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United States

San Mateo, California, United States

• Boosted grooming classifier precision 16% and F1 score 4.1% by engineering prompt optimization pipeline for LLM classifiers using Bayesian search and ChainOfThought with DSPy.• Processed 140,000+ lines of real-world multilingual chat data using Python and Pandas, stratifying datasets across multiple languages and labels to ensure robust model training.• Integrated with knowledge distillation pipeline, enabling enhancements for all safety classifiers.• Collaborated with ML Platform team to cut experiment iteration time 3x with Kubeflow, Ray, vLLM.

San Diego, California, United States

• Developed user and machine management system using MySQL, React.js, Flask/gunicorn (Python).• Assisted students with CAD, 3D printing, laser cutters, woodshop tools and electronics equipment.

Seattle, Washington, United States

• Spearheaded automation of global expansion of Kinesis Data Streams for DynamoDB (KDSD), streamlining build and deployment processes across diverse AWS regions.• Leveraged Ruby, Java, TypeScript to automate infrastructure as code, reducing developer time 75%.• Swiftly integrated into KDSD team, mastering new tools and adapting to dynamic AWS ecosystem.• Collaborated cross-functionally with software and system teams to ensure project delivery.

Seattle, Washington, United States

• Enabled savings of $17 million and reduced storage footprint (100PB+) of logs over 7 years by implementing log filtering system for DynamoDB Global Tables.• Updated high throughput logging library, enabling all DynamoDB teams to reduce storage footprint.• Utilized Junit to rigorously test Java code changes, especially in high-impact internal packages.• Collaborated with senior and principal engineers to develop and iterate on designs.

Palo Alto, California, United States

• Boosted live-chat team productivity by collaborating with product development and implementing quality of life features like automatic navigation to client’s product page.• Developed new features in order flow using Vue.js/Ruby/HAML for UI elements, TypeScript for business logic, and Ruby on Rails for RESTful API endpoints.• Ported analytics code to internal codebase, improving fidelity of reporting from 95% to 100%.• Automated sync of localization resources via bash/git hooks to improve developer efficiency.• Quickly adapted to closed source development environment, integrating features into main product in week 1.

Saratoga, California, United States

• Converted financial assets spreadsheet into SQL database using custom Python scripts tostore data robustly and scalably.• Gathered feedback from city workers / financial lead to customize an intuitive React.js andElectron.js front end

Master Of Science - Ms, Machine Learning / Data Science

Bachelor'S Degree, Computer Engineering, 3.9/4.0

Activities and Societies: Engineers For Exploration (E4E), Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), Association.

High School Diploma