About

Building at the intersection of data and systems

I'm Jian Cui, a Software and Data Engineer based in Denver, CO. I specialize in ML platforms, enterprise-scale data systems, and AI-driven automation — from multi-agent AI applications to Databricks CI/CD infrastructure.

Currently at Dish Network, where I serve as Technical Lead on enterprise data science projects — delivering ML