RESUME

Tyler Mestery

AI/ML Engineer
I'm a Computer Science student at Iowa State University and an AI/ML Engineer Intern at Cisco, where I build agentic AI systems that turn security intel into mitigation policies. I like working across the stack, from LLM pipelines and RL fine-tuning to the Kubernetes and infra that ships them.
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EDUCATION

Education

Iowa State University

Bachelor of Science in Computer Science
Expected May 2027 · Ames, IA
INVOLVEMENT
  • —CS and SWE Club
  • —Google Developer Group
  • —Hackathon Club
EXPERIENCE

Work history

Software Engineer Intern

FarmChem
Aug 2026 — Present · Ames, IA

    AI Machine Learning Engineer Intern

    Cisco
    May 2026 — Aug 2026 · San Francisco, CA

      Systems & Infrastructure Technician

      Iowa State University
      Jul 2025 — Apr 2026 · Ames, IA

        Machine Learning Researcher

        Iowa State University
        Oct 2025 — Jan 2026 · Ames, IA

          AI Systems Researcher

          Iowa State University / Google DeepMind
          Aug 2025 — Nov 2025 · Ames, IA
            PROJECTS

            Selected projects

            Content Moderation Classifier

            A 3-stage training pipeline that fine-tunes a vision-language model for content moderation on Apple Silicon.Python · MLX · PyTorch · QLoRA · GRPO · LLaVA-Llama-3-8B · Ollama · Gradio · CI/CD
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              Classroom Companion

              SwanHacks 2026
              A real-time lecture assistant with live captions, in-session AI copilots, and auto-generated study material.TypeScript · React · Express · MySQL · Deepgram · Docker · Git
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                SONiC Lab

                A Go CLI that auto-generates docker-compose topologies for SONiC virtual lab deployments.Go · Docker · Linux · SONiC · Bash · CI/CD · Open Source
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                  SKILLS

                  Technical skills

                  LANGUAGESGo · Python · Java · C · C++ · Bash · JavaScript · TypeScript · SQL · HTML/CSS
                  FRAMEWORKS & LIBRARIESReact · Node.js · Spring Boot · FastAPI · LangChain · PyTorch · JAX · pandas · NumPy
                  CLOUD & INFRASTRUCTUREAWS · GCP · Docker · Kubernetes · Linux
                  DATA & APISPostgreSQL · MongoDB · Redis · Supabase · RESTful APIs · GraphQL · WebSockets
                  TOOLSGit · GitHub