Vetted Kanban Professionals

“Researcher from the University of South Dakota who built a production medical RAG system to help interpret model predictions by retrieving relevant clinical notes and medical literature, overcoming retrieval accuracy and imaging-dataset challenges through semantic chunking and metadata-driven indexing. Also has hands-on orchestration experience with Airflow and Azure Data Factory, plus a pragmatic approach to LLM evaluation and stakeholder-driven iteration.”

“Backend engineer who built and owned an AI-powered SMS survey platform for a nonprofit serving at-risk communities (internet-limited users), using Cloudflare Workers + Twilio and a state-machine survey engine. Scaled it to ~10k active users with near-zero downtime, added English/Spanish support, and iteratively improved LLM behavior (Claude 3.7 Sonnet) to handle nuanced, real-world SMS responses reliably.”

Shangyi Chen

Screened

Mid-Level Full-Stack Software Engineer specializing in Java and Angular web applications

San Francisco, CA5y exp

“Full-stack engineer who has owned end-to-end delivery of an internal, customer-facing data visualization product and helped build a data modification pipeline used across the organization for data integrity/governance. Demonstrates pragmatic MVP-driven delivery within sprints and makes performance-oriented architectural decisions (e.g., batching API calls to reduce frontend request volume) in TypeScript/React systems.”

“Analytics-focused candidate with strong SQL, Excel, Python, and Tableau skills who supports payroll-, compensation-, and finance-adjacent processes through rigorous data validation and reconciliation. Stands out for uncovering a duplicate-record mapping issue that exposed roughly $250K in revenue leakage and for building repeatable controls, dashboards, and automated checks to improve reporting accuracy.”

“Product-minded full-stack engineer with experience shipping engagement features and core communication systems at DribbleUp and Expys. Stands out for combining rapid MVP execution with rigorous iteration: delivered a leaderboard feature that lifted engagement by 8% initially and 20% overall, built a chat MVP in 3 days, and has hands-on experience deploying LangChain-based concierge agents with evals and human review.”

Richard Wilson

Screened

Senior IT Project Manager specializing in Agile delivery and migration programs

Greensboro, NC19y exp

“Project manager with 16+ years of experience leading enterprise implementations across software, e-commerce, and financial services environments. Stands out for coordinating complex multi-country launches involving legal, creative, development, QA, and executive stakeholders, while also bringing regulated-environment experience through FINRA compliance and administration system modernization.”

“Senior product leader with experience across Times Internet, Mudah.my, Wells Fargo, and delivery/logistics products, spanning SaaS, marketplace, fintech, and AI-enabled platforms. Stands out for building products end-to-end with strong commercial outcomes, including a multi-channel engagement platform that became a new SaaS revenue stream and AI features that improved marketplace liquidity while keeping humans in control.”

“Product leader with experience spanning enterprise AI at Wells Fargo and large-scale consumer platform revamps at TimesJobs and Mudah.my. Notably led a GenAI-powered commercial lending email/document intelligence solution with 90%+ accuracy and redesigned user journeys that drove a 25% lift in registrations, while also building and mentoring cross-functional product teams.”

“C-suite operator across multiple private-equity portfolio companies now raising capital for a thesis focused on meeting AI datacenter energy demand via AI-driven monitoring/inspection and condition-based maintenance for nuclear and natural gas generation. Has early traction with PE firms and is engaging target acquisition candidates, aiming to serve as an operating partner or CEO to execute the value-creation plan. Previously delivered a mobile-enabled workflow improvement for mutual fund valuation using HTML5 responsive design and CAB-driven agile development.”

“Frontend-focused engineer operating at a staff level with experience at Amazon and startups, known for rescuing high-impact, frontend-heavy systems through architecture, performance, and quality improvements. Delivered outsized results including cutting load times from ~90s to ~3s, raising test coverage from <1% to >80%, and enabling multi-team adoption of modern state management via training sessions for 50+ engineers.”

