Vetted Prototyping Professionals

“Robotics engineer who built a 6-axis force-torque sensor system end-to-end at ROAM Lab, including electronics, low-level drivers, and ROS2 live inference with time-series deep learning (ultimately a 1D ResNet) to handle highly noisy, session-shifting signals. Also upgraded tactile manipulation models to time-series inputs by modifying long-standing ROS architectures, and has prior experience in defense (L3Harris) with production-grade testing and code review practices; published work: arxiv.org/abs/2410.03481.”

Jiayi Huang

Screened

Junior Product/UX Designer specializing in FinTech and conversational AI

Chicago, IL2y exp

“Founding product designer at a startup building RealSpend, an AI-powered fintech product centered on conversational decision support (contextual insights and in-flow actions). Also designed the companion app for Lasso Loop, an in-home recycling appliance, translating an industrial process into a warm, kitchen-friendly UX using layered information architecture and progressive disclosure, with strong design-system alignment to React/Tailwind/Ant Design engineering stacks.”

Jenny Kim

Screened

Mid-level Frontend Engineer specializing in design-focused web interfaces

New York, NY3y exp

“Design-engineering hybrid with experience shipping internal product improvements in a Rails environment and building polished cross-brand newsletter templates. Stands out for pragmatic product thinking: they stabilized a critical CSV export workflow for 250+ internal users, iterate based on feedback, and are comfortable killing features that do not deliver value.”

“Data/ML backend engineer with hands-on production experience spanning RAG services (LlamaIndex/OpenAI) and AWS data platforms. Has delivered Terraform-managed AWS architectures (Lambda + ECS Fargate) with secure secrets handling, built Glue-to-Redshift ETL with schema evolution controls, modernized SAS reporting into Python microservices, and achieved major Redshift query speedups (2+ hours to under 15 minutes).”

“Operations-focused leader with experience spanning client delivery, sales operations, and longer-term customer success initiatives at a reputation analytics firm and at Penta. Known for implementing systems (ClickUp, Salesforce/HubSpot, marketing tech) and rigorous reporting rhythms that improve executive visibility, accountability, and data-driven resource allocation; also supported an acquisition by preparing confidential financial documentation and contracts.”

Antonio Richmond

Screened

Executive Operations Leader and Electrical Engineer specializing in industrial scale-up and automation

Los Gatos, CA16y exp

“Operations leader with heavy industrial and climate/industrial innovation exposure: led ops for a novel cement-disruption product involving site selection near CO2 emitters and feedstock/offtake sourcing to reach a proof-of-concept facility. Previously recommissioned an oil re-refinery within a year, owning cross-functional hiring plus compliance, budgeting, and community relations—delivering on time and on budget.”