Vetted Java Professionals

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Akshat Shah

Screened ReferencesStrong rec.

Entry-level Software Engineer specializing in full-stack and AI systems

Los Angeles, CA1y exp
Integrated Media Systems CenterUSC

Frontend-leaning full-stack engineer who described owning an artist search and detail experience across UI, backend integrations, and data modeling. They show practical strength in scalable React architecture, TypeScript safety, and performance tuning, with a product-minded approach to shipping 0→1 features quickly and iterating after launch.

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Manaswini Gogineni - Mid-Level Software Engineer specializing in cloud infrastructure and full-stack web development in San Francisco, CA

Manaswini Gogineni

Screened ReferencesStrong rec.

Mid-Level Software Engineer specializing in cloud infrastructure and full-stack web development

San Francisco, CA2y exp
CiscoUniversity of Wisconsin–Madison

Backend engineer at Electric Hydrogen who built a serverless device-log ingestion and processing platform in Python/Flask, scaling throughput (4x peak ingestion) while keeping sub-300ms API latency. Strong in Postgres/SQLAlchemy performance (partitioning, materialized views) and production ML integration (ONNX model served via FastAPI microservice with async batch inference, Redis feature caching, and drift monitoring via S3/Lambda). Experienced designing secure multi-tenant systems with schema-per-tenant isolation and KMS-backed encryption.

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SOURABH MISHRA

Screened ReferencesModerate rec.

Senior Software Engineer specializing in FinTech and distributed systems

Seattle, WA6y exp
AmazonUniversity of Cincinnati

Backend/AI engineer who has built a rule-service platform on AWS and evolved it into an agentic RAG system using LangChain, ReAct, tool calling, and LLM-as-judge review. Notable for combining heavy AI-assisted development with production safeguards like manual CR, CloudWatch monitoring, fallback strategies, benchmark testing, and user-feedback-driven model improvement.

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Qianfan Luo

Screened

Junior Software Engineer specializing in backend systems and AI/ML pipelines

San Francisco, CA2y exp
Persona IdentitiesCarnegie Mellon University

Robotics-focused engineer with ROS 2 experience who has built and debugged real-time, distributed control/orchestration systems under production-like latency and safety constraints. Led platform changes at Persona for a real-time verification orchestration system using deterministic state machines and async workers, and has hands-on experience stabilizing multi-robot navigation/SLAM behavior using rosbag, RViz, and stress testing in simulation (Gazebo).

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Engineering Manager specializing in AI/ML platforms and 0→1 product delivery

Cambridge, MA15y exp
ElsevierHarvard University

Player-coach engineer/lead on a high-scale research integrity platform ("Lighthouse") that flags fraud/manipulation signals across ~3M academic manuscripts per year. Owns architecture decisions (ADRs), implements across Go/Java/React services, and introduced NLP (SciBERT embeddings + human-in-the-loop) to assess out-of-context citations while also handling production incidents with a data-consistency-first approach.

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Rashi Agrawal - Mid-Level Full-Stack Software Engineer specializing in distributed systems and cloud-native microservices in Novi, MI

Rashi Agrawal

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Mid-Level Full-Stack Software Engineer specializing in distributed systems and cloud-native microservices

Novi, MI4y exp
GenthermUniversity of Pennsylvania

Backend engineer (4 years) who built an end-to-end Python backend for a patent-pending in-car massager/heater system, including GraphQL data modeling and Bluetooth integration with an ESP32 microcontroller (reverse engineered a niche protocol). Also has strong platform experience: on-prem Kubernetes/CI-CD (Jenkins/GitLab, exploring ArgoCD GitOps), Terraform-based infra workflows, a RabbitMQ messaging library used across microservices, and an on-prem migration of ~30 critical applications with rollback/parallel-run strategy.

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Yuan-Hsuan Wen - Intern Software Engineer specializing in AI agents, RAG pipelines, and semiconductor systems in Taipei, Taiwan

Intern Software Engineer specializing in AI agents, RAG pipelines, and semiconductor systems

Taipei, Taiwan3y exp
NVIDIAUSC

Built a web-based interface that connects an internal bug system to an LLM for initial debugging and issue classification, aiming to boost QA and software engineer efficiency while balancing latency and accuracy. Worked as a one-person project and managed constraints like limited hardware and difficulty extracting team debugging context, relying on manager communication and rapid modeling to validate direction.

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Christopher Bun - Executive AI/ML technology leader specializing in healthcare, biotech, and legal AI in Irvine, CA

Executive AI/ML technology leader specializing in healthcare, biotech, and legal AI

Irvine, CA17y exp
Augnition LabsUniversity of Chicago

Repeat founder and startup advisor with experience spanning academic, health tech, legal tech, sports, and gaming. Has participated in fundraising and due diligence and has built companies, engineering teams, and software platforms from scratch, with a strong product-design-first approach to product-market fit and market selection.