“Technology executive (VP/SVP Engineering, CTO/co-founder) with ~17 years of roadmap execution and the last 7 in senior exec roles. Notably led an AI-first strategic pivot when generative AI emerged—creating the AI product strategy, reskilling teams, and shipping initial AI features—while also scaling engineering orgs using SPACE metrics and driving major architecture decisions (custom reporting with React + Redshift) to close competitive gaps.”

“Software engineer with strong end-to-end ownership across frontend, backend, data, and infrastructure, including real-time systems (Kafka/Postgres) and observability (Datadog). Built and productionized an AI-native RAG support assistant (OpenAI embeddings + Pinecone) with prompt/guardrail design, achieving 48% agent adoption and 30% faster responses. Experienced in legacy modernization and reliability work using feature flags, event/transaction replay, and rapid embedded delivery.”

Akashreddy Madduri

Screened

Senior Backend Engineer specializing in real-time data platforms for FinTech and Healthcare

Plano, Texas6y exp

“Backend/data engineer with experience at JPMorgan building near real-time payment risk and fraud scoring pipelines using Python, Spark Structured Streaming, and Delta Lake, emphasizing auditability, security, and data correctness (dedupe/late events) to reduce false positives. Also led a legacy-to-cloud migration of claims/eligibility data at Cogna with parallel runs, phased rollout, and healthcare-specific validation (ICD-CPT mapping).”

“Full-stack engineer who has owned an AI-powered HTTP monitoring dashboard end to end, from Node.js/MongoDB backend and dashboard UI through deployment and reliability controls. Particularly strong in turning raw technical signals into usable AI-assisted product experiences, with concrete impact including ~60% faster anomaly detection and meaningful AI cost optimization.”

“Software engineer with experience at Coinbase and Gol Airlines, leading full-stack and backend-heavy systems in high-scale, high-compliance environments. Stands out for owning ambiguous projects end to end, improving internal support workflows with measurable impact, and designing reliable integrations for both customer-facing and government-critical systems.”

“Software engineer with a recent pivot toward AI engineering, combining traditional full-stack web development with multi-agent AI application work using React, Flask, LangChain, and LangGraph. Has experience improving internal platform integrations, scaling production systems, and building revenue-impacting features such as an order tracking module credited with a 20% revenue increase.”

“Frontend-focused React/TypeScript candidate with hands-on experience building personalized product discovery and recommendation modules that balance relevance, performance, and maintainability. They show strong practical judgment around rendering optimization, responsive CSS, accessibility, and using DevTools/Profiler data to improve production UX.”

“Enterprise AI and digital transformation leader who has delivered 120+ automation and AI solutions across healthcare, finance, supply chain, and shared services, with outcomes including €52M annual savings at Philips and major operational gains at Alto Pharmacy. Combines product ownership, hands-on LLM/RAG prototyping, and strong governance instincts for regulated environments, making them especially compelling for enterprise AI deployment roles.”

Kumar Shashi

Screened

Senior Program & Operations Manager specializing in AI, semiconductor NPI, and regulated manufacturing

Palo Alto, CA12y exp

“Operations and customer-facing leader with deep last-mile logistics expertise from running a critical extra-large Amazon logistics hub end-to-end (inventory accuracy, throughput, yard efficiency), including scalable process improvements adopted across Amazon XL sites. Strong cross-functional and partner management (DSPs/carriers, engineering ops) with rapid incident resolution and VOC-to-product translation (geofence/map fixes). Also demonstrates land-and-expand growth motion from Cisco, expanding a standardized software platform across multiple global sites.”

“Full-stack engineer focused on high-throughput document/financial data platforms, building Angular/React front ends and Spring Boot microservices with Python/Flask services for heavy processing. Experienced in designing non-blocking, asynchronous workflows (Celery/RabbitMQ) and deploying containerized systems to AWS ECS with auto-scaling and CloudWatch monitoring.”