Vetted SDLC Professionals

“Chief AI Strategy at startup Zenera with 30 years in technology strategy/design, experienced in building business plans across startups and large enterprises (projects, new products, and M&A). Deeply familiar with enterprise AI go-to-market challenges (slow procurement/pilot cycles) and preparing for VC expectations (e.g., targeting a16z) by emphasizing unique tech and paying customers.”

“Engineer with startup experience building AI-powered internal knowledge and support products from ambiguous early-stage concepts into production systems used by multiple teams. Particularly strong in end-to-end LLM product delivery across backend orchestration, retrieval, observability, security, and full-stack user experience, with clear impact on productivity and self-service adoption.”

Daozheng Chen

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Staff Full-Stack AI Engineer specializing in FinTech and Enterprise SaaS

San Jose, CA12y exp

“Full-stack engineer with Yahoo Finance experience building AI-powered investment and analytics features. They combine modern TypeScript/React/NestJS development with strong backend systems skills in PostgreSQL, Redis, Kafka, and Kubernetes, and have driven architectural improvements from synchronous workflows to event-driven microservices in a high-traffic financial environment.”

“Senior engineering/technology leader who has defined and delivered a multi-year roadmap to modernize platforms and embed AI, leading global teams through cloud-native and microservices migrations on AWS/Azure. Demonstrated measurable outcomes including 99.99% uptime, 40% fewer incidents, 25% faster delivery, 5x scalability, and $30M in new business opportunities, while scaling a 100+ person distributed org with strong OKR-driven execution and mentorship culture.”

“Senior product engineering and data architecture leader who has owned end-to-end solutions for enterprise analytics and legal search platforms, including work for Sony Pictures Entertainment and Accenture Legal. Combines executive-level architecture and team leadership with hands-on experimentation in modern AI systems, recently building a multimodal Hugging Face agent that significantly exceeded its benchmark score.”

“Product leader at Intuit/QuickBooks Workforce who built an AI-powered conversational agent for payroll and time entry, a high-stakes workflow where mistakes directly affect whether workers get paid correctly. Stands out for combining multimodal AI, RAG, and human-in-the-loop confirmation with strong UX judgment, delivering measurable outcomes including a 60% drop in worker complaints and a 30% faster path to action.”