Vetted Teaching Assistants

“Built and shipped a production LLM hallucination detection and monitoring pipeline using semantic-level entropy (embedding-clustered multi-generation variance) to flag unreliable outputs in downstream automation. Implemented a scalable async architecture (FastAPI + Docker + Redis/Celery) with strong observability (structured logs + PostgreSQL) and developed evaluation loops combining controlled prompts and human review; also partnered with non-technical stakeholders on AI-driven form validation/document processing.”

“AI engineer who built an agentic, production-deployed LLM workflow for tobacco violation parsing and automated multi-case creation, using six specialized agents and a human-in-the-loop confidence-threshold routing design. Addressed data privacy constraints by generating synthetic datasets with LLM prompting, and orchestrated reproducible end-to-end pipelines in LangChain with robust testing and evaluation (precision/recall, micro-F1).”

MohammadHossein Karimian

Screened

Mid-level Front-End Developer specializing in React and TypeScript

Regina, SK5y exp

“Frontend engineer who has led end-to-end builds of complex React + TypeScript workflow editors (multi-step scenario builder with nodes/connections/conditions) with strong quality practices (CI/CD, unit tests, schema validation, logging, feature flags). Also delivered an AR flower-placement feature during an internship at Ecomspiders, rebuilding the experience with Three.js, live camera preview, and surface placement tested across devices and lighting conditions.”

“Full-stack and AI product engineer who built and deployed two end-to-end projects: TrekTale, a travel story management app, and PromptCraft Finance, an AI-powered financial assistant using multiple open-source LLMs. Particularly strong in turning ambiguous product ideas into modular, production-oriented systems with typed frontend/backend contracts, multi-model inference pipelines, structured outputs, and monitoring for latency, reliability, and regressions.”

“Unity/VR gameplay programmer who delivered core VR locomotion and a custom collision system for the VR port of Tinhearts, enabling comfortable movement in highly detailed, cluttered environments and improving cutscene reliability. Also has professional VR multiplayer experience on Project Leeroy using Photon Fusion (plus PUN/SpatialOS/UNet/WebSockets), including building drag-and-drop networking components to help designers ship minigames faster.”

“Backend/integration-focused software engineer who built and debugged a complex location modeling system (data pipelines, APIs, optimization logic connected to a dashboard). No direct ROS/robotics experience yet, but demonstrates strong distributed-systems debugging, containerized deployment (Docker), and CI/CD/testing practices and is actively looking to pivot into robotics software.”

“Full-stack system analyst/programmer at PeakPlay Sports (startup) who built an AI "coach" product end-to-end in ~2 months, using a LangGraph-orchestrated multi-agent architecture with a FastAPI backend. Shipped production RAG grounded in athlete history (OpenAI embeddings + vector store) with guardrails and a structured eval loop (golden set + LLM-judge + human review) to improve engagement and reduce hallucinations.”

“Builder with hands-on experience shipping full-stack products across AWS cloud infrastructure, React/TypeScript apps, SQL-backed systems, and privacy-focused AI workflows. Stands out for combining cost-aware architecture, strong debugging instincts, and product thinking—from an e-commerce platform automated with IaC to a university admin portal serving 10,000+ users and a locally run AI assistant with configurable guardrails.”

“Robotics software engineer with ROS 2 Humble/Nav2 experience on a warehouse robot fleet, focused on improving throughput in dynamic human environments. Implemented C++ local-planner and velocity-control changes using LiDAR-based motion prediction and real-time costmap tuning under a 20ms control loop, and built a Gazebo digital twin with custom failure-injection plugins plus Docker/Kubernetes deployment tooling.”

“Built a university campus assistant chatbot (BabyJ/WWJ) using RAG and agentic routing with a FastAPI + React stack and JWT auth, focusing heavily on production concerns like latency and reliability. Uses techniques like speculative prefetching, smart intent routing, and rigorous eval/testing (golden sets, regression, edge cases) while collaborating closely with campus admin/advising teams to iterate based on real user feedback.”

“Research Analyst at Syracuse who deployed an LLM-powered lab automation system allowing researchers to run QCoDeS instrument workflows via natural language, with strong safety guardrails for real instruments and multi-instrument support. Also collaborated with non-technical stakeholders at iConsult on an audio classification/recommendation pipeline, translating business goals into metrics and Tableau dashboards with model comparisons and A/B test results.”

Yousef Abdelsalam

Screened

Junior Software Engineer specializing in Odoo, web performance, and backend systems

Orlando, FL2y exp

“Full-stack developer who shipped LLM-powered customer support automation, including an AI call center designed for always-on, high-concurrency real-time phone handling. Also built a WhatsApp lead-conversion chatbot using Zapier webhooks, Redis state, and Twilio messaging, and reports measurable outcomes (+11% customer satisfaction, ~7% cost reduction) while using GPT-4.1.”

Tam Do

Screened

Junior Robotics Software Engineer specializing in ROS2 perception and manipulation

Tampa, FL3y exp

“Robotics software engineer who built an assistive Kinova Gen3 manipulation system for activities of daily living, spanning RealSense+ArUco perception, MoveIt2-based motion planning/task sequencing, and a React Native tablet UI with rosbridge and voice control. Optimized real-robot trajectories by blending OMPL with Cartesian/PILZ planning and created simulation workflows to test without lab/robot availability.”

“Early-career software engineer who has already owned a real-world web product end-to-end for a 100+ member university ACM organization, including requirements gathering, UI/UX improvements, hosting, CI/CD, and ongoing maintenance. Brings hands-on React and full-stack project experience with a strong bias toward practical execution, mobile-friendly design, and reliable delivery.”