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Robert Gardunia - Lead Software Engineer in Gig Harbor, WA

Robert Gardunia

Staff Full-Stack Engineer specializing in AI systems architecture

Octane MediaThe Evergreen State CollegeGig Harbor, WA20 Years ExperienceStaff LevelWorks Remote

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Veteran developer with 30 years of experience building unusually ambitious AI and full-stack systems, including a civic project tracker for the city of Casa Grande and multiple patent-pending AI architectures. Particularly strong in multi-LLM orchestration, agentic error-correction, and lightweight 3D/avatar experiences, with a track record of turning ambiguous ideas into working production prototypes quickly.

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Key Strengths

  • End-to-end product ownership of civic tech platform
  • Full-stack architecture across frontend, backend, CMS, analytics, and AI avatar systems
  • Designing complex map-driven and conversational user experiences
  • Building production AI features with multi-LLM orchestration
  • Token cost optimization with reported savings up to 8x
  • Strong systems thinking around context, memory, and grounding in LLM applications
  • Multi-agent error handling and hallucination mitigation
  • Evaluation mindset using large-scale simulation and self-testing systems
  • Privacy-first product design without collecting PII
  • Rapid prototyping in ambiguous early-stage environments
  • Deep JavaScript expertise applied to performant 3D/web experiences
  • 30 years of software development experience
  • Patent-pending AI systems

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Experience

Lead Software EngineerOctane Media · Dec 2023 – Present
Founder / Principal EngineerKnightsrook, LLC · Aug 2022 – Presentfreelance
Senior Software Engineer (Contract)Amazon · Apr 2024 – Dec 2025contract
Senior Web Developer (Lead React Developer)AeroTEC · Aug 2022 – May 2023
AT&T Platform EngineeringAT&T · Nov 2009 – Aug 2022
Web DeveloperUN Postal Administration · Jun 2007 – Dec 2008

Education

The Evergreen State Collegebachelor, Liberal Arts

Languages

English

Publications

2 publications

Cross-provider persistent memory for LLM systemsAtypical speech recognition

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