Summary
Robert Gerace is a Staff Software Engineer with over a decade of full-stack experience building reliable, scalable systems and shipping features millions of users depend on. He has led end-to-end development across frontend and backend stacks—React/TypeScript, Node, Ruby on Rails, and large-scale databases—while architecting data pipelines and production-grade ML/LLM features. Recently he focused on LLM-powered products and vector-embedding infrastructure at Academia.edu, launching AI-driven summarization, QA, and audio generation features. Comfortable bridging product and engineering, he mentors teams, drives pragmatic architecture, and turns complex technical work into measurable user value. Based in Flagler Beach, FL, he pairs a Physics degree with hands-on engineering rigor and a knack for migrating legacy codebases to modern, typed platforms. Notably, he consistently moves projects from prototype to production readiness, balancing experimentation with operational reliability.
10 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS Physics, Bachelor of Science - BS Physics at University of North Georgia