Otto Kruse is an Applied AI Engineer with nearly two decades of experience designing, building and running cloud-native, serverless systems—most recently driving AI prototypes and platform work at AWS and now at Mistral AI. He blends hands-on Python and Node.js full‑stack development with systems thinking from a TU Delft systems engineering background, often owning projects end-to-end from architecture and security to deployment. At AWS he led prototype efforts ranging from generative-AI RCA agents and transformer-based reaction predictors to large-scale simulation and real-time sports CV demos, and he serves as a practical security lead for prototype teams. An open-source enthusiast, he has contributed significant Lambda@Edge and Cognito integration work to public CloudFront authorization samples, showing an unusual mix of edge auth, frontend and serverless expertise. Colleagues describe him as an owner who seeks fun and simplicity in engineering, preferring teams that are self-organizing and outcome-driven.
9 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
CLD
Master of Science System Engineering Policy Analysis and Management, Master of Science System Engineering Policy Analysis and Management at Delft University of Technology
Protect downloads of your content hosted on CloudFront with Cognito authentication using cookies and Lambda@Edge
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Contributions:20 releases, 22 reviews, 90 commits in 3 years 1 month
Contributions summary:Otto contributed significantly to the project by adding and modifying source code related to the authorization process within a CloudFront environment. They implemented features using Lambda@Edge functions and integrated with Cognito for authentication. The contributions also involved modifying a React application, demonstrating a focus on both backend and frontend development aspects of the project. They improved efficiency and robustness through code refactoring and dependency updates.
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