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Alexa Amundson

Backend Engineer

amundsonalexa@gmail.com | github.com/blackboxprogramming


Summary

Every feature needs an API. Built 6+ production services, unified 283 databases across 5 engines, and designed data architectures that run on $80 hardware — because the backend doesn't care how much you spent on it.


Experience

BlackRoad OS | Founder & Backend Engineer | 2025Present

The APIs: Each One Solving a Real Problem

  • CECE API (FastAPI) — needed custom LLM interaction with personality. Built TTS generation endpoint. Runs on Pi 5 at the edge
  • AI image generation API — 4 backend agents (DALL-E, Flux, SDXL, FAL) behind a single endpoint. Automatic model routing based on prompt type
  • Code search engine — needed to find anything across 354 repos instantly. Built FTS5 index, sub-millisecond lookups across entire codebase
  • Fleet health APIs — SSH-based probes collect metrics from every node. Powers the KPI dashboard and automated alerting

The Data: Right Database for the Right Job

  • 11 PostgreSQL for transactional data. 230 SQLite (1.4 GB) for agent memory and local state — embedded, zero-config, fast
  • 23 Cloudflare D1 for serverless applications. 47 KV namespaces for edge configuration and caching. Qdrant for vector search
  • FTS5 full-text search across 156K entries — the entire knowledge base is searchable in under a millisecond

Technical Skills

Python/FastAPI, Node.js, PostgreSQL, SQLite/FTS5, D1, KV, Docker, Nginx, Redis


Metrics

Metric Value Source
PostgreSQL DBs live services.sh — psql -l via SSH
SQLite DBs live local.sh — find ~/.blackroad -name *.db
D1 Databases live cloudflare.sh — wrangler d1 list --json
KV Namespaces live cloudflare.sh — wrangler kv list
Docker Containers live services.sh — docker ps via SSH
Lines of Code live loc.sh — cloc + fleet SSH