Software Engineer at Aurelian

Sawyer
Czupka

Backend-first software engineer. I build APIs, data pipelines, and the infrastructure underneath them. Right now that means connecting AI call-handling to the dispatch systems 911 centers run on.

focus
Backend systems, data pipelines, infrastructure
previously
RAG systems · LLM evaluation · ML research at William & Mary
off hours
Kubernetes homelab · sim racing telemetry
resume→projects →github ↗
01

Selected work

all projects →
AJan 2025 – Present

LapEvo

iRacing Telemetry Tracker & Real-time Coach

iRacing telemetry tracker and AI racing coach — real-time 60Hz data pipeline, React dashboard, and TimescaleDB time-series storage.

Python / FastAPI / React 19 / TypeScript / TimescaleDB

BJul 2023 – Present

Personal Homelab Infrastructure

Production-grade self-hosted infrastructure

Production-grade homelab: 116-pod Kubernetes cluster on Proxmox, GitOps via ArgoCD, Terraform/Packer infra-as-code, and automated TLS.

Kubernetes / Proxmox / Terraform / Packer / ArgoCD

02

Experience

full resume →
  1. Apr 2026 – PresentSoftware Engineer — Aurelian
  2. Aug 2025 – Dec 2025Software Engineering Intern (Sole Engineer) — Luminexis AI / Threat Tec
  3. Jan 2024 – Sept 2024Machine Learning & Software Engineer — Teamculture.ai / L10.tech
  4. May 2023 – Sept 2023Machine Learning & Software Engineer Intern — The World Bank & GEF
  5. Jan 2023 – May 2025Machine Learning Technical Lead — GeoLab @ William & Mary