Systems Engineering

A conceptual diagram of paged KV cache blocks being allocated and managed in memory

Build a Paged KV Cache in Pure Python: A Portfolio Project That Signals Real Systems Skill

A hands-on guide to building a pure Python paged KV cache for transformer inference. This project demonstrates virtual-memory management, systems architecture, and deep learning engineering — exactly the skills hiring managers look for.

A visualization of neural network weights transitioning from 32-bit float to 8-bit integer representations.

Building a Production-Grade Model Quantizer: A CV Side Project

A hands-on guide to building a neural network model quantizer from scratch. This project bridges machine learning and systems engineering, signaling real production skills to hiring managers.

A visualization of paged KV cache memory blocks being swapped between CPU and GPU memory

Build a Paged KV Cache with Swapping for CPU-Only LLM Inference

A hands-on guide to building a paged KV cache with swapping for CPU-only LLM inference. Includes real, runnable Python code using PyTorch and demonstrates memory management patterns that signal senior-level systems skill.

A diagram of the safe. pipeline architecture showing content flowing through classifier services

Building 'safe.': A User Safety Pipeline That Signals Real Systems Skill

A hands-on guide to building ‘safe.’, a real-time content safety pipeline in Go. This project signals systems engineering, concurrency, and ML integration skills — exactly what hiring managers look for in senior roles.

A distributed task queue architecture diagram showing clients, a broker, and multiple worker nodes processing jobs.

Build a Distributed Task Queue from Scratch: A Portfolio Project That Signals Real Systems Skill

A hands-on build guide for a distributed task queue side project that demonstrates concurrency, persistence, and distributed systems skills — with real, runnable code and a clear roadmap to production-grade complexity.