Jaiden Kettleson

About

Data Science honors graduate (Maryville University) who has built Python/SQL backends and a capstone website handling sensitive user data. Emphasizes secure data handling (password encryption, secure database updates) and uses Git/GitHub Pages with CI/CD-style practices for managing and deploying changes.

Experience

Education

Key Strengths

• Built Python backend libraries/functions (calculator-style operations)
• Implemented SQL-backed backend for organized data structures
• Security-focused handling of sensitive user data (encrypting passwords before database writes)
• Used Git/GitHub Pages with version control for managing website updates/configurations
• Built and operated a production Flask/PostgreSQL service integrating a third-party API (Steam) with concurrent usage
• Diagnosed and eliminated timeout/latency issues by instrumenting with structured logs and refactoring to async background jobs
• Designs resilient workflows with idempotency, checkpointing, explicit planning/execution/verification, and clear retry/stop policies
• Strong AI productionization: prompt constraints, schema/DB-backed validation to prevent hallucinations, and fallback/escalation paths
• Database performance tuning using EXPLAIN ANALYZE, indexing, and precomputing metrics to improve dashboard latency
• Emphasis on maintainable Python practices: layered architecture, typing/mypy in CI, dependency pinning, and layered testing

Reference Highlights

• Excellent backend engineer (one of the best the reference has seen)
• Delivered time savings and helped project come in under budget
• Accelerated development cycles and faster client delivery
• Reliable execution with thorough testing
• Strong at analyzing user needs end-to-end
• Well-organized documentation
• Strong understanding of complexity
• Excellent object-oriented approach
• Effective at breaking down complex tasks
• Improved organization/efficiency of legacy code
• Superb relational database capability
• Improved catalog system performance (reduced latency)
• High ownership in ambiguous situations
• Promoted/moved to team lead quickly
• Able to flesh out unclear requirements and set clear milestones
• Feedback-driven approach; strong at balancing speed/quality/outcomes
• Improved customer service operations and live chat experience
• Strong understanding of Intercom including backend and customer-facing behavior
• Knowledgeable and talented in API work (per reference’s observation of prior work)
• Built AI workflows that operated 24/7 and reduced need for live agents
• Closely monitored AI performance and continuously optimized workflows
• Designed workflows for varied scenarios (consultations, returns, complaints, FAQs)
• Proactive and structured (weekly manager check-ins; daily review of AI Q&A)
• Reliable and dependable (covered manager when sick)
• Graceful under pressure and with criticism
• Not afraid to ask for help/clarification
• Takes on challenges without wavering
• Exceptional Python-related maintainability/debugging/testing (as observed by reference)
• Logical judgment and assessment
• Contributed to increased revenue