Backend & AI Infrastructure Engineer

I build reliable systems for AI and autonomous software.

Purdue CS senior with experience building production document pipelines, distributed ML infrastructure, backend platforms, developer SDKs, and verifiable agent systems.

Seeking 2027 new-grad opportunities in backend engineering, AI infrastructure, and platform engineering.

02Professional evidence

Wind Pioneers

Local-first document intelligence for wind engineering

Solsten

98.2% extraction accuracy with controlled LLM fallback

Kong Labs

Distributed clinical-speech ML pipelines

BoilerBlockchain

Technical curriculum delivered to 100+ students

03Experience

Production and research engineering across document intelligence, distributed ML, backend platforms, and verifiable agent interactions.

Wind PioneersAI/ML Engineering Intern

Local-first document intelligence for confidential wind-engineering records.

Built
A hybrid PDF and table extraction pipeline using Docling, pdfplumber, local LLM inference, deterministic validation, confidence scoring, and human review.
Hard problem
Engineering values can span tables and multiple dependent documents, while confidential source material must remain local and auditable.
Evidence
Resolves cross-document dependencies and exports validated structured data into downstream engineering software formats without exposing private source content.

Python · Docling · pdfplumber · Local LLMs · Deterministic validation

SolstenSoftware Engineering Intern

Controlled LLM fallback for medical invoice extraction.

Built
A fast-path / slow-path pipeline that used deterministic parsing for high-confidence fields and Gemini fallback only for missing or ambiguous values.
Hard problem
Semi-structured invoices varied across layouts, while a pure-LLM approach was too expensive and a pure-regex approach was too brittle.
Evidence
Reached 98.2% field-level accuracy, reduced inference cost by approximately 65%, and reduced manual correction work by approximately 80%.

Python · pdfplumber · Vertex AI · Gemini 2.5 Flash · DSPy · pytest

Kong LabsUndergraduate Research Assistant

Distributed clinical-speech preprocessing and federated ML infrastructure.

Built
An end-to-end preprocessing and training workflow for clinical speech data, including containerized ingestion and low-latency feature extraction with Whisper and Librosa.
Hard problem
Distributed datasets required repeatable preprocessing and federated workflows that could operate across institutional boundaries.
Evidence
Processed 200+ clinical audio samples, increased preprocessing throughput by approximately 1.5×, reduced latency, and improved classification accuracy under distribution shift.

Python · PyTorch · Whisper · Librosa · Docker · Federated Learning

MOI LabsSoftware Engineer / Project Lead

Identity and traceability infrastructure for autonomous-agent interactions.

Built
TypeScript client and server SDK wrappers that attach identity and trace metadata to agent-to-agent requests and record verifiable request/response history.
Hard problem
Distributed agent interactions needed attribution, reliable fallbacks for unstable network state, and an end-to-end way to verify that recorded proofs matched execution.
Evidence
Led SDK development, designed ephemeral-state fallbacks, wrote end-to-end verification workflows, and co-authored the technical specification before exposing the MOI Chain implementation details.

TypeScript · Node.js · Google A2A Protocol · MOI Chain · Coco contracts

Leadership and ventures

Jan 2025 — presentBoilerBlockchain, PurdueHead of Education

Designed and taught a ten-week technical curriculum, improved completion rates, and led engineering education for more than 100 students.

2026 · OngoingManoCo-founder / Software Engineer

Co-founded and built product flows, backend services, and an AI workflow for coordinating commercial real-estate diligence.

May 2025 — PresentBoilerBite · Purdue SPARKCo-founder / Software Engineer

Replaced a Firebase prototype with a Node.js and PostgreSQL API using role-based access control, validated inputs, and a production Linux deployment.

04Selected systems

I work on three parts of reliable autonomous systems: dependable pipelines, controlled execution, and verifiable state.

System 01Verifiable stateActive · deployed

Memora

Infrastructure for recording and verifying what AI agents did.

