David Wurtz
Principal Engineer, Machine Learning at 4EST, Inc
Vancouver, Washington, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolDavid Wurtz is a Principal Engineer specializing in machine learning with 13 years of experience building AI-driven systems, currently focused on applying ML to architecture and engineering at 4EST, Inc. His background spans audio and embedded signal processing—developing deep learning speech models, voice capture algorithms for consumer devices, and noise cancellation systems at companies including Facebook and Avnera. A serial founder and early-stage engineer, he co-founded AI Maintainer and Teraphone, bringing product-focused experimentation and startup grit to larger engineering efforts. Based in Vancouver, Washington, he pairs a B.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering with hands-on expertise shipping production ML and DSP systems for constrained hardware. Notably, his career bridges low-level algorithm design and high-level ML deployment, enabling practical AI solutions for real-world built environments.
13 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Electrical and Computer Engineering, Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Electrical and Computer Engineering at Portland State University
Github Skills (51)
artificial-intelligence10
python10
llm10
openai10
autonomous-agents10
ai10
autogpt10
claude10
gpt10
boilerplate10
agentic-ai10
foundation9
electron9
javascript9
eslint9
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
dwrtz/sink
Dec 2024 - Oct 2025
Turn your repo into an LLM prompt
Contributions:14 PRs, 7 pushes, 15 branches in 9 months
llmllmsprompt-generatorprompt-toolkit
dwrtz/ml-examples
Oct 2024 - May 2026
Contributions:10 pushes in 1 year 6 months
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