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Edmund Chan

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Mid-level Frontend Engineer specializing in web platforms and internationalization

New York, NY4y exp
BloombergUniversity of British Columbia

Frontend engineer with significant ownership of Bloomberg's Japanese regional platform, building a complex multi-app Next.js experience for retail investors and financial professionals. Stands out for combining high-scale localization architecture, advanced TypeScript/component-system design, and measurable UX performance wins in demanding financial products.

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Roshan Raj

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Intern Software Engineer specializing in robotics, autonomous vehicles, and embedded AI

San Diego, CA1y exp
AeroVironmentPurdue University

Robotics software engineer with internship experience at John Deere and AeroVironment, working across C++/Python stacks and ROS2-based systems. Drove a proof-of-concept migration from an x86/FPGA target to NVIDIA GPU solutions and helped turn a hackathon prototype into a production-ready, CI/CD-driven build-and-deploy workflow with comprehensive automated testing.

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Kowshika M - Mid-level AI/ML Engineer specializing in LLM fine-tuning, inference optimization, and AI safety in Santa Clara, CA

Kowshika M

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Mid-level AI/ML Engineer specializing in LLM fine-tuning, inference optimization, and AI safety

Santa Clara, CA5y exp
NVIDIAOregon State University

AI/LLM engineer with production experience at NVIDIA, where they fine-tuned and deployed a financial-services chatbot and cut latency ~50% using TensorRT + NVIDIA Triton, scaling via Docker/Kubernetes. Also has consulting experience at Accenture delivering a predictive maintenance solution for a logistics network, bridging non-technical stakeholders with actionable dashboards.

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Mitul Sheth - Senior Engineering Manager specializing in cloud security and graph-based data platforms in Seattle, WA

Mitul Sheth

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Senior Engineering Manager specializing in cloud security and graph-based data platforms

Seattle, WA9y exp
SysdigCampbellsville University

Engineering leader at Sysdig Secure who pitched and prototyped a model data platform that initially got rejected, then proved value by migrating the CIEM offering and expanding adoption across multiple verticals. Now owns the CIEM suite plus the broader Sysdig Secure data and reporting platforms, manages 14 direct reports, and also leads a pilot AI team while remaining hands-on weekly.

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Sahil Sinha - Mid-Level Software Engineer specializing in full-stack development, cloud, and data infrastructure in Reston, VA

Sahil Sinha

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Mid-Level Software Engineer specializing in full-stack development, cloud, and data infrastructure

Reston, VA3y exp
Fannie MaeGeorgia Tech

Software engineer at Fannie Mae (~3 years) working on high-volume loan data pipelines using AWS (SQS/S3), Java listeners, Postgres, and Python/SQL-based data quality validation. Also built a chess data collection system (leveraging experience as an International Master) with robust retry/monitoring, schema-change handling, and idempotent backfills to prevent bad data from reaching downstream systems.

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Geetika Jain - Mid-Level Software Engineer specializing in Azure AI and full-stack development in Park City, UT

Geetika Jain

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Mid-Level Software Engineer specializing in Azure AI and full-stack development

Park City, UT6y exp
NICEUniversity of Texas at Dallas

Hands-on AI/LLM engineer who built a RAG-based product feature end-to-end, including prompt engineering, safety guardrails, and an automated adversarial + load-testing harness. Diagnosed real production issues (null responses) via Azure logs/metrics and drove an architectural fix by separating model deployments to address token/quota limits. Also runs internal developer enablement through short theory-to-hands-on AI workshops after completing a Microsoft AI certification.

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Aravind Sudha

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Director-level engineering leader specializing in cloud platforms and distributed systems

Los Angeles, CA20y exp
AmazonThangal Kunju Musaliar College of Engineering

Senior engineering leader at AWS currently managing two services in the MSK organization, including Replicator for disaster recovery/data distribution and Glue Schema Registry. He combines hands-on distributed systems depth with large-scale people leadership, having managed teams up to 32 engineers and coordinated platform onboarding work across roughly 340 AWS services. Earlier experience in payroll and compliance platforms adds strong enterprise domain breadth beyond cloud infrastructure.

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Executive CTO and Founder specializing in AI platforms and hyper-scale SaaS

South San Francisco, CA26y exp
Deep OriginUC Berkeley

CTO-minded builder seeking to join a startup; previously created an AI-driven platform that abstracted away DevOps and infrastructure for drug discovery researchers. Emphasizes high-leverage, zero-to-one execution with managed cloud/open-source tooling, and a strong reliability/reproducibility mindset validated against existing scientific pipelines.

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Hung-Chih Liu

Screened

Mid-level Distributed Systems & AI Infrastructure Engineer

Sunnyvale, CA3y exp
AmazonUCLA

Backend/full-stack engineer (Amazon experience) who built an AWS-based integration testing platform using Flask, ECS, Docker, and CloudWatch—cutting 1000+ test cases from ~5 hours to ~30 minutes while improving log visibility for non-engineering users. Also led a zero-downtime EU region migration with rigorous ORR testing, and built a Kinesis/Firehose/S3 + Glue/Spark replay mechanism for resilient data recovery. Side project: reproducible, cost-efficient LLM hosting platform on EKS using CDK and Karpenter for scale-to-zero.

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Nikhil Reddy - Mid-level AI/ML Engineer specializing in GPU inference and LLM platforms in San Francisco, CA

Nikhil Reddy

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Mid-level AI/ML Engineer specializing in GPU inference and LLM platforms

San Francisco, CA5y exp
NVIDIASaint Louis University

Built and deployed an LLM-powered platform that turns models into scalable REST/gRPC APIs, focusing on keeping GPU-backed inference fast and stable during traffic spikes. Experienced with AWS orchestration (EKS/ECS/Step Functions), safe model rollouts, and production-grade monitoring/testing for reliable AI agents and workflows.

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Shaji Nair

Screened

Principal Cloud & Digital Transformation Architect specializing in Financial Services and Data Platforms

29y exp
PerficientMahatma Gandhi University

Technology-first venture builder with strong familiarity in the VC/accelerator landscape, specializing in greenfield innovation, M&A, and large-scale transformation/modernization. Described building a venture-funded retail banking greenfield startup to integrate lending-as-a-service for SME lending while meeting federal and local financial services compliance requirements.

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Director of Digital Experience Strategy & UX Research in Enterprise Platforms

Addison, TX24y exp
HiltonHarvard University

Mission-driven founder at the pre-seed stage with a fully developed business plan, validated concept, and defined business model. They demonstrate strong early-stage startup judgment through demand validation, scalability assessment across repeatable use cases and multi-city expansion, and informed familiarity with VC, studio, and accelerator pathways while preparing for first outside capital.

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UDAY JARAJAPU - Executive engineering leader specializing in AI-native products and large-scale platforms in Fremont, CA

UDAY JARAJAPU

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Executive engineering leader specializing in AI-native products and large-scale platforms

Fremont, CA22y exp
Typerighter.AIUniversity of Toledo

Experienced cross-functional operator with background in AI, edtech, consumer mobile, cloud, and real estate search, including roles at Apple, AWS, and Trulia. Currently building Typerighter, an AI-native writing workspace focused on compliance, authenticity, and human-verifiable content, with a nuanced understanding of institutional requirements and startup/accelerator dynamics.

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Christian Alcala - Mid-level Software Engineer specializing in LLM-powered analytics in Redwood Shores, CA

Mid-level Software Engineer specializing in LLM-powered analytics

Redwood Shores, CA4y exp
OracleUSC

Engineer with a pragmatic, production-focused approach to AI development, emphasizing verification, observability, and system design over hype. Built LLM-driven features and automated regression/validation pipelines, including quality measurement work at Oracle, and uses hands-on projects to test how AI fits into real business workflows.

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Yuxin Xiong

Screened

Intern Machine Learning Engineer specializing in LLM reasoning, agents, and deployment

0y exp
Nexa AIUC San Diego

AWS AI Lab engineer who deployed a production Chain-of-Thought analytical agent for tabular reasoning, emphasizing grounded tool-constrained workflows with schema-validated intermediate outputs. Built robust evaluation/logging with step-level observability to catch regressions across model versions, and has experience scaling distributed LLM training via Slurm + DeepSpeed/FSDP with checkpointing and failure recovery.

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Anagha Ram

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Intern AI/ML Engineer specializing in NLP, LLMs, and semantic search

Los Altos, CA2y exp
Columbia UniversityCornell University

Built and deployed a production RAG-based semantic search and summarization system for large legal/technical document sets, owning the full backend (embeddings, vector store, chunking, prompting) and driving a reported 40–60% reduction in manual review time. Experienced with LangChain/LlamaIndex plus Airflow/Temporal-style orchestration, and applies rigorous evaluation/monitoring (A/B tests, drift detection, staged rollouts) to keep agentic systems reliable. Also partnered with a supply-chain manager at TE Connectivity to deliver an AI inventory recommendation tool projected to drive millions in value.

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