decisions and workflow orchestration.
LangGraphLangChainFastAPIReactAnthropic Claude
03

AI Platform Engineering

Enterprise AI delivery with secure APIs, RAG pipelines, and cloud-native deployments.
ReactFastAPIDockerTerraformGitHub Actions
04

Data & AI Operations

Production-grade platform work for data workflows, retrieval systems, and scalable AI services.
PostgreSQLRedisVector SearchCI/CDKubernetes

Experience

  1. Full Stack AI Engineer, Constructor

    May 2025 - Present
    • Designed and developed AI-powered e-commerce search and recommendation platforms leveraging machine learning, NLP, transformer models, and large language models to deliver personalized product discovery experiences.
    • Built full-stack AI applications integrating frontend interfaces, backend services, retrieval systems, ranking pipelines, and cloud infrastructure for enterprise-scale commerce platforms.
    • Developed hybrid search solutions combining keyword retrieval, semantic search, vector embeddings, and machine learning ranking models to improve query understanding and product relevance.
    • Built AI retrieval pipelines using embeddings, vector databases, and LLM-based workflows to enhance search intelligence, recommendations, and personalized shopping experiences.
    • Engineered scalable backend services and microservices using Python, FastAPI, Java, and REST APIs to support search orchestration, ranking, and high-volume production workloads.
    • Implemented multi-stage ranking architectures combining learning-to-rank algorithms, behavioral signals, transformer-based models, and LLM-based approaches to optimize search results.
    • Developed data processing workflows for product catalogs, user interactions, clickstream events, and behavioral data to support machine learning models and recommendation systems.
    • Built and optimized APIs, caching layers, and indexing strategies to improve system scalability, reliability, and low-latency response times.
    • Deployed and maintained cloud-native AI services using AWS, Docker, Kubernetes, and CI/CD automation to support production AI workloads.
    • Collaborated with ML engineers, software engineers, and product teams to deliver production-ready AI features, scalable backend systems, and intelligent search capabilities.
  2. Full Stack Engineer, IT Gurus Of Atlanta

    September 2022 - May 2025
    • Designed and developed scalable full-stack applications using Java, Spring Boot, Python, FastAPI, React, Next.js, TypeScript, JavaScript, SQL, and REST APIs, integrating AI-powered capabilities and intelligent automation workflows into enterprise applications.
    • Built responsive frontend applications using React, Next.js, TypeScript, and Tailwind CSS, creating modern user interfaces for AI-driven features, data visualization, and business workflows integrated with backend services.
    • Developed secure backend services and microservice architectures using Java Spring Boot and Python FastAPI, implementing authentication, API integrations, asynchronous processing, and backend services supporting AI applications and data-driven platforms.
    • Implemented Generative AI and automation workflows using LLM APIs, retrieval pipelines, embeddings, vector search, and intelligent processing techniques to enhance application capabilities and improve user experiences.
    • Built ETL/ELT data pipelines to ingest, transform, and validate structured and semi-structured data from databases, APIs, and cloud platforms, preparing high-quality datasets for analytics and AI-powered applications.
    • Engineered cloud-native solutions on AWS using S3, Glue, Lambda, Redshift, and API Gateway, deploying scalable application services and AI-enabled workloads with optimized data processing using Parquet and Delta Lake.
    • Designed database schemas, optimized SQL queries, and implemented data models supporting transactional applications, analytics platforms, and AI-driven decision-making workflows.
    • Automated application deployments and infrastructure workflows using Docker, GitHub Actions, CI/CD, and Terraform, enabling reliable delivery of scalable full-stack and AI-powered applications.
    • Collaborated with software engineers, ML engineers, product managers, and data teams in Agile environments to deliver production-ready AI features, cloud-native platforms, and intelligent software solutions.

Core Skills

Programming Languages
Python
Java
TypeScript
JavaScript
SQL
Frontend Development
React
Next.js
TypeScript
Tailwind CSS
Redux / Zustand
Backend Development
FastAPI
Spring Boot
Node.js / Express
REST / GraphQL
JWT / OAuth
AI & Search
Generative AI
LLMs
RAG
AI Agents
Vector Search
Cloud & DevOps
PostgreSQL
Redis
Vector Databases
Docker / Kubernetes
AWS / Terraform

Education and Certifications

Education
Penn State University
B.S. in Data Sciences
August 2018 - August 2022
Credential Summary
10 industry certifications across cloud, data engineering, AI, and application development from AWS, Azure, Databricks, and IBM.