// about me
About
Ben Kruseski
AI Developer Intern @ JWX · RIT Software Engineering
I'm a Software Engineering student at the Rochester Institute of Technology who loves turning complex ideas into clean, scalable software. I'm passionate about backend systems, APIs, and data-driven development, especially where Python and AI intersect.
As an AI Developer Intern at JWX, I own most of the backend for the Acquisition Chat Bot, a multi-provider code analysis platform that routes between OpenAI, Gemini, and Anthropic behind a single LLM router. I've also built a Streamlit tool for natural-language database querying, led an autonomous GitLab MR review bot, and hardened the platform with vulnerability fixes, secrets redaction, and credential encryption.
Outside of work, I run a self-hosted Proxmox home lab — GitLab CE, Mailcow, Nextcloud, and Immich — with Tailscale, AdGuard Home, and CTSDeploy, my own auto-deployment system that pushes projects to live subdomains on benkruseski.com straight from GitLab.
Currently Working On
Running a ~90-run spec-detail × 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.
// experience
AI Developer Intern
JWX · New York, NY (Remote)
- ▸Built the Acquisition Chat Bot, a multi-provider code analysis platform for acquisitions on FastAPI, integrating OpenAI, Gemini, and Anthropic (via AWS Bedrock) behind a single LLM router with GitHub, GitLab, and Google Drive adapters.
- ▸Owned ~80% of the 17k-LOC backend across 211 commits, driving test coverage to 80% across 1,459 test functions.
- ▸Fixed a cross-audit read/write vulnerability from unanchored audit_id matching and added an allowlist regex to block path traversal; added secrets redaction in exception logs and shipped AES-256-GCM credential encryption with Sentry and DataDog telemetry.
- ▸Built a Streamlit web app for natural-language querying of PostgreSQL, Snowflake, and Looker dashboards, letting non-technical users skip SQL entirely.
- ▸Led development of an autonomous GitLab MR review bot that posts inline findings in the GitLab Changes tab, resolved by users via emoji reactions.
- ▸Running ~90 spec-detail × model-sensitivity evaluation runs, cross-testing prompt spec-detail against model choice across 3 models (Sonnet 5 / Opus 5 / Fable 5) and 5 real tickets, scored per run against actual requirements.
May 2025 – Aug 2025 · Feb 2026 – Aug 2026
Manager
Heroes Comics & Cards · Norwalk, CT
- ▸Directed daily store operations including inventory management, order fulfillment, customer service, and POS transactions, contributing to consistently high customer satisfaction.
- ▸Performed daily sales counts and built end-of-day performance reports in Excel, surfacing revenue metrics that informed owner decision-making.
Jul 2019 – Present
// education
Rochester Institute of Technology
B.S. Software Engineering, Immersion in Geographic Information Systems
Dean's List: Spring 2025
Aug 2024 – Dec 2028
CT State Community College – Norwalk
A.A.S. Software Engineering
Completed via Dual Enrollment through P-TECH Norwalk.
Sep 2021 – May 2024
// skills
Technical Skills
Currently Learning
// certifications
Notary Public · State of Connecticut