Vetted Research Assistants in California

“Built Python-based data workflow integrations for a Huntsman Cancer Institute research project, focusing on reliable upload, validation, processing, and retrieval of messy research data. Demonstrates strong practical instincts around automation hardening, observability, and translating ambiguous manual processes into structured workflows, including Selenium automation when APIs were unavailable.”

“Robotics software engineer focused on production ROS 2 (Humble) systems for warehouse AMRs, with strong architecture and integration chops. Built a ROS 2 Lifecycle-based hardware abstraction layer to decouple autonomy from sensors (including mid-production LiDAR vendor swap), enabling mixed fleets and cutting bring-up/integration time dramatically. Also develops Nav2 plugins, MPPI tuning workflows, and scalable simulation/CI tooling (Gazebo, Docker, GitHub Actions) for high-throughput testing.”

“Built and deployed real-world systems end-to-end across security and healthcare contexts: led a 3-person team delivering a university vehicle tracking system with 30% cost savings and 1-year post-launch monitoring. Also implemented a healthcare RAG chatbot with adaptive query routing that cut LLM costs by 40% while maintaining answer accuracy, and has experience debugging non-deterministic LLM behavior in DevOps pipeline automation.”

“Backend/cloud engineer from Resilient Tech with hands-on experience deploying REST APIs and database migrations into a live ERP used by real customers while maintaining 99% uptime. Has debugged intermittent AWS container timeouts down to security group/load balancer misconfigurations, and has extended Python in an ERPNext system to meet GST/e-invoicing compliance requirements with strong customer collaboration.”

Haider Zahoor

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Mid-level Game/Software Engineer specializing in Unity & Unreal cross-platform development

San Jose, California6y exp

“Unity/VR developer who has shipped on Meta Quest (SideQuest) and built standalone PCVR medical applications used with real patients. Built a fully solo roguelike twin-stick shooter with a highly modular ScriptableObject/state-machine architecture, including custom build-time tooling to overcome Unity runtime constraints. Uses AI selectively (e.g., Claude) to generate editor tooling like a match-3 level designer to speed up level production.”

Jookwang Jung

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Staff Software Engineer specializing in AI-native platforms and full-stack systems

Los Angeles, CA20y exp

“Founding engineering lead and player-coach who built a small cross-functional team around an AI-first development model, increasing execution speed by more than 3x through hands-on coaching and human-in-the-loop practices. Has led architecture for a multi-tenant platform and built an AI system for fashion businesses that generates content, imagery, and operational recommendations, combining technical depth with product and UX judgment.”

“Full-stack engineer with hands-on experience shipping multiple AI-powered products, including donor recommendation systems, RAG-based document Q&A, and cybersecurity threat analysis tools. Stands out for combining TypeScript/React and backend API development with practical LLM evaluation, grounding, and production optimization—driving measurable outcomes like 30% higher donor engagement and 87% answer accuracy under 2-second latency.”