Hey, I'm Ben

Software Engineering student at Rochester Institute of Technology (B.S., expected December 2028) and AI Developer Intern at JWX. I build backend systems, AI tooling, and self-hosted infrastructure - things that are actually useful.

Status: Available for co-ops & internships · Spring 2027

What I'm Building

At Work (JWX)

• Acquisition Chat Bot - Multi-provider code analysis platform for acquisitions on FastAPI, routing between OpenAI, Gemini, and Anthropic (via AWS Bedrock) behind a single LLM router, with GitHub, GitLab, and Google Drive adapters
• Natural Language DB Query Tool - Streamlit app for querying PostgreSQL, Snowflake, and Looker dashboards in plain English
• GitLab MR Review Bot - Autonomous merge request review bot that posts inline findings in the GitLab Changes tab, resolved via emoji reactions
• Model Sensitivity Evaluation Suite - ~90-run evaluation harness testing prompt spec-detail against model choice across Sonnet 5, Opus 5, and Fable 5

Personal Projects

• CTSDeploy - Self-hosted auto-deployment system: GitHub webhooks to Raspberry Pi to live subdomains on benkruseski.com
• CTSStatus - Live status dashboard auto-detecting all CTSDeploy projects: HTTP status, Docker container state, recent deploy logs
• Full Self-Hosted Server - Proxmox home lab running GitLab CE, a full mail stack, Nextcloud, and Immich, with Tailscale and DNS-level filtering
• Journeyman - Keyboard-driven TUI email client in Rust, with native Gmail OAuth2, IMAP support, and a local SQLite cache
• Zed PDF Reader - PDF viewing for the Zed editor via a companion Rust daemon serving a bundled pdf.js viewer
• Clockwork - Terminal UI merging local LAN discovery and Tailscale mesh status into a live device table
• iPhone Message Retriever - Cross-platform CLI/GUI for extracting iPhone SMS/iMessage conversations to PDF
• GrandparentShield - Windows 11 system tray app hardening laptops for non-technical elderly users
• Unified Google Calendar - Aggregates three Google accounts into one calendar view via OAuth2 + Google Calendar API
• Timely - Web app for visualizing weekly class schedules and detecting time conflicts

Currently Working On

Running a ~90-run spec-detail x model-sensitivity evaluation suite across Sonnet 5, Opus 5, and Fable 5, expanding the Acquisition Chat Bot's provider adapters, and deepening expertise in LLM tooling and agentic systems.

Tech Stack

Languages Python TypeScript JavaScript Java C SQL HTML/CSS YAML

AI & Data Anthropic API (MCP, RAG) Gemini API AWS Bedrock OpenRouter LLM Integration Prompt Engineering Streamlit PostgreSQL Snowflake Looker

Infrastructure Linux (Arch, Ubuntu) Docker Proxmox Tailscale Nginx Mailcow Nextcloud Immich AdGuard Home Cloudflare systemd AWS

Dev Tools Git GitHub GitLab GitLab CI/CD Next.js React Tailwind CSS

Currently Learning Rust · Kubernetes · Cloudflare Networking · Advanced Nginx

Experience

AI Developer Intern - JWX · New York, NY (Remote) May 2025 - Aug 2025 · Feb 2026 - Aug 2026 Own ~80% of a 17k-LOC FastAPI backend across 211 commits for a multi-provider LLM code analysis platform; built a Streamlit NL-to-SQL tool and an autonomous GitLab MR review bot; shipped security hardening including AES-256-GCM credential encryption.

Manager - Heroes Comics & Cards · Norwalk, CT Jul 2019 - Present Daily operations, inventory, financial reconciliations, and end-of-day reporting.

Education

B.S. Software Engineering - Rochester Institute of Technology Aug 2024 - Dec 2028 · Immersion in Geographic Information Systems · Dean's List: Spring 2025

A.A.S. Software Engineering - CT State Community College - Norwalk Sep 2021 - May 2024 · Completed via Dual Enrollment through P-TECH Norwalk

Certifications

Notary Public · State of Connecticut

Connect

• Website: benkruseski.com
• Email: ben@benkruseski.com
• LinkedIn: LinkedIn