Austin Sonderman

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ABOUT ME

Senior Full-Stack engineer with 7+ years of experience in SPA and AI applications

I’m a senior software engineer with over 7 years of experience building scalable, reliable applications across the tech stack. My expertise spans developing modern Single Page Applications (SPAs), crafting efficient Python FastAPI APIs, and architecting robust cloud solutions with AWS.

I specialize in helping developers master backend and frontend technologies, including C#/.NET, Vue.js, and Python. Whether you’re tackling performance bottlenecks, designing APIs, or navigating complex cloud architectures, I’ll guide you with actionable advice and proven strategies.

I thrive on sharing knowledge and have mentored teams to adopt best practices in asynchronous programming, API optimization, and software design. Let’s work together to accelerate your learning, overcome challenges, and achieve your goals as a developer.

English

Central Time (US & Canada) (-05:00)

Joined July 2022

EXPERTISE

Python

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SOCIAL PRESENCE

GitHub

GenerativeAI_InAWS

A first look into AWS and generative AI together

advent-of-code

Advent of Code work from year to year

EMPLOYMENTS

AI Software Engineer

Collins Aerospace

2023-04-01-Present

I work in the AI/ML department help to build an enterprise platform of solutions to serve all 80,000 employees at Collins. I work in P...

I work in the AI/ML department help to build an enterprise platform of solutions to serve all 80,000 employees at Collins. I work in Python, FastAPI, and AWS everyday. I have created different Retrieval Augmented Generation pipelines and solutions as well as chatbot solutions using Streamlit, CSS, and PING SSO. I've utilized various AWS services as that is the main cloud environment I work in. I have experience in the Gov and Commercial clouds. Every day is an adventure!

Python

AWS DynamoDB

AWS Lambda

Python

AWS DynamoDB

AWS Lambda

Amazon ECS

AWS SageMaker

Aws step functions

Fastapi

Streamlit

AWS

Software Engineer II

Zywave

2017-05-01-2022-12-01

I worked as a full-stack engineer building solutions on our SPA products. I mainly worked around Content and Content Management. This ...

I worked as a full-stack engineer building solutions on our SPA products. I mainly worked around Content and Content Management. This including search, custom content, content management, and back-end processes for users content as well as our own.

HTML/CSS

SQL

HTML/CSS

SQL

Elasticsearch

TypeScript

Dapper

LINQ

Vue.js

Web Developer

UW-Milwaukee College of Engineering

2016-09-01-2017-02-01

I helped professors update and create additional content for their department websites. I mainly worked in Wordpress and some HTML/CSS...

I helped professors update and create additional content for their department websites. I mainly worked in Wordpress and some HTML/CSS.

HTML/CSS

WordPress

HTML/CSS

WordPress

PROJECTS

Built a Retrieval Augmented Generation pipeline and REST API endpoints

2024

* Designed and implemented a Python-based API consumed by a web application for querying engineering operating manuals. * Collaborated wi...

* Designed and implemented a Python-based API consumed by a web application for querying engineering operating manuals. * Collaborated with DevOps engineers to integrate Mistral models and OpenSearch indexes in AWS, and partnered with algorithms engineers to optimize citation and reference ranking methodologies. * Achieved an anticipated annual cost saving of $1.1M+ by automating and improving manual processes with these tools.

Python

Docker

AWS Lambda

Python

Docker

AWS Lambda

Amazon ECS

AWS SageMaker

Fastapi

LLM

Created a conversational chat application and REST API

2024

* Rapidly developed a chat application using Streamlit, integrating PingFed SSO via OAuth2/OIDC and deploying it to AWS ECS Fargate. * Le...

* Rapidly developed a chat application using Streamlit, integrating PingFed SSO via OAuth2/OIDC and deploying it to AWS ECS Fargate. * Leveraged AWS SageMaker and Mistral 7B v0.2 to provide advanced conversational capabilities. * Enabled seamless communication and information retrieval for internal stakeholders.

Python

PingFederate

AWS SageMaker

Python

PingFederate

AWS SageMaker

Fastapi

Streamlit

LLM