Principal Engineer, LLM & Distributed Systems

Highly experienced Principal Engineer/Tech Lead with 20+ years of experience, having transitioned from IC to EM, Director, and CTO roles, with multiple successful exits. Capable of hands-on development or owning entire technical organizations. Key achievements include designing and shipping a commercial LLM end-to-end, launching and auditing major blockchain systems like Tezos, and delivering production systems for major clients such as Oracle, Shell, and Time Warner. Also scaled a software NGO to over 500k supporters. Strengths lie in transforming ambiguous problems into shippable MVPs, deep expertise in ML, LLMs, RAGs, and vector DBs, rigorous code and infosec audits for critical infrastructure, and achieving significant performance improvements (10x-1000x) on legacy systems. Proficient in functional programming, compilers, DSLs, distributed systems, and security-critical code. A notable contributor to Rust Book, Rust By Example, and Python docs, with extensive experience in smart contract audits, cryptography, infosec, and formal methods. Seeks opportunities to own the technical stack and ensure reliable delivery.