Professional Summary

Staff-level AI Data Engineer with 5+ years architecting production distributed systems, real-time streaming platforms, and LLM-powered inference pipelines. Designed high-throughput data architectures processing 50TB+ weekly and millions of events per second, while operationalizing Gemma-4 models (4B–31B parameters) for healthcare intelligence. Deep expertise from first-principles distributed systems (built Kafka and Spark from scratch in Python from seminal research papers) to production AI workflows with vLLM, Ray, FAISS-GPU, and MLflow. First-author IEEE conference paper and Meta Hackathon 1st Prize (2021) winner. Proven track record translating ambiguous business challenges into automated, high-leverage solutions under HIPAA/SOC2 compliance.

Technical Skills

AI / LLMs
LLMs (Gemma, vLLM, Ray), Agentic AI, Embeddings, Prompt Engineering, Fine-Tuning, Eval Gates, PyTorch, TensorFlow, Scikit-Learn, NLP, FAISS-GPU, Vector Search, Structured JSON Output, Hallucination Detection, Feature Engineering, Model Registry (MLflow)
Data Platforms
Snowflake, Databricks, Delta Lake, Apache Iceberg, Star Schemas, Dimensional Modeling, SCD Type 2, dbt, Apache Spark, Kafka, Flink, Hadoop, Spring Cloud Data Flow, CDC Pipelines, Airflow
Cloud & Infra
AWS (S3, Lambda, EMR, EKS, EC2, RDS, CloudWatch), GCP, Terraform, Docker, Kubernetes, Helm, ArgoCD, GitHub Actions, CI/CD, GitOps
Databases
PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, Redis, Cassandra, ClickHouse, Columnar Stores
Languages & Core
Python, Java (JVM, Concurrency), Scala, Go, SQL, C++, gRPC, REST, GraphQL, OAuth 2.0, IAM, HIPAA/SOC2, Splunk, Distributed Tracing

Professional Experience

Covetrus, Inc. Staff / Principal AI Data Engineer

Jul 2021 – Present

Portland, ME (Remote)

Promoted through Senior and Lead to Staff/Principal. Architected the enterprise data lakehouse and AI inference platform, ingesting 50TB+ weekly across CRM, ERP, PIMS, and operational healthcare systems.

Production LLM Stack — Healthcare Intelligence Platform

  • Architected a GPU-clustered LLM inference stack: 5 production inference pipelines, 2 continuous fine-tuning loops, and 2 automated eval gates serving millions of patient records.
  • Taxonomy Classification: 3-stage Gemma-4-E4B-it pipeline with FAISS-GPU + EmbeddingGemma-300M MMR vector search (λ=0.9), structured breed/species classification with per-match QA scoring. Supports multi-breed resolution (e.g., “Labrador Poodle mix” → 2 matches) with intelligent retry logic (soft/hard caps).
  • Gender Normalization: Deployed Gemma-4-E4B-it via vLLM to standardize raw descriptions into 7 clinical categories with plausibility scoring, including domain rules (gelding → Male Neutered horse, barrow → Male Neutered pig).
  • Transcription & SOAP QA: Operationalized Gemma-4-31B-IT-QAT-W4A16 via Ray + vLLM for clinical transcript evaluation (quality, plausibility, completeness) and SOAP summary faithfulness scoring with hallucination/omission/medication error detection.
  • MLOps & Eval Gates: Closed-loop fine-tuning where candidate models are evaluated on holdout accuracy against production; promoted via MLflow alias only on statistically significant improvement. Orchestrated via dbt Python models on L40S GPU clusters with Unity Catalog governance.

Enterprise Data Lakehouse & Architecture

  • Architected the enterprise data lakehouse on AWS (S3, Lambda, EMR, EKS) using Databricks and Snowflake, ingesting 50TB+ weekly from CRM, ERP, PIMS, and HR systems into columnar and relational stores.
  • Pioneered Data Contracts and schema evolution protocols with automated quality, anomaly detection, and lineage tracking ensuring 100% integrity for executive reporting.
  • Designed SCD Type 2 semantic models in dbt/Snowflake managing 15+ years of historical KPIs; conducted Level-of-Detail (LOD) analysis in Python to isolate revenue drivers and longitudinal trends.
  • Built star schemas and semantic models reducing transformation runtimes by 40% and accelerating financial/operational reporting for enterprise stakeholders.

Event-Driven Streaming & Real-Time Analytics

  • Designed config-based streaming infrastructure over Apache Kafka and Spring Cloud Data Flow, processing millions of events per second with sub-second latency. Eliminated point-to-point connections, cutting infrastructure costs by 5%.
  • Architected an end-to-end streaming control plane using Kafka, Redis, Snowflake, and Python/Java microservices for real-time predictive scoring achieving 92% accuracy; integrated automated health alerting via Splunk/CloudWatch.

Integrations, Security & Observability

  • Built resilient CDC connectors for Salesforce and NetSuite via OAuth 2.0 with least-privilege IAM governance, improving real-time data accuracy by 25%.
  • Established enterprise observability with CloudWatch, Splunk, and custom validation frameworks, reducing data drift and service errors by 50% and maintaining 99.9%+ availability.

Platform Engineering & DevOps

  • Automated cloud provisioning via Terraform, Docker, Kubernetes, and GitHub Actions, establishing GitOps CI/CD that reduced deployment times by 60%.
  • Standardized microservice containerization enabling rapid, iterative AI feature deployment across distributed teams.

Pfizer Data Engineer

Sep 2020 – Jun 2021

New York, NY

  • Re-engineered legacy ETL into parallel asynchronous ELT pipelines in Python/Java, accelerating query speeds and Tableau refresh rates by 45% for global supply chain and finance stakeholders.
  • Designed Type 2 SCD dimensional schemas in Snowflake tracking longitudinal workforce metrics, trial outcomes, and historical performance with complete audit trails.
  • Implemented automated validation and anomaly detection engines, eliminating 50% of data quality defects prior to downstream ML model and executive report consumption.

Key Projects

Production LLM Stack for Clinical Intelligence

vLLM, Ray, FAISS-GPU, Gemma-4, dbt, MLflow, AWS L40S

End-to-end AI platform: FAISS-GPU vector search feeds 3-stage Gemma-4 classification; transcription/SOAP QA powered by Gemma-4-31B-IT-QAT; continuous fine-tuning with eval gates ensures only improved models reach production.

Real-Time Predictive Streaming Platform

Kafka, Redis, Snowflake, Python/Java, Airflow, Splunk

Sub-second latency control plane achieving 92% prediction accuracy. Automated health monitoring reduced incident response time by 60%.

"From Scratch" Distributed Systems

Python, 0 dependencies

Built working Kafka broker (append-only log, sparse index, consumer-driven offsets) from the 2011 Kreps paper and Spark engine (RDD lineage, lazy DAG scheduling, shuffle stages) from the 2012 Zaharia paper.

Education & Recognition

New Jersey Institute of Technology — Newark, NJ

Master of Science in Computer Science

Jan 2019 – May 2021

Focus: Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Distributed Systems, Cloud Computing, Data Mining, Applied Statistics

  • First Author, IEEE Conference Paper (2024): "Intelligent Data Pipelines for Predictive Maintenance in SaaS Products"
  • 1st Prize, Meta Hackathon (2021) — Innovative real-time predictive analytics architecture