Work
  • Jan 2024 - Now
    Freelance / Independent
    AI Systems Engineer

    Working independently on AI-powered systems and open source tooling. Core focus areas:

    • ScamIntelli: Designing and building a real-time fraud detection platform using graph ML, GNNs, and a FastAPI + Redis + PostgreSQL backend stack.
    • GeneralsAI: Researching LLM-based game AI agents with hierarchical planning and chain-of-thought reasoning.
    • WZML-X: Maintaining and extending an open source Telegram automation framework (1000+ GitHub stars) with async task queuing and a plugin-based architecture.
    • Consulting: Backend architecture reviews, ML pipeline design, and infrastructure automation for small teams.
  • Jun 2022 - Dec 2023
    Open Source Contributor
    Backend & Automation Engineer

    Active contributor to open source projects in the Python, automation, and bot development ecosystem.

    • Architected and shipped the WZML-X async task queue, replacing a synchronous execution model and enabling concurrent multi-user operations.
    • Designed the plugin system that decoupled download sources from core bot logic — enabling community contributions without requiring core code changes.
    • Implemented the Docker-based deployment model and Pydantic configuration layer, reducing setup friction from hours to minutes.
    • Triaged issues, reviewed pull requests, and mentored new contributors in the community.
    • Contributed patches to upstream dependencies in the Python Telegram bot ecosystem.
  • Jan 2021 - May 2022
    Self-Directed Study & Projects
    ML & Distributed Systems Engineer

    Intensive period of building and studying across the ML and distributed systems stack.

    • Completed deep study of graph neural networks, culminating in the ScamIntelli GNN detection engine design.
    • Built multiple small-scale distributed systems projects to develop fluency with message queues, worker pools, and fault-tolerant design patterns.
    • Studied and implemented papers on fraud detection: graph-based approaches, anomaly detection, and adversarial robustness.
    • Developed Python proficiency in async/await patterns, type-annotated codebases, and production-grade error handling.
    • Built and deployed personal tooling that became the foundation for WZML-X.