Backend & full-stack engineer · Irvine, California

Syed Omer
Ahmer

Syed Omer Ahmer
UC IrvineSoftware EngineeringAWS CertifiedFull-stack · DevOps · Cloud · Agentic AI

01 / About

A bit about
what I do.

Profile / Background

01 — Work

I’m a software engineer. Most of my work is backend and cloud infrastructure, and lately a lot of it has been building systems that use AI agents to make applications more reliable and to show their work, so you can see why they landed where they did.

02 — Tools

I mostly write TypeScript, Go, and Python. React and Next.js on the front end, FastAPI and PostgreSQL behind it, and AWS, Terraform, Docker, and Kubernetes to get it deployed. I also build agentic systems with LangGraph and the Anthropic API.

03 — Education

I earned a B.S. in Software Engineering from the University of California, Irvine in June 2026.

02 / Work

Where I’ve
worked.

02 / Jan 2025 — Jun 2025

IntualAI

Fullstack Engineer · Santa Cruz, CA

Built AWS infrastructure, automation, deployment workflows, and secure developer access for a multi-tier microservices SaaS platform.

  • Reduced service interruptions by 70% with a Go Lambda and EventBridge workflow that refreshed Airtable webhooks and API tokens automatically.
  • Provisioned the core AWS network with CDK and supported Kubernetes-based microservices deployment workflows.
  • Implemented IAM Identity Center least-privilege access and temporary developer credentials.
  • Designed AWS CodePipeline CI/CD gates using Jest and React Testing Library.

03 / Aug 2023 — Oct 2024

Nanotechnology Lab at UC Berkeley

Software Engineer Intern · Berkeley, CA

Led the CS team’s web and backend efforts for the lab’s public-facing research platform and real-time sensor visualization tooling.

  • Built a WCAG-compliant React, Express, MongoDB, and TypeScript application used by 50+ researchers and students.
  • Built a Python/Flask API for real-time carbon nanotube sensor readings and rendered live V-C curves and response graphs with Chart.js.

03 / Projects

Things I’ve
built.

01 / Product demoPlaying · Muted

01 / LLM tooling · Developer infrastructure · Jun 2026

Driftguard

A prompt-versioning and selective evaluation system that treats LLM prompt changes like schema migrations.

View on GitHubomerahmer/DriftguardRust · PostgreSQL/pgvector · sqlx · OpenAI API · Next.js · TypeScript · GitHub Actions

Driftguard / System flow

01Prompt diff
02Similarity selector
03Targeted evals
04PR gate
02 / Product demoPlaying · Muted

02 / AI infrastructure · Cloud architecture · Jan 2026

Terrarium

A visual, AI-powered AWS infrastructure designer that generates, validates, and remediates Terraform configurations.

Open live projectterrarium-fawn.vercel.appReact · TypeScript · Go · Python · LangGraph · Anthropic API

Terrarium / System flow

01Visual canvas
02HCL generation
03Validation
04Remediation
Contact / Open channel

04 / Contact

Have something
worth building?

I’m always interested in thoughtful software, ambitious teams, and conversations about what’s next.

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