Memora records agent actions, authorization, inputs, outputs, identity, and execution history so teams can investigate failures and verify how a result was produced.

Engineering decision
Keep sensitive payloads encrypted off-chain while using signed execution receipts, ordered hashes, and explicit permission records as independently verifiable evidence.
Evidence
Published TypeScript and Node.js SDKs · 100+ contract tests · extensive Playwright end-to-end coverage
Role
Creator and lead engineer

TypeScript · Node.js · Hedera HCS · Hedera EVM · Solidity · ethers.js · IPFS · Supabase · AES-256-GCM · EIP-191 · pnpm workspaces

Memora execution evidence architectureAgent execution receipts are encrypted, ordered, signed, indexed, and made available for later verification and investigation.agent SDK · CLIindexer · write & queryIPFSAES-256-GCMHedera HCSconsensus orderEVM registryhash · permskey brokersupabase indexfig. 02 — write: encrypt → IPFS · HCS · EVM · key broker · Supabaseread: challenge auth → on-chain check → AES key → decrypt → verify hash
Architecture fragment · verifiable state
System 02Dependable pipelinesShipped · Solsten 2025

SmartInvoiceExtractor

A hybrid extraction pipeline that uses deterministic parsing first and LLM fallback only when needed.

The system extracts semi-structured medical invoice fields, validates confidence and schema quality, and escalates only missing or ambiguous values to an LLM fallback.

Engineering decision
Treat the model as a controlled slow path behind deterministic extraction, validation, and evaluation rather than as the default parser.
Evidence
98.2% field accuracy · 65% lower inference cost · 80% manual correction reduction
Role
Software Engineering Intern · Solsten

Python · pdfplumber · Gemini 2.5 Flash · Vertex AI · DSPy · pytest

SmartInvoiceExtractor architectureInvoice text passes through deterministic extraction and confidence checks before low-confidence fields use an LLM fallback and schema validation.receipt · invoicepdf · image · handwrittenregex extractorhigh-confidence field scangemini 2.5 flashfield reconstructionoutput fieldsamount · datevendor · proc_iddiagnosisvalidated ✓DSPy eval · pytestschema validationfig. 01 — pdfplumber parse → regex fast-path → quality gate → gemini fallback → JSONmetrics from Solsten proprietary deployment (not public prototype) — see system note
Architecture fragment · dependable pipelines
System 03Distributed MLArchived · Kong Labs 2025

Clinical Speech ML Pipeline

Clinical-speech preprocessing and federated training infrastructure for distributed datasets.

The pipeline containerizes ingestion and feature extraction, prepares clinical audio for repeatable training, and supports federated workflows across distributed data boundaries.

Engineering decision
Standardize preprocessing and packaging before federated training so model evaluation is not confounded by inconsistent data preparation.
Evidence
1.5× preprocessing throughput · reduced latency · improved classification accuracy under distribution shift
Role
Undergraduate Research Assistant · Kong Labs

Python · PyTorch · Whisper · Librosa · Docker · Federated Learning

Clinical speech ML pipeline architectureDistributed clinical audio is ingested, normalized, transformed into speech features, and packaged for federated training and evaluation.clinical audiodistributed source datasetscontainerized ingestionvalidation · normalization · batchingspeech featuresWhisper · Librosaquality checksrepeatable preprocessingfederated trainingdistributed evaluationfig. 03 — ingest → standardize → extract → validate → federate
Architecture fragment · distributed ml

05Selected writing

Notes on evaluation, agent isolation, and the engineering boundaries that make autonomous systems easier to investigate.

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06Availability

Seeking 2027 new-grad opportunities in backend engineering, AI infrastructure, and platform engineering.

I’m especially interested in teams building backend platforms, production AI infrastructure, developer systems, distributed runtimes, and tools for operating autonomous software reliably.

Purdue CS senior · Graduating 2027

Updated July 21, 2026Engineering record · AKK-2026
Building reliable systems beyond the demo.