Vetted Technical Leads

Rathi Anand

Screened ReferencesStrong rec.

Senior Full-Stack Software Engineer specializing in Insurance, FinTech, and AI/ML applications

Dublin, CA17y exp

“AI/backend engineer who fine-tuned and deployed a production LLM chatbot using a LangChain + FAISS RAG pipeline, improving latency with PEFT/LoRA and driving strong business impact (40% customer adoption; 92% satisfaction). Also served as technical lead on a data aggregation system for underwriting/quoting, introducing GraphQL for more efficient, maintainable querying and applying CDC to keep cached ranking data fresh at scale.”

“Candidate has hands-on experience using AI-assisted development in a pragmatic, controlled way, including shipping a more user-friendly student feedback form by redesigning text-heavy inputs into checkboxes and dropdowns. They stand out for disciplined review habits: line-by-line validation of AI-generated code, strong edge-case testing, and thoughtful use of structured prompts and staged workflows instead of over-relying on autonomous agent frameworks.”

“Unity game developer who built a context-sensitive movement and camera system for a grid-based dungeon crawler and used DOTween for key gameplay animations. Worked at Chimera Entertainment on Songs of Silence, contributing via bug fixes, working within an existing Photon Fusion protocol, and implementing a UI-heavy in-game lexicon; also leverages AI tools (e.g., ChatGPT) to accelerate editor/tooling and gameplay scripting.”

Gabriel Fagundes

Screened

Mid-level AI/ML & Backend Engineer specializing in AI platforms and computer vision

New York, New York6y exp

“Backend engineer with hands-on experience building real-time, low-latency systems: owned the Python backend for a real-time crowd-monitoring product (top 5% at HackHarvard 2025) using OpenCV, GPU YOLO inference (PyTorch), WebRTC, and OAuth. Also has production Kubernetes/GitOps experience (Helm/Kustomize, GitHub Actions, Argo CD), Kafka-based event pipelines, and executed a minimal-downtime on-prem PostgreSQL migration to AWS EC2.”

Israel Sodano

Screened

Principal/Staff Software Engineer specializing in distributed systems and FinTech platforms

São Paulo, Brazil13y exp

“Brazil-based tech leader who helped build Bankly’s end-to-end Banking-as-a-Service platform—delivering a plug-and-play solution in 6 months and architecting for ~5k requests/second; Bankly later became the largest BaaS in Brazil. Also runs a closed, personal-capital private trading group focused on automating investment decisions with AI trading bots, but is currently prioritizing international career growth over entrepreneurship.”

“Lead full-stack engineer with strong Python backend depth and hands-on React/TypeScript experience, working in startup-like B2B SaaS environments serving enterprise software customers such as CrowdStrike, HashiCorp, and VMware. Stands out for redesigning tightly coupled systems into modular AWS-based microservices and building configurable integration platforms that improved enterprise customer onboarding and marketplace workflow scalability.”

“Backend/cloud engineer who built an AWS serverless IoT system that computes Bluetooth beacon locations from telemetry using heavy scientific Python (NumPy/SciPy/pandas) packaged as Dockerized Lambda, integrated with Java microservices and scheduled batch orchestration. Has deep AWS delivery experience (CI/CD with Code* tools, CloudFormation, cost controls) and has led high-severity incident response including CloudTrail forensics and infrastructure recovery after a compromised-keys crypto-mining attack.”

“Product manager with 5-6 years of experience spanning AI product development and regulated healthcare transformation. Most notably helped shape a voice-first AI recruitment platform with conversational avatars and multimodal agents, while also leading healthcare cloud migration and claims-pricing workflows under HIPAA and compliance constraints. Strong fit for roles needing someone who can turn messy, multi-stakeholder requirements into a scoped, deployable product.”

Hy Serure

Screened

Executive Technology Leader & Architect specializing in enterprise digital transformation

Oakhurst, NJ29y exp

“Longtime S-Corp founder (20+ years) who evolved from running a web agency to becoming a Shopify expert contracted by agencies/brands to upskill teams and lead enterprise eCommerce builds. Recently built and launched a payment-links/QR-code web app in weeks that gained 20 users on day one without advertising; now looking to pivot toward building a scalable product business not tied to hourly contracting.”

“Enterprise front-end engineer with strong Angular ownership across high-stakes products in healthcare, finance, and manufacturing, including a hospital kiosk app, Bank of America portfolio reporting, and a CMS-driven marketing site that has run smoothly for 5 years with no IT support. Stands out for combining UI architecture, measurable performance gains, and production-safe delivery strategies like AWS-based canary releases.”

Joshua Caito

Screened

Director-level SRE leader specializing in cloud reliability and DevSecOps

Omaha, NE16y exp

“Engineering leader in insurance/enterprise environments who currently runs SRE and Level 2 operations at Mutual of Omaha with 11 direct reports. Combines people leadership with hands-on systems design, AI-enabled incident tooling, and observability workflow simplification; also has a track record of rescuing a major client upgrade project that was two years behind and delivering it roughly three months early.”