Software Engineer • AI/ML

Building useful things with Go, React, and Machine Learning

Programmer Analyst at Pasadena City College. I ship portals, APIs, data pipelines, and the occasional model. Currently finishing my M.S. in AI at UT Austin focusing on deep learning and vision-language systems.

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About

I design and build web applications end‑to‑end: React frontends, Go/Python backends, and data services that integrate with Oracle and Salesforce. I enjoy turning messy systems into clean APIs and dashboards that people actually use.

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UT Austin • AI/ML Coursework Highlights

Deep Learning

CNN • Transformers • Attention • Pooling
  • SuperTuxKart image classification, segmentation, and object detection.
  • Autonomous driving agent from pixels using CNN/Transformer/MLP.
  • Custom training loops, metrics, and augmentation pipelines.

Advanced Deep Learning

Quantization • Flash‑Attention • LoRA • VQ • RAG • LLM/VLM • CLIP
  • 4‑bit quantization + LoRA‑Linear + FP16 for BigNet.
  • Autoregressive image generator trained from scratch (SuperTuxKart).
  • LLMs (SmolLM2) for unit conversions with ICL, SFT, and RFT.
  • Fine‑tuned a VLM and CLIP on the SuperTuxKart dataset.

Experience

Programmer Analyst • Pasadena City College

Sep 2021 – Present • Pasadena, CA
  • Led React + GraphQL portal used by 40k+ students and staff.
  • Designed Go middleware for vendor APIs; improved throughput and reliability.
  • Streamlined Oracle data workflows; measurable performance gains.

Software Developer • Cloudsquare

Jan 2020 – Sep 2021
  • Built custom Salesforce apps (Apex, LWC, Visualforce).
  • Integrated Microsoft Graph, CLEAR, Plaid, Experian, Equifax.
  • Prototype: Raspberry Pi + TPU face detection system.

Database Administrator • ADR Services, Inc.

Jul 2018 – Jan 2020 • Los Angeles, CA
  • Improved DB performance by ~60% with indexing and query tuning.
  • Governance policies; BI reporting & data extraction.

Junior System Administrator • CSU San Bernardino

Jun 2017 – Dec 2017
  • Linux/Unix admin; automation via Ansible and Docker.
  • Built Node/Express/Mongo tools for lab operations.

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