Rayne K. Wilde

Machine Learning Engineer · Quantum Computing Researcher

Colorado Springs, CO Rayne.K.Wilde@gmail.com

Education

Master of Science
Quantum Engineering (Software)
Colorado School of Mines
In Progress, Expected May 2028
Bachelor of Science
Software Engineering
Iowa State University
In Progress, one course remaining
Bachelor of Science
Data Science
Iowa State University
Completed May 2025
Associate of Applied Science
Intelligence Studies and Technology
Community College of the Air Force
Completed Aug 2020

Industry Experience

Senior Full Stack Engineer

Dec 2025 – Present
GDIT

Building enterprise data-science and ML platforms for DoD stakeholders; containerized delivery on protected networks and embedded systems.

  • Architect containerized microservice platforms with Docker, Kubernetes, and Terraform, deployed via ArgoCD across protected networks
  • Build ETL, OCR, NLP, and GenAI agent modules orchestrated with LangChain and Harness
  • Integrate PostgreSQL with Apache AGE knowledge graphs for RAG, alongside Elasticsearch
  • Deliver full-stack features with TypeScript/React front ends and Python back ends

Principal Data Analyst

Jan 2025 – Dec 2025
Iron EagleX (IEX), a GDIT company

Developed data-science solutions and containerized applications for DoD intelligence customers on secure networks.

  • Built a hybrid semantic-search system on FAISS and Weaviate (ANN) as an Elasticsearch alternative, with phonetic matching and synonym handling
  • Optimized knowledge-graph scalability and search relevance, reducing query latency on large datasets
  • Developed unsupervised anomaly-detection models that alert analysts to emerging issues
  • Implemented NLP extraction of nested locations with geocoordinate mapping
  • Created an automated YARA scanner for vulnerability detection aligned to CVE and MITRE ATT&CK standards
  • Designed the ontology and RAG architecture behind an interactive analysis platform

Machine Learning Engineer

Jun 2023 – Jan 2025
Occam Solutions

Led a data-science team delivering language-agnostic NLP analysis of unstructured data.

  • Developed tone- and stance-classification models within sentiment-analysis pipelines
  • Engineered a language-independent NLP ETL pipeline for multi-stage compression, normalization, and embedding
  • Created a scalable document tagging and clustering platform supporting multi-objective analysis
  • Improved storage efficiency through data cleaning, clustering, and deduplication

Intelligence Analyst (Staff Sergeant)

Aug 2017 – Aug 2023
United States Air National Guard

Intelligence NCO; produced and disseminated intelligence products for mission planning.

  • Produced, quality-reviewed, and disseminated intelligence products
  • Automated recurring analysis workflows with Python, VBA, and Excel
  • Mentored 3–5 junior Airmen and led new-Airman onboarding

Internship Experience

Contract To Hire | Staffing Agency

May 2022 – Aug 2022
Global Insight

Staffing Agency Contract to Hire for Occam Solutions

  • Automated intelligence analysis, increasing speed, reliability, and data accessibility through web-based tools tailored to client specifications.
  • Created document classification models with ANNs and semi-supervised learning, along with a multi-stage pipeline for document categorization.
  • Document Classification: Implemented ANN-based classification for categorizing text, with a pipeline for tagging and cluster analysis.
  • Multi-Stage Data Aggregation: Built a document processing workflow for classification, summarization, and cluster analysis, enhancing document insights.

Compiler Engineer Intern

May 2022 – Aug 2022
Quantinuum

Focused on learning QIR, IIR, LLVM, Compiler Basics, and Graph Theory

  • Worked on innovating and optimizing routing within a Compiler
  • Developed the foundation for a sandbox to allow for user simulation
  • Focused on Ion Routing, Simulating Routing in the Compiler
  • Implemented multiple graph algorithms to optimize routing

Data Science Professional

Aug 2021 – May 2022
Self-Employed

Data Science Professional performing a range of Data Analytics, and EDA tasks

  • Created Causal and exploratory reports based on App Data
  • Responsible for Data Cleaning, Exploratory Data Analysis (EDA), Visualization, and modeling

Statistician Intern | Data Analyst Intern

Nov 2020 – Aug 2021
Kingland

Text analytics and causal analysis linking work logs and corporate metrics to project-success probability.

  • Created a Machine Learning program to correlate Text to Corporate metric success probability
  • Classified information varying in both location and type
  • Performed Exploratory and Causal quantitative analysis, as well as performed subjective analysis
  • Text Analytics; Created a program to associate work logs to probability of project success, From an SQL server, used unique words in work logs
  • Causal Analysis: Created multiple reports from corporate metrics to project success

Leadership

Staff Sergeant

Aug 2021 – Aug 2023
Des Moines Air National Guard

Mentored and guided 3-5 airmen in creating intelligence products, reviewing and ensuring their quality, and helping with new airman onboarding.

Head of Teal Rope Program (Social Work / Victim Advocate)

Mar 2019 – May 2019
Goodfellow Air Force Base

Led anti-harassment initiatives, coordinated weekly meetings, and recruited program members.

Skills

ML & AI
PyTorch TensorFlow JAX Hugging Face LangChain Scikit-learn NLP Computer Vision LLM Fine-tuning RAG GNNs Anomaly Detection
Search & Knowledge Graphs
Elasticsearch FAISS Weaviate Vector Databases Semantic Search Knowledge Graphs Apache AGE PostgreSQL Ontology Design
Quantum
Qiskit PennyLane Cirq PyQuil VQE/QAOA ADAPT-VQE Error Mitigation Circuit Optimization Noise Modeling
Languages & Systems
Python C++ Rust C# Java TypeScript/JavaScript SQL Parallel Computing HPC
Infrastructure & DevOps
Docker Kubernetes Terraform ArgoCD AWS GCP Azure CI/CD (GitHub Actions, Jenkins) MLOps DevSecOps

Research Groups

Other Works

Honors

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