Vetted CSS Professionals

“Backend/ML systems engineer with experience at SDSC, UCSD, and Media.net, building production semantic dataset/model discovery using embeddings + Solr KNN and LLM-based intent/reranking at 5M+ dataset scale. Emphasizes offline/online separation for predictable serving, has delivered measurable gains (23% retrieval accuracy, 38% latency reduction) and helped secure a $3M+ NSF grant.”

“Bank of America engineer/product owner who built a real-time transaction insights and spending categorization platform using React/TypeScript and Spring Boot microservices with Kafka. Deep experience in event-driven architectures, performance tuning at peak banking loads, and reliability patterns (SLOs, observability, feature flags, DLQs). Also created an internal monitoring/alerting tool adopted across engineering and ops, cutting incident response time by 40%+.”

“Engineering leader with BCG consulting background who has built roadmaps and scaled AI and data platforms for pharma and manufacturing clients. Led architecture shifts (Django monolith to event-driven microservices) for high-volume IoT SaaS products, improving deployment speed and enabling zero-downtime releases. Also established a near-shore engineering team in São Paulo and has managed distributed teams across multiple countries, leveraging strong stakeholder communication and a prior professional acting background for storytelling.”

“Frontend-focused JavaScript engineer who built Collabsync with real-time chat and file sharing using Socket.io, emphasizing reusable components, clear event contracts, and performance (minimizing React re-renders). Has experience at PwC building internal React/Angular dashboards and documenting insurance APIs, plus a contract role at Capital One delivering in fast-changing, loosely defined environments.”

“Built a production LLM-driven personalization microservice for realtor.com using LangChain/LangSmith with an MCP tool layer and RAG to generate schema-constrained ranked listings in real time, replacing a rule-based engine and improving engagement/lead conversion. Also owned an ambiguous cross-channel identity initiative, implementing an identity graph via Twilio Unify with required SDK and data-warehouse integration.”

“Backend engineer with PayPal experience building a high-reliability onboarding API platform (Java/Spring Boot) integrating KYC/compliance and serving 1M+ users annually. Also shipped an internal LLM-driven developer tool that automates PR review insights and OpenAPI documentation with rigorous evaluation, schema-bound guardrails, and production observability.”