Applied AI Engineer/ Product Builder/ Data Science

Alex Horton, an applied AI engineer and product builder based in Santa Cruz, CA, is seeking remote or hybrid work in SF/Socal, specializing in turning messy ideas and datasets into AI-assisted products using open-source, private AI agent platforms to avoid vendor lock-in.

Location: Santa Cruz, CA Remote: Yes Willing to relocate: Remote Preferred. SF/Socal Hybrid ok Applied AI / product builder Full Stack . I’m strongest at turning messy ideas, workflows, datasets, and APIs into useful AI-assisted products and prototypes; especially where product judgment, user understanding, automation, and modern LLM/agent tooling matter. In a world where AI is become exponentially more intelligent in general, a recurring challenge has become harnessing that intelligence for specific, personalized real world applications, not just generic generalized intelligence. This is what I do in addition to and in conjunction with Product Development, Data Science, and Bot Building. I scope problems by optimizing for specific organizational or enterprise goals, and choose the tech stack that helps support the achievement of those goals in both the short and long term. I work with a lot of open source, personalized, persistent AI agent harnesses and platforms; avoiding the lock in of major AI labs and vendors, keeping data private, and allowing the same system to swap in different LLMs. Technologies and Tools: Claude Code, Hermes Agent Harness, Obsidian, Docker, Terminal and many others Résumé/CV: https://alexhorton.dev Email: horton.alexander@gmail.com Websites: https://Bitcoinmachinelearning.com https://EnergyScout.org https://Propfi.Live beta demo Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48594452 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48594452 Points: 1 Comments: 0