Robert Ellegate is an SRE-turned-AI/ML engineer at Yahoo with a decade of experience building reliable infrastructure and intelligent systems for internet-scale products. He combines hands-on expertise in Linux, CI/CD, and Terraform with practical ML work—experimenting with LangChain-based agents that make email systems more human-aware. Comfortable leading stand-ups, mentoring peers, and shipping production services, he thrives in high-context, ambiguous environments where unconventional ideas are the starting point. His background spans security automation, network support, and middleware at institutions like RIT and New York State ITS, giving him a pragmatic, end-to-end view of systems. Based in Buffalo, he’s particularly interested in projects at the intersection of ML, infrastructure, and product that prioritize human-centered scale.
10 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor’s Degree Computing and Information Technology, Bachelor’s Degree Computing and Information Technology at Rochester Institute of Technology
High School, High School at Grand Island Senior High School
Cyber Security/Computer Networking, Cyber Security/Computer Networking at Erie 1 BOCES
Manage a dynamic home IP address with an AWS hosted route53 domain
Contributions:3 PRs, 14 pushes, 2 branches in 2 years 2 months
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Robert Ellegate - Software Dev Engineer I at Yahoo