Software Engineer

Engineering reliable systems from complex problems.

I’m Adrian Edwards, a software engineer who studies how constraints, components, and people interact before deciding what to build. I apply that systems-first approach across AI, cloud infrastructure, simulation, and embedded software to turn complex problems into practical, reliable systems.

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Selected Work

Reflection

A local-first desktop knowledge system that converts Markdown notes into searchable context for AI-assisted learning and long-term memory workflows.

Active Prototype

Python
TypeScript
React
PyWebView
ChromaDB
SQLite
Mistune

Pressure Evolution System

An experimental C-based simulation framework for studying how physical laws, numerical methods, and system constraints produce emergent behavior.

Active Experimental Development

C
Physics
Numerical Integration
ESP32
Simulation

Cognitive World

An experimental simulated world where autonomous agents learn from perception, memory, and interaction.

Architecture Stage

Java
AI Agents
Simulation
Game Systems

Oil Market Simulation

A discrete-time, agent-based simulation of how an oil market responds to sudden supply disruptions.

First Version Finished

Python
Agent-Based Modeling
Discrete-Time Simulation
Monte Carlo Analysis

Experience

EndectaSoftware Engineer

Held broad technical ownership across application development, cloud infrastructure, AI systems, deployment, and client delivery within an early-stage startup.
Worked directly with company leadership, engineers, and client stakeholders to translate operational problems into product requirements and system designs.
Contributed to architecture and technical direction across multiple interconnected services rather than working within a single application or narrowly defined feature area.
Owned critical platform responsibilities including infrastructure management, production deployments, system integration, and troubleshooting across application and cloud environments.
Supported client demonstrations and business-critical delivery, diagnosing issues under operational pressure and adapting systems as requirements evolved.

Independent EngineeringDeveloper

Maintain a focused portfolio of long-term engineering projects across simulation, applied AI, embedded systems, and agent-based modeling.
Define project scope, system boundaries, architecture, and measurable development milestones before selecting technologies or beginning implementation.
Develop projects iteratively from conceptual models and early prototypes into testable systems with documented assumptions, limitations, and future direction.
Use independent work to investigate problems that cross software, infrastructure, physical systems, and decision-making rather than producing isolated technical demonstrations.

Engineering Focus

Applied Intelligence

AI systems that retrieve, interpret, and act on useful information rather than only generate text.

Simulation and Physical Systems

Models and embedded systems that capture real-world constraints, from hardware-in-the-loop testing to physical process simulation.

Production Infrastructure

Deployment, orchestration, and operational systems engineered to stay reliable under real production load.

About

Software engineering isn't just my job — it's how I've approached problems since I was a kid taking things apart to understand them. Today that means building systems across AI, simulation, and infrastructure, always starting with the constraints before the code.

Let's build something difficult.

I'm based near Atlanta, Georgia and open to engineering roles in applied AI, embedded systems, and production infrastructure.

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