Lead backend architecture and implementation for data ingestion, query orchestration, and AI agent workflows. Ship end-to-end features in a React/Node.js/Postgres stack, integrate LLMs, scale infrastructure on GCP, collaborate with university users, and help define engineering culture and roadmap at an early-stage startup.

Own and scale the platform that moves and serves institutional data, integrate and serve ML models with low-latency inference, design data pipelines using DuckDB/Postgres/GCS, lead end-to-end platform initiatives, improve observability and resilience, and mentor engineers to increase team velocity.