Robert Ambrosini Engineering Leader | Technical Director

Hands-on engineering leadership

Working manager, engineering leader, and technical director.

I build teams and systems, pairing people leadership with architecture, implementation, debugging, and dependable delivery across product, platform, data, DevOps, security, and AI.

RealityJam | Consultant & Educator | Remote

Practical software engineering guidance and custom curriculum.

I advise on software engineering and create and teach custom university-level curriculum aligned with U.S. Department of Education expectations and Skills London KSBs. The work connects engineering fundamentals, system design, project delivery, and production practice.

Software engineeringCurriculum architectureUniversity instructionSystem designProject delivery

Mention AI, Head of Engineering

Built Vertical AI and AI Security capabilities around real operating workflows. Designed a horizontally scaling multi-stage agent pipeline and worked as a player-coach across product direction, architecture, implementation decisions, debugging, and delivery.

AVY Entertainment, Technical Director

Led engineering, platform, DevOps, analytics, and production functions for a consumer product serving 150k DAU and scaling to over 1m users with near-zero downtime. Managed 25+ direct reports while staying active in architecture reviews, incident response, tooling, performance work, and critical implementation decisions.

Specular Theory, Lead Engineer

Led application engineering for defense-focused simulation and training programs, owning architecture, hands-on delivery, Azure DevOps, CI/CD, release operations, and day-to-day technical decisions.

SimX, Senior Software Engineer

Worked hands-on with real-time data, streaming systems, backend APIs, and cloud integrations for medical and defense training platforms.

Ocean View Studios, DTM Game, Thales, Riot, Blizzard, Udemy

Built game and mobile platform systems, encryption-focused software, QA workflows, database systems, and instructor-led software education across roughly 100 engagements.

Engineering

  • C#, C++, .NET, Python, Go
  • Java, JavaScript/TypeScript
  • Rust and R
  • Architecture, coding, and debugging

Platform & Data

  • Azure, AWS, Databricks
  • SQL, MySQL, analytics
  • CI/CD, automation, DevOps
  • Distributed and optimized federated systems

AI & Security

  • Vertical AI
  • AI Security
  • Cybersecurity and secure systems
  • Reliability and risk reduction

Working Manager

  • People coaching and development
  • Hiring and organizational scaling
  • Roadmaps, staffing, and delivery
  • Architecture and design reviews

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  • Data Sciences and Data Theory
  • 2019

California State University Channel Islands

  • B.S. Computer Science and Information Technology
  • 2010

Engineering leadership that stays close to the work.

Team building, technical direction, architecture, implementation, security, and delivery for organizations that value sound judgment and practical execution.