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Kyle Ortzow

CS student (SFSU, Dec 2026) building reliable API-driven systems and ML/LLM-powered software. Daily Linux + Docker user.

PROJECTS
4
Active Projects
EXPERIENCE
4
Professional Roles
LANGUAGES
7
Languages
RESIDENCE
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Core Competencies / Technical Expertise architecture
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Languages

Python98%
JavaScript90%
Java / C++85%
SQL, Rust
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Systems & Software

  • Linux
  • Git
  • Docker
  • REST APIs
  • Chrome Extensions
  • Encryption
psychology

ML & AI

  • PyTorch
  • Transformers
  • NLP
  • LLM Systems
  • scikit-learn
  • DistilBERT
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Tools & Practices

  • API Design
  • Rate Limiting
  • Debugging
  • Testing (pytest)
  • OpenAI API
  • PydanticAI
Featured Projects / Portfolio folder_open
Canvas-Notion Sync
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Canvas-Notion Sync

Chrome Extension · Sep 2025 – Present

Chrome extension that syncs Canvas assignments into Notion on a 30-minute schedule. Implemented AES-GCM encryption, rate limiting (25 req/s burst), and retry/backoff strategies.

JavaScript APIs Encryption Chrome Extension
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MTG Card Search Agent
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MTG Card Search Agent

NLP / LLM · Jul 2025 – Present

Multi-agent natural-language search system over 33k+ Magic cards. Generates Scryfall queries from English with iterative refinement (up to 5 loops) and evaluator feedback.

Python OpenAI API PydanticAI pytest
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PaperScout AI Assistant
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PaperScout

AI Research Assistant · Feb 2026 – Present

AI-powered research assistant for discovering and organizing arXiv papers. Built on Cloudflare Workers with Durable Objects for per-user SQLite persistence and Llama 3.3 70B for streaming summaries.

Cloudflare Workers Durable Objects Workers AI React
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MTGTag ML Pipeline
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MTGTag

ML Pipeline · Aug 2025 – Present

Classifies 33k+ Magic cards into 81 functional labels using fine-tuned DistilBERT with 0.91 F1 score. Demonstrates end-to-end ML: data prep, fine-tuning, GPU training, and evaluation.

Python PyTorch Transformers NLP
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Career_Trajectory // Experience history

GitHub

Campus Expert

Selected for a competitive global program focused on technical leadership, open-source collaboration, and developer community-building.

calendar_today October 2025 – Present
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San Francisco State University

Learning Assistant – Data Structures

Supported a ~50-student course through active-learning sessions on algorithms, trees, and asymptotic analysis. Provided 1:1 debugging and problem-solving support.

calendar_today January 2025 – May 2025
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ACM @ SFSU

Outreach Officer

Coordinating outreach and planning for a 3-day hackathon (~400 attendees); building relationships with external contacts and supporting event logistics.

calendar_today February 2025 – Present
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Fastly

Software Engineering Intern – A3F

Incoming intern on the Anti-Abuse, Automation & Fraud team, working on engineering projects to detect and mitigate abuse across Fastly's edge cloud platform.

calendar_today May 2026 – August 2026
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Let's Connect

Based in San Francisco, always open to technical discussions, open-source collaboration, and building with others.

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