AI/Data Engineer Seeking Founding or Early Startup Role (Gardena)
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1303 W 162 St
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California-based AI/ML and Data Engineer looking to join a serious startup as a founding or early technical engineer.
My strongest fit is:
• Founding AI Engineer
• Founding Data Engineer
• Early ML or backend engineer
• Technical MVP and automation builder
I can help turn a defined product problem into a working system, including rapid MVP development, RAG and LLM applications, Python/SQL data pipelines, APIs, AWS deployment, evaluation, monitoring and technical documentation.
Background:
• M.S. Computer Science candidate at CSUDH — 4.0 GPA
• AWS Certified Solutions Architect — Associate
• Co-author of a peer-reviewed RANLP 2025 clinical NLP paper
• Hands-on experience with Python, SQL, PyTorch, Spark, AWS, Docker and FastAPI
Open to paid contract-to-hire, part-time, full-time or a selective cash-plus-equity founding role. I am not looking for unpaid speculative development on an idea-only project.
When replying, please include:
• The problem and product
• Current team and development stage
• Existing users, funding or validation
• The role and expected weekly commitment
• Cash and equity compensation
Portfolio: shazan.dev
If there is a mutual fit, we can schedule a video meeting.