Vetted Education Professionals in California

Ekta Mulkalwar

Screened

Junior Machine Learning & Full-Stack Engineer specializing in applied AI systems

Los Angeles, CA2y exp

“Master’s thesis focused on building and deploying a gait-based biometric authentication system using mobile accelerometer time-series data as an alternative to passwords/2FA. Emphasized real-world robustness by addressing sensor noise and variability (phone placement, walking speed, footwear) and improving safety using biometric metrics like FAR/FRR and EER, while collaborating closely with a non-ML thesis advisor.”

“Built and shipped a "Strangers Things" app from a messy prototype to a deployed Vercel product by running informal user tests and converting UX pain points (login friction, clunky messaging, session persistence) into targeted technical fixes. Also has teaching/demo experience, including adapting a Scratch coding workshop for young students, highlighting strong audience-aware communication and troubleshooting skills.”

Hitha Sunkara

Screened

Junior Full-Stack Developer specializing in web apps and machine learning

Long Beach, CA3y exp

“Built and organized SQL databases for a grocery pricing update backend and has hands-on experience designing FastAPI/Python APIs with security controls like authentication, RBAC, and strict validation. Also brings research experience identifying real-world failure modes (weather-driven sensor/model inaccuracies in MSE wall corrosion work) and adapting models to improve robustness, plus UI design support on an email-restricted campus hackathon enrollment flow.”

AungKaung Khant

Screened

Junior Software Engineer specializing in full-stack web and IoT development

Cupertino, CA3y exp

“Computer Science student and indie hacker who builds open-source products in public, including a Chrome extension called "Add to ChatGPT" that reached 30+ installs in its first week. Has hands-on experience with full-stack social platform development and AI-integrated side projects, with a strong pattern of self-teaching, rapid shipping, and iterative bug fixing.”

Gavin OBryan

Screened

Junior Sales and Fitness Professional specializing in personal training and hockey coaching

San Diego, CA3y exp

“Lifelong hockey player turned youth coach who remains deeply embedded in the hockey ecosystem (coaching, stick demos, and maintaining strong coach relationships). Has a practical, multi-step approach to scouting/recruiting youth and junior players—combining film, in-person evaluation, and family/coach relationship-building—while actively learning pathway insights from scouts and agents.”

Stephanie Storey

Screened

Senior People Operations & Recruiting Support professional across education, healthcare, and retail

Chula Vista, CA13y exp

“Early-career recruiting candidate transitioning from customer service into recruiting; has hands-on experience as a McDonald’s hiring manager responsible for interviewing, hiring, and onboarding team members. Emphasizes strong organization, multitasking, attention to detail, and communication despite not yet managing client accounts or requisitions.”

“Backend engineer who built and evolved a low-latency document search platform (C++/gRPC on Kubernetes with a vector database), emphasizing resilience under concurrent load through strict deadlines, retries, idempotency, and observability. Also experienced building secure, frontend-friendly FastAPI services (Pydantic + JWT) and executing safe incremental refactors using feature flags and parallel validation.”

Leonardo Nunez

Screened

Senior Soccer Coach and Language Educator specializing in youth training and Spanish instruction

La Cañada, CA15y exp

“Youth soccer coach with experience in schools and after-school programs who applies learnings from Barcelona soccer classes (Glendale) to introduce new drills and improve player skills. Uses a structured evaluation approach (notes on passing/control/shooting) and communicates clearly with parents about development needs; currently available immediately with an open schedule.”