AWS
Architect-level expertise across compute, data, and serverless delivery.
Engineer • Builder • Inventor
I build software for hard problems in the cloud, in space, and at the edges of AI.
I am Alan Snyder, a software engineer with deep AWS experience and decades of work across startups, NASA, and applied artificial intelligence.
AWS Certified
Languages
Java and Python used in production across startups, enterprise, and government.
Domains
Artificial intelligence, aerospace systems, mission software, and distributed services.
Track Record
6 issued patents. Peer-reviewed work and multiple products shipped to real users.
Where I have been
A career across the unusual.
The details may sit behind private repositories, but the arc of the work is public and measurable.
NASA
Built telemetry and mission software for NASA's VIPER lunar rover program.
Stanford
Built ePAD, a radiology research tool still in use at Stanford Medicine.
Startups
Early engineer through scale, owning architecture and delivery at speed.
AI
Active practitioner applying modern LLM systems and practical ML workflows.
Contact
Let's talk about the role.
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