Summary
Cole Gillespie is a seasoned software engineer with 14 years of experience building full-stack systems and a current focus on applied AI, specializing in multi-region LLM gateways, retrieval pipelines with vector stores, and production-grade prompt engineering. Based in Raleigh, NC, he brings strong cloud and infra chops—Go, Kubernetes, Terraform, Azure, and AWS—paired with TypeScript and React for shipping end-to-end solutions. His long tenure at enterprise firms like IBM/Lenovo and Tanium reflects deep experience integrating hardware-aware datacenter interfaces and operating reliable production systems. Cole emphasizes observability, guardrails, and concise documentation, and regularly amplifies team knowledge through code reviews, pairing, and technical write-ups. He’s pragmatic about keeping models predictable in production and enjoys collaborating on practical AI infrastructure and prompt engineering challenges.
14 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
English, German