Brian Kustra
Staff Software Engineer at Anaconda, Inc.
Denver, Colorado, United States
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Top SchoolBrian Kustra is a Staff Software Engineer based in Denver with 10 years of experience building backend-first systems and leading cross-team engineering efforts. He excels in Clojure, Python, JavaScript and Go, and has deep experience with Postgres, ElasticSearch, Docker and AWS, having owned build-to-deploy pipelines and operational concerns. At Anaconda he leads the Unified Search initiative, stitching together disparate data sources to improve discovery across the platform. His background in physics and early career in hands-on operations (from lab software to property management) gives him a pragmatic, systems-thinking approach to solving algorithmic and scaling challenges. He combines strong backend craftsmanship with a knack for making complex search and indexing problems understandable and actionable for product teams.
10 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
Hack ReactorSlidell High SchoolBachelor of Science - BS Physics, Bachelor of Science - BS Physics at University of New Orleans
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Github Skills (55)
docker-image9
chatgpt9
angular-app9
artificial-intelligence9
pytorch9
llm9
large-language-models9
python9
ai9
encapsulation9
gpt9
yeoman9
pug9
transformer9
language-model8
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
bkentropy/dotfiles
May 2018 - Feb 2022
A collection of dotfiles and conveniences
Contributions:2 PRs, 9 pushes, 3 branches in 3 years 9 months
dotfilesstowkarabinerzsh
OS0/Culturalyst
Dec 2015 - Jan 2016
Contributions:39 commits, 21 PRs, 13 pushes in 1 month
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