Jason Ja
@jasonja1
Senior software engineer building scalable Python backends and AI/LLM-driven applications for reliable, high-performance systems.
What I'm looking for
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
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.
Built a Python/Flask backend exposing REST APIs for ML-driven recommendation insights from raw user activity data. Created data preprocessing pipelines with Pandas and NumPy and improved prediction accuracy using scikit-learn classification models connected to frontend dashboards.
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.
Developed Python analysis and visualization tooling using SciPy and Matplotlib to extract insights from large datasets. Built TensorFlow machine learning models for classification and trend prediction, created batch training/evaluation pipelines, and deployed models via Django-based APIs with unittest coverage.
Database Developer
Applied Biotechnology Institute, Inc.
Jan 2019 - Jun 2019 (5 months)
Designed normalized PostgreSQL schemas to improve data integrity and reduce inconsistent/duplicated records across systems. Wrote advanced SQL queries and stored procedures for reporting, supported data migration, and improved slow query performance through indexing and query optimization.
Education
Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework
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.
Tech stack
Software and tools used professionally
Google Tag Manager
Postman
GitHub
Cloudflare
GitHub Actions
NumPy
Pandas
MySQL
PostgreSQL
Node.js
Django
Google Analytics
Redis
Jira
React
JavaScript
Python
HTML5
Java
CSS 3
TensorFlow
scikit-learn
FastAPI
asyncio
SQLAlchemy
Linux
GraphQL
AWS Lambda
Serverless
TypeScript
pytest
OAuth2
Docker
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
SQL
SciPy
LangChain
Pydantic
Pinecone
OpenAI API
Bash
Enhance
Task
Jan
Availability
Location
Authorized to work in
Job categories
Skills
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