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Aaron West

Questioner · DISC type c
Lead Site Reliability Engineer at Prelude
📍 Austin, Texas, United States

Aaron is an Engineering Leader and Lead Site Reliability Engineer who creates open-source solutions for complex problems. He is a PhD candidate at Colorado Technical University and was recognized for winning first place in an AWS GenAI competition. Colleagues describe him as intelligent, dedicated, and talented.

He is passionate about helping others become independent engineers and enjoys sharing knowledge on technical topics. His interests include generative AI coding assistants, machine learning algorithms like CNNs and time series forecasting, and promoting the career growth of fellow engineers.

He developed an award-winning solution called the Terraform Cost Compass, which uses generative AI to automate cloud cost optimization.

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Experience
4 Years
Current Role
Lead Site Reliability Engineer
Job Level
Junior
Location
Austin, Texas, United States
Personality Overview

How Aaron shows up

Cautious & Analytical
Price-Sensitive
Value Seeker

While they don't hesitate to ask questions, they are generally risk-averse and tend to be late adopters. It is quite likely of them to ask for pricing or other concessions. They generally do not appreciate an overfriendly approach and prefer to stay to-the-point.

Priorities

Topics Aaron cares about

Generative AI Tools
Won an AWS competition for a GenAI tool and personally uses and advocates for project-level code assistants like Aider.
Cloud Cost Optimization
Developed the "Terraform Cost Compass, " an award-winning solution that leverages AI to automate validation, cost estimation, and optimization of cloud configurations.
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Career

Work history

8-2025
Lead Site Reliability Engineer
Prelude
12-2024
Co-founder & Tech Lord
Elevator Robot
3-2024 - 8-2025
Lead Engineer – AI/ML & Cloud
Protagona
3-2023 - 3-2024
Senior Cloud Engineer
Protagona
6-2022 - 2-2023
Site Reliability Engineer
FluentStream
In the press

Media appearances

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Education
1-2017 - 4-2019
Doctor of Philosophy - candidate
Colorado Technical University
2015 - 2016
Master of Science (M.S.)
Colorado Technical University
Social presence
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Behavioral profile

DISC profile (public)

c

Calculativeness (C)

Calculativeness (C) reflects the degree to which a person is likely to be cautious, systematic and analytical. Those scoring high tend to emphasise quality and accuracy.

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