4 years in tech, 2.5 in AI. Full-stack agentic AI platform spanning 49 operational areas - built, deployed, and maintained by one person.
AI Engineer. Production-first. Sydney, AU.
One engineer, 9 months solo. 40+ containers, 280+ workflows, 10+ production bots, a fine-tuned 30B model, 100,000+ lines of architecture docs - all running 24/7 on a dedicated server.
Live products, an open-source framework and bot platform, and what's on the bench right now. Flip Plain / Technical up top to switch every card between recruiter-readable and engineer-deep.
Real data-flow diagrams for the systems behind the products. Click any diagram to magnify it, or open the project for the full breakdown.
What I actually use in production - not a buzzword list.
Not philosophy. Rules I actually break builds against.
Every build starts with one hard question: does this solve a real problem for a real person, or just my urge to build? Once it clears that bar I commit and ship; when it does not, I say so. ScopeShield shipped, found no traction, and got cut in weeks; Bridge stays a pet project because that is the honest label. Scope it straight, then execute without second-guessing.
The 100,000+ lines of architecture docs are not a record of what got built - they are how I work out what to build. If I cannot write a clear sentence about why a component exists and what contract it holds, I have not understood the problem yet. The docs force the thinking; the thinking prevents the rework.
Observability, routing, and failure handling come before features, always. Every Meridian bot launched with Langfuse traces on day one. Synqr's voice stack sat gated while the proxy layer, data residency, and key security were proven. The interesting work is only safe once the boring work is done.
4 years in tech. 2.5 years in AI. Before that, years managing complex operations across retail and fitness - the shift is what I build with, not how I think.
I've also led teams in past roles - 8+ staff across two gyms as a Gym Manager, multi-property operations as a Building Manager. Comfortable in cross-functional work and managing complexity.
I ship agentic AI in production, solo. Imagine what I do on a team. Open to AI Engineer roles in Sydney or remote across Australia. Available immediately.
damian@damianbuilds.com