Nathaniel Pedersen

Nathaniel Pedersen is a Full Stack Engineer at WGU Labs, where he builds AI-powered applications using large language models, retrieval-augmented generation, and modern web technologies. His work focuses on LLM optimization — prompt engineering, guardrails, and evaluation frameworks — while designing scalable cloud-native systems on AWS.

Prior to WGU Labs, Nathaniel worked as a Data Engineer at Nursa, building data warehouses, ETL pipelines, third-party integrations, and internal AI-powered tools for support operations. He brings over five years of experience building full-stack production applications — from React and TypeScript frontends to Node.js microservices, REST and GraphQL APIs, real-time messaging systems, CI/CD pipelines, and cloud infrastructure on AWS and GCP.

His professional interests include applied AI, cloud-native architecture, and translating emerging technologies into production-ready systems.

‍