# Augusto Bastos: AI Engineer

> Applied AI Engineer in Limerick, Ireland. I build AI solutions for real business
> problems: assistants that answer from a company's own documents, AI tools
> connected to everyday systems like staff rosters, and agents with clear limits
> on what they can change.

Open to freelance collaborations and AI Engineer or Applied AI Engineer roles
in Ireland or remote. This summary follows the portfolio v6 copy.

## Links

- Portfolio: https://augbastos.pages.dev/
- CV: https://augbastos.pages.dev/cv.html
- PDF CV: https://augbastos.pages.dev/CV_Augusto_Bastos.pdf
- GitHub: https://github.com/augbastos
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/augustobastos
- Contact: augustobastos@luckycat.ie

## Selected work

- [Lucky Cat](https://luckycat.ie/): independent software and AI brand with
  Ownly, Tillr, PitchPilot and Synergy. Ordering, operations and AI-assisted
  sales tools on a shared multi-tenant backend with Postgres row-level security.
  Portfolio demonstrations use sample data.
- [PitchPilot](https://luckycat.ie/pitchpilot/): white-label field-sales app
  with pitch scripts, objections, demos and lead capture. Wingman is its
  tenant-scoped RAG copilot, grounding answers in product documents with
  pgvector retrieval. The portfolio shows a public demo using the Voltline pack.
- [Synergy](https://luckycat.ie/synergy): an action layer between an application
  and agent channels, demonstrated on a sample cafe app. Contracts, permissions
  and safety lint constrain actions; the portfolio shows a conceptual flow.
- [Deputy-MCP](https://github.com/augbastos/Deputy-MCP): local Python MCP server
  for workforce rosters, open source under MIT. Read-only by default and usable
  with a regular employee account. The portfolio interaction is illustrative
  and uses a fake sample shift.

## Approach

Understand the problem and existing tools; build a small working version;
test with relevant data and tools; provide documentation and handover.
Work includes grounded RAG, MCP, permission-controlled agents, PostgreSQL
row-level security, cross-tenant tests, pytest, Playwright and GitHub Actions.

## Background

- Limerick, Ireland; Portuguese (native) and English C2 (Cambridge Proficiency).
- Retail Coordinator, Chemist Warehouse (2026 to present).
- English Instructor, WSA Languages (2019 to 2022).
- Receptionist and IT Technician, Unified Educational Foundation (2014 to 2018).
- Graphic Design, Universidade Veiga de Almeida (2015 to 2018).