Bryan Clark

Venice, FL ·  bmclark@gmail.com

Senior Staff AI/ML Infrastructure Engineer building automation, validation, and agentic engineering systems across GPU platforms, HPC, and cloud infrastructure.


Experience

Vultr

AI Infrastructure · June 2024 - Present

Senior Staff AI/ML Infrastructure Engineer

August 2026 - Present

Own the architecture and development of automated validation capabilities for AI infrastructure deployments and post-repair verification, shifting engineering effort toward exception handling.

Designed and built an internal, multi-step agentic coding workflow with QA stages, creating a governed engineering workflow with less routine human intervention.

Senior Manager, AI Infrastructure

December 2025 - August 2026

Led AI infrastructure validation decisions for several data-center builds of 100 MW or greater, aligning technical execution across delivery, operations, and engineering stakeholders.

Began development of automated validation orchestration to improve operational efficiency, reduce validation time, and reduce manual effort.

Staff AI/ML Infrastructure Engineer

July 2025 - December 2025

Continued the GPU VM-host modernization program, mentored new engineers, and developed an Ansible-based GPU validation framework.

Senior AI/ML Infrastructure Engineer

June 2024 - July 2025

Stabilized Cloud GPU outages within 60 days of joining and rebuilt the Cloud GPU/vGPU orchestration product to production quality using NVML bindings.

Improved vGPU-license efficiency and led a cross-team migration of GPU VM hosts from Debian 10 to NVIDIA-supported Ubuntu 24.04 hypervisors.

Adaptive Computing

HPC & AI Infrastructure · April 2022 - June 2024

Engineering Manager

March 2023 - June 2024

Led up to 13 developers, hiring and mentoring engineers while establishing development processes and Agile practices; reported directly to the CEO.

Joined customer POC and go-to-market conversations, and led adoption of GPU and AI-infrastructure cluster capabilities, including E4S and other AI/ML tool stacks, into ODDC.

Lead Software Developer

July 2022 - March 2023

Maintained cloud-hosted HPC images and built a CI/CD validation pipeline; mentored developers, performed code reviews, and began release-engineering responsibilities.

Served as a developer point of contact in customer conversations, connecting product feedback with engineering execution.

Software Developer

April 2022 - July 2022

Added BeeGFS and NVIDIA Multi-Instance GPU support to HPC infrastructure capabilities.

Cloud Engineer

Golden Wolf Media

Achieved 99.999% uptime and increased peak traffic capacity by 40% by engineering a highly available WordPress cluster using Terraform, Ansible, and AWS.

Reduced page load times by 50% and managed a 100% increase in high-traffic demands by designing a high-performance WordPress tech stack with OpenLiteSpeed, Redis, and FreeBSD.

Enhanced application functionality by developing and maintaining a Node.js application, ensuring seamless integration with external vendor APIs.

April 2020 - April 2022

Installations Coordinator

Think Simplicity

Streamlined VOIP services across 200+ US hotels by developing a Debian Linux-based image and standardizing configuration with Ansible, significantly enhancing system reliability and efficiency.

Drastically reduced installation times and labor costs by automating equipment installation configurations, cutting onsite install time by 67% and pre-installation man hours by over 80%.

Mitigated service disruptions by serving as Linux/Network SME and implementing root cause analyses and post-mortem meetings following service outages, effectively enhancing system resilience.

September 2018 - March 2020

Web Developer

Freelance

Enhanced WordPress site performance, achieving a 50% improvement in page load times and better SEO rankings through custom theme and plugin modifications.

Streamlined content updates for non-technical team members by integrating advanced custom fields in WordPress, reducing developer dependency by 70%.

Boosted user engagement by 40% and increased page views per visit by 30% with interactive WordPress features like custom post types and user forums.

January 2016 - September 2018

Build Administration Engineer

Oracle

Optimized delivery workflows by orchestrating build and release processes in Java environments using Jenkins/Hudson, ensuring timely and error-free deployments.

Enhanced development efficiency by streamlining CI/CD pipelines in collaboration with developers, accelerating build times by 25%.

Boosted customer satisfaction by enhancing software release quality in partnership with QA teams, implementing rigorous quality assurance practices.

September 2014 - December 2015

Education

Western Governors University

Bachelor of Science
Information Technology - Security Track
July 2014

Skills

Programming Languages & Tools
  • Programming & AI Engineering: Python, Node.js, Bash/Shell, C/C++, TypeScript, PHP, Java, SQL, agentic coding workflows, QA pipelines
  • Cloud: AWS, GCP, Azure, Oracle Cloud, Digital Ocean, Vultr
  • Automation & Platform: Ansible, Terraform, Packer, Docker, GitHub, GitLab, Jenkins, Hudson, Vagrant
  • AI & High-Performance Computing: NVIDIA Data Center GPUs, CUDA, TORQUE Resource Manager, InfiniBand/RoCE, RDMA, OpenMPI, Singularity, E4S, BeeGFS
  • Databases: MySQL, MongoDB, PostgreSQL, Redis
  • Miscellaneous: VOIP, Linux Administration, Networking, FreeBSD