You will get a review of your app's cloud system design architecture
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You'll get a professional engineering report on your system architecture from an engineer who treats every review like a real diagnostic, not a checklist. I go deep on the services you're actually worried about, not just the ones that are easy to comment on.
I have no stake in which cloud provider or service you use. Unlike a sales engineer, I'm not pointed at a product I need you to adopt - my only incentive is giving you advice that's actually right for your system.
This work is genuinely interesting to me. I like helping founders and teams find the right tools for what they're building, or catching a setup before it becomes a problem. I've spent time working directly with CEOs and founders on complex technical topics, translating between technical and non-technical sides of a team - so you'll get findings you can actually act on, not a report that needs an engineer to interpret it.
I have no stake in which cloud provider or service you use. Unlike a sales engineer, I'm not pointed at a product I need you to adopt - my only incentive is giving you advice that's actually right for your system.
This work is genuinely interesting to me. I like helping founders and teams find the right tools for what they're building, or catching a setup before it becomes a problem. I've spent time working directly with CEOs and founders on complex technical topics, translating between technical and non-technical sides of a team - so you'll get findings you can actually act on, not a report that needs an engineer to interpret it.
Project Type
Business Consulting, Training & DevelopmentWhat's included
| Service Tiers |
Starter
$175
|
Standard
$400
|
Advanced
$700
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Delivery Time | 3 days | 7 days | 8 days |
Number of Revisions | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Frequently asked questions
About Nicholas
Senior Applied AI Engineer | Distributed Systems | Backend Dev| ex-AWS
Lathrop, United States - 7:55 am local time
My focus is on RAG systems, AI agents, internal tools, backend APIs, and cloud infrastructure that can survive real usage, real data, and real business pressure.
What I help with:
- Building RAG pipelines with ingestion, embeddings, vector search, and grounded answers from your actual data
- Creating AI agents for supporting workflows, operations, and internal tooling
- Designing LLM chat interfaces and knowledge assistants
- Building backend APIs and infrastructure to run AI systems reliably
- Modernizing legacy systems from PHP/Rails into modern frameworks such as Next.js, NestJS, and API-driven architectures
- Advising founders and leadership on AI strategy, build-vs-buy decisions, and realistic technical scope
How I work:
- I scope honestly before I scope fast
- I call out what is realistic, expensive, risky, or not worth building
- I can work as the hands-on engineer, the technical advisor, or both
- I focus on systems that are maintainable, useful, and grounded in actual business needs
Proof:
- Built a production RAG system that replaced a $100K/year vendor proposal and now runs for under $5/month
- Designed serverless backend infrastructure at AWS used across 17 global teams
- Helped recover from a $113M outage through distributed systems debugging under real pressure
- Trained 2,000+ engineers on GenAI and serverless patterns in the AWS company
- M.S. in Computer Engineering
Best fit for:
- Founders deciding whether to build or buy an AI system
- Teams with fragile AI prototypes that need production engineering
- Companies that need RAG, agents, internal tools, or backend infrastructure
- Leaders who want technical guidance before spending serious engineering time or vendor money
Steps for completing your project
After purchasing the project, send requirements so Nicholas can start the project.
Delivery time starts when Nicholas receives requirements from you.
Nicholas works on your project following the steps below.
Revisions may occur after the delivery date.
Review documentation of current design
Document blockers from requirements or goals currently in the Design