Peter Surowski
AI Software Architect
26 years in tech
Solution Architecture
AI Software Engineer
My Resume
Cornered!
Bridge of Death
Timesheet
Capoeira Riverside
Creative Kids Club
UCR copywriting projects
Testimonials page
Technical Skills
WordPress, WooCommerce, PHP, MySQL, JavaScript, TypeScript, jQuery, React, Angular, Node.js, Jest, Context, Vite, Python, Java, MySQL, NoSQL, Django, Flask, TensorFlow, PiTorch, LangChain, Kubernetes, Pandas, PostgreSQL, GraphQL, Redux, Laravel, Composer, Git, Firebase, MongoDB, HTML5, CSS3, Bootstrap, Foundation, Git, NPM, Linux APIs, Big Query, Spring Boot, REST APIs, UI/UX design, Divi, Elementor, Adobe Creative Suite, SEO optimization, Jira, Unix, Linux, DevOps, QA, CI/CD pipelines, Docker, web analytics, performance tuning, responsive design, AI video creation, AI copy writing, AI voice bot creation/training, AI text-based chat bot creation/training, Microsoft Office, Excel, Google Workspace.
AI/ML
Generative AI (GenAI) systems, Large Language Models (LLMs), Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), Vector databases, MCP servers, Agentic AI workflows, Multi-agent systems, LLM orchestration, Prompt engineering, LLM observability, tracing & debugging, evaluation-driven development (Evals-first AI), token usage optimization, latency optimization, cost-per-request optimization, A/B testing for AI systems, performance benchmarking
DevOps
Git, GitHub, GitLab, CI/CD pipelines, NPM, Webpack, Docker Compose, Linux, NGINX, REST APIs, GraphQL, Postman, ETL/ELT pipelines, structured & unstructured data processing, real-time data pipelines, embedding generation pipelines, data transformation workflows, API-based data integration
System Design
Distributed systems design, microservices architecture, scalable backend systems, API architecture, event-driven systems, high-availability systems, performance optimization, system reliability engineering
Soft Skills
Technical discovery sessions, solution architecture design, enterprise system integration, stakeholder collaboration, customer-facing engineering, requirements gathering, cross-functional engineering leadership
Graphic Design
Digital videography equipment (DSLR), digital videography equipment, video editing software (Adobe Premier, FinalCut Pro, Capcut), AI video creation (Veo, OpenArt)
Code Temple | 2018–present
Peter is the CTO of Code Temple, an AI solutions consultancy that specializes in building custom AI products, such as on-prem AI servers, RAG systems and agentic pipelines.
Fullerton College | 2019–2022
As a web developer at Fullerton College, he played a major role in the rebuilding of the college's website from scratch.
Automattic | 2017–2019As a Technical Engineer at Automattic, Peter was responsible for maintaining and developing the technical infrastructure and web properties of the company.
University of Redlands | 2016–2016
As a web developer for University of Redlands, Peter was responsible for the quality of the university's web presence.
Press-Enterprise | 2012–2016
At the Press-Enterprise newspaper, Peter was a web editor and digital journalist, managing the website and creating digital content for the publication.
AOL | 2010–2012
Peter was a Web Properties Manager and was responsible for managing and maintaining the company's web properties.
M2Media | 2009–2010
As the web editor for M2Media, Peter was responsible for managing and maintaining the company's web presence.
Valley News | 2006–2009
Peter began his career in communications as the only full-time staff writer for Valley News, a small, independently owned weekly newspaper based in Fallbrook, Calif. He wrote much of the copy for the print and online products and he did photography.
Freelance Web Development | 1997–2006
Through his teens and early 20s, Peter made his way as a freelance web developer by day and a working musician by night.
Pete's Music | 1997–2006
Peter managed a small guitar shop, handling sales, inventory, and customer relations.
UC Irvine: Certificate in Web Development, 2016
California State University, Fullerton: Master's Degree in Communications, 2011
California State University, Fullerton: Bachelor's Degree in History, 2006
Mt. San Jacinto College: Certificate in Multimedia Arts, 2000