Houston, TX

Gustavo Buenrostro

Software / AI Engineer

University of Houston

Bachelor of Science in Computer Science

Minor in Mathematics

Selected work

Orb Skirmish. Project 01 of 07

Multiplayer browser game

2026

Orb Skirmish

Tech stack

TypeScript
Node.js
Google Cloud

Built and deployed a full-stack real-time browser game on GCP using TypeScript, Phaser, Node.js, and Colyseus, synchronizing gameplay between browser clients and the cloud backend.
Configured user authentication and PostgreSQL row-level security with Supabase, keeping private account details separate from public real-time network traffic.
Implemented Playwright end-to-end tests and live WebSocket integration tests covering authentication, responsive layouts, and reconnection after simulated network drops.

Full-stack AI SaaS

2026

CareerBrio

Tech stack

Next.js
RAG
Supabase
Google Cloud

Combines resume uploads, saved conversations, and 123 searchable role presets in an account-based workspace built with Next.js, React, TypeScript, and Supabase.
Uses Vertex AI retrieval-augmented generation and Gemini to ground career guidance in recruiter sources, with structured response validation and citation checks.
Supports PDF and Word document processing, Stripe subscriptions and credit top-ups, and transactional credit accounting for AI operations.
Includes a Docker deployment pipeline for Google Cloud Run, with candidate verification, desktop/mobile browser checks, and rollback handling.

Full-stack application

2026 — Present

TrackSesh

Tech stack

React
ASP.NET Core
PostgreSQL
AWS

Engineered a responsive study session tracking application hosted on AWS, using React, Javascript, TypeScript, and HTML/CSS, enabling users to log, monitor, and visualize study progress in real time.
Built a secure C#/.NET and ASP.NET Core REST API to handle JWT user authentication, managing PostgreSQL database schemas and automated CI/CD deployments via GitHub Actions.
Integrated Claude Code into the development workflow to scaffold API endpoints and generate integration tests.

AI / RAG application

2026

Recruiter Agent

Tech stack

RAG
Google Cloud
Python

Built a Python ingestion pipeline that collects YouTube captions, splits transcripts at speech boundaries, and imports timestamped chunks into Vertex AI RAG Engine through Google Cloud Storage.
Developed a Google ADK agent that retrieves relevant transcript passages before answering resume and hiring questions, grounding responses in the recruiter's published advice.
Preserved source titles, dates, and video timestamps for traceable retrieval, with resumable caption downloads and reusable corpus setup.

Game development

2025

Tides of Andunië

Tech stack

Unity
C#

1st Place | UH Game Competition: Led system architecture and development in a team of 8 for 3 months, competing against 15 teams.
Led systems development across 900+ contributions for a top-down action game set on the island of Eressëa, built in Unity.
Developed gameplay, interface, and underlying architecture, from real-time combat against crowds of raiders to an overworld map that routes the player between settlements as the invasion spreads.

Gustavo Buenrostro

Selected work

Orb Skirmish

Tech stack

CareerBrio

Tech stack

TrackSesh

Tech stack

Edit Archive

Tech stack

Recruiter Agent

Tech stack

Tides of Andunië

Tech stack

Stealing Santa

Tech stack