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Senior software engineer building scalable Python backends and AI/LLM-driven applications for reliable, high-performance systems.

United States
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What I'm looking for

I’m looking for a role where I can own Python backend services and AI/LLM features end-to-end—designing APIs, building reliable data/async pipelines, and shipping measurable improvements in performance, security, and maintainability.

I’m a Senior Software Engineer with 7+ years building scalable backend systems and data-driven applications using Python. I focus on designing APIs, distributed systems, and cloud-native solutions that deliver strong performance, reliability, and maintainability.

In my AWS work, I built a FastAPI + OpenAI-powered AI platform to automate classification and summarization, and I implemented RAG using embeddings and Pinecone to enable semantic search across millions of records. I also addressed latency and output quality by designing asynchronous pipelines with Celery and Redis, and by applying structured prompt engineering plus response validation for predictable, machine-readable results.

I’m equally comfortable orchestrating multi-step AI workflows inspired by LangChain and deploying event-driven services with AWS Lambda, API Gateway, and S3. Earlier, I developed ML-driven insights with Flask REST APIs, built dashboards with React.js, optimized MySQL schemas and queries, and delivered ML model access via Django APIs—plus I’ve strengthened database integrity and reporting with PostgreSQL and advanced SQL.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

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Senior Software Engineer

Mar 2021 - Present (5 years 3 months)

Developed an AI platform with FastAPI and OpenAI to automate document classification and summarization, reducing manual effort and improving turnaround time. Built a RAG-based semantic search using embeddings and Pinecone, implemented async processing with Celery and Redis for high-throughput inference, and deployed secure AI endpoints on AWS Lambda/API Gateway/S3.

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Software Engineer Intern

Microcon, Inc

Mar 2020 - Jun 2020 (3 months)

Created React.js dashboards to visualize ML predictions and analytics so users could better interpret model outputs. Optimized analytics performance by redesigning MySQL schemas and queries, adding indexing and refining query structures for high-frequency operations.

Education

Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework

California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo logoCO

California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Computer Science

2017 - 2020

Completed a bachelor's degree in computer science at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo from 2017 to 2020.

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