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  "markdown": "Principal Engineer at AWS; OpenSearch developer and technical-governance representative.\n\n- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrew-ross-781ab1a\n\n## What Andrew builds\n\n- [OpenSearch](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/opensearch.md), graded B, 68.4/100, in Retrieval \u0026 vector search. OpenSearch is an open-source search and analytics engine with vector, text and hybrid search, run by its owner. Agents reach it through a REST API, official clients, an OpenSearch MCP Server and an MCP endpoint inside the cluster. Principal Engineer at AWS; OpenSearch developer and technical-governance representative, researched 2026-10-27.\n\n## Works with\n\n- [Carl Meadows](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/carl-meadows/), Director of Product Management for OpenSearch; Foundation Governing Board Chair\n\n## Questions\n\n### Who is Andrew Ross?\n\nAndrew Ross is principal Engineer at AWS; OpenSearch developer and technical-governance representative.\n\n### What does OpenSearch Project / OpenSearch Software Foundation make?\n\nAnchor Terminal lists OpenSearch from OpenSearch Project / OpenSearch Software Foundation. OpenSearch is an open-source search and analytics engine with vector, text and hybrid search, run by its owner. Agents reach it through a REST API, official clients, an OpenSearch MCP Server and an MCP endpoint inside the cluster.\n\n### How are Andrew's tools graded?\n\nOpenSearch is graded B, 68.4 out of 100, on Anchor Terminal's benchmark, which scores every listing against the same checklist.\n\n## Sources\n\n- https://opensearch.org/foundation/\n- https://github.com/andrross\n- https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrew-ross-781ab1a/details/experience/\n- https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrew-ross-781ab1a\n- https://www.linkedin.com/in/carlfmeadows\n- https://twitter.com/Carl_F_Meadows\n- https://opensearch.org/\n- https://opensearch.org/about/\n\nThese are the people building the tools we list, named for their public role in the company or project behind a listing, from public pages, with the date it was researched. They don't work for Anchor Terminal (our own team is on the about page, /about/#author). We show public roles, public profiles and what the listing pages show, nothing private. To correct something, send an about or a photo, or have a page removed, write to privacy@anchorterminal.com.\n",
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