Aric Camarata

Principal AI Engineer

aric.camarata@gmail.com|ariccamarata.com|linkedin.com/in/ariccamarata|github.com/acamarata|Conneaut, OH (Remote)

Summary

Principal AI Engineer with 20+ years building distributed systems, AI infrastructure, and full-stack applications across defense, enterprise, and product companies. Deep expertise in multi-model AI routing, hybrid retrieval (RAG), federated GraphQL, and high-throughput Go backends. Founder of nSelf (self-hosted PaaS) and nClaw (multi-model AI router). Former Lead Developer at Northrop Grumman, TS-cleared (expired). Remote-only, C2C preferred, $125–165/hr.

Skills

Languages: Go, TypeScript, Rust, Python, PHP
AI / ML: Multi-model routing, RAG pipelines, pgvector, BGE-M3 reranking, RRF fusion, Ollama, Claude API, Gemini API
Data: PostgreSQL, Redis, Elasticsearch, Hadoop, HBase, Cassandra
API: GraphQL (Hasura Federation, Remote Schema), REST, gRPC
Infrastructure: Docker, Nginx, Hetzner VPS, Vercel, Cloudflare, Linux
Frontend: Next.js (App Router), React, Tailwind CSS

Experience

nSelf / nClaw
Principal AI Engineer & Founder
2020 – Present
Unity Platforms (Flock, Veterans)
Founder / Principal Engineer
2014 – Present
Northrop Grumman
Lead Developer / Systems Architect
2011 – 2013
Pearson Education
Senior Developer
2010

Led data visualization initiatives for educational assessment platforms.

Apple Inc.
Software Developer
2007 – 2010

Internal tools development for enterprise business operations (PHP, jQuery).

AT&T
Software Developer
2006 – 2007

Consolidated call center support tooling, reducing agent overhead and improving resolution time.

Roxbury Group
Systems Developer
2004 – 2006

Deployed and managed Windows networks for clients; built custom inventory tracking software.

Education

Belltown University
BS, Management Information Systems
2008 – 2011

Military Service

U.S. Army National Guard
19D Cavalry Scout — Honorable Discharge
2001 – 2004