Principal AI Systems Engineer (Rust/Python)

Chad builds production AI systems, including agent runtimes, LLM tooling, and RAG, along with their backends. He uses Rust for reliability and Python/TypeScript for rapid development. He recently developed the core of Ward in Rust, encompassing an agent runtime, analytics layer, and a multi-tenant audit/security model, currently in a paid POC with a major retailer. His past experience includes co-founding a YC W24 startup, scaling a Meta Marketplace product to ~10k monthly transactions, and re-platforming a commerce backend to Rust, which reduced AWS costs by ~70%. He has approximately 10 years of experience across fintech, healthtech, and commerce.