Virtual Resume

Jacob Furtaw — Machine Learning Engineer

Experience

Agentic Engineer

Integral Federal

McLean, VA

Sept 2026 – Present

Designing, building, and deploying production autonomous AI agents and LLM-powered applications across AWS, Google Cloud, and Microsoft Azure.

GenAI Engineer

Stealth AI Startup

Baltimore, MD

Jan 2026 – Sept 2026

Building advanced generative AI solutions and intelligent systems for family and multi-family offices around the globe.

PythonLLMsGenerative AI

Co-Founder & Machine Learning Engineer

SurgePoint Software LLC

Towson, MD

Aug 2023 – Jan 2025

Co-founded SurgePoint and led the development of an AI-powered student information assistant using Llama 3.1 and Mistral models. Built a custom RAG pipeline and curated a 13M-line dataset from 200M+ raw web-scraped data and documents. Implemented advanced prompt engineering to serve accurate information to over 15,000 students. Won $1,000 in the Towson StartUp Cohort.

PythonRAGLlama 3.1MistralPrompt EngineeringLLMsData Engineering

Advanced Repair Agent

Geek Squad / Best Buy

Towson & Owings Mills, MD

Mar 2022 – Apr 2026

Provided advanced technical support and repairs for computers, laptops, smartphones, and other consumer electronics. Specialized in complex diagnostics, data recovery, malware removal, and OS troubleshooting across Windows and macOS platforms. Handled escalated repairs with a focus on first-time fix rates and excellent customer service. Consistently the top preforming ARA in the micromarket averging 1.2+ tags per hour and 150%+ utilization.

Hardware RepairSoftware TroubleshootingData RecoveryMalware RemovalWindowsmacOSTechnical Diagnostics

Skills & Technologies

Programming Languages

Python

JavaScript / TypeScript

SQL

C++

Frameworks & ML Libraries

PyTorch

TensorFlow

Transformers

Diffusers

LangChain

Llama-Index

Llama Parse

FastAPI

NumPy

Pandas

Scikit-learn

Matplotlib

PIL

Inference & Optimization

vLLM

Ollama

Llama.cpp

API Inference (SpaceXAI, OpenAI, Anthropic, NVIDIA NIMS)

Quantization

Model Training & Fine-tuning

Agents & RAG Systems

Multi-Agent Architectures

Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG)

Agent Tool/Skill Development & Integration

Vector Databases (ChromaDB, Milvus, Pinecone)

OpenClaw

Pi Coding Agent

Hermes Agent

Web & Frontend Development

React

Next.js

Node.js & Express

Tailwind CSS

Framer Motion

DevOps, Tools & Data

Docker

Git

Web Scraping (Playwright, Trafilatura)

Google Earth Engine

pytest

Jupyter Notebooks

Education

Bachelor of Science in Computer Science

Towson University

Towson, MD • Jan 2022 – Dec 2023

Software Engineering Track | Relevant coursework: Artificial Intelligence, Data Structures & Algorithms, Software Engineering, Database Management, Object-Oriented Design, Web Programming, Linear Algebra, Statistics

Associate of Arts in Computer Science

Howard Community College

Columbia, MD • Aug 2019 – Dec 2021

Relevant coursework: Computer Science I & II (C++), Discrete Mathematics, Intro to Python, Calculus I & II