Vetted Research Assistants in New York

“Robotics/embedded developer with hands-on ROS 2 and micro-ROS experience on ESP32, building a remote-controlled high-power LED system. Worked across power distribution (buck-boost constant 30V), sensor calibration with real-time data checks, and long-range WiFi connectivity using an omnidirectional antenna achieving 100m+ coverage.”

“Union College robotics graduate with hands-on ROS experience building an independent “waiter bot” that took spoken orders (Mozilla DeepSpeech), used OpenCV, and navigated via SLAM on a TurtleBot with LiDAR. Also led the Union College Robotics crew for four years and implemented PID control for micromouse maze robots; has additional software deployment experience with Dockerized FastAPI and CI/CD from coursework.”

“Built and shipped Site Audit AI, a production multi-turn Claude-based agent that autonomously crawls websites, calls tools, and generates scored audit reports—reducing a manual 2-3 hour developer workflow to under 60 seconds. Also brings practical experience integrating inconsistent payroll/HR data across platforms like QuickBooks and Keka, with a strong focus on validation, fault tolerance, and resumable workflows.”

ROHITH DAMARLA

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Mid-level Backend Engineer specializing in high-scale systems and LLM pipelines

Syracuse, NY6y exp

“Open-source-focused TypeScript/JavaScript engineer who built a lightweight Node.js utility library to standardize LLM-agent message formatting, tool invocation, and safe schema-validated JSON outputs. Emphasizes composable abstractions, real-world performance profiling/benchmarks, and strong community feedback loops (GitHub issues, structured errors, logging hooks). Also did research at Syracuse University on converting natural language into structured JSON with validation layers.”

Dhairya Shah

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Entry-level Machine Learning Engineer specializing in computer vision and systems

Buffalo, NY1y exp

“ML-focused builder who has shipped an end-to-end income-class prediction product: built the data pipeline, trained models, deployed via Streamlit with a live UI, and tracked success via accuracy (84%), adoption, and latency. Demonstrates strong practical MLOps instincts (Docker/Streamlit Cloud, logging/monitoring, caching) and data engineering reliability patterns (schema checks, idempotency, retries, backfills) while iterating quickly in ambiguous, solo-project environments.”

“Psychology- and care-management-trained candidate pivoting into hockey player representation/advising, with hands-on experience supporting people through high-pressure transitions (relocation, schedule changes, performance stress). Builds trust-based relationships through consistent communication and creates educational content (website/LinkedIn) focused on athlete wellbeing and navigating Prep/AAA/NCAA/pro pathways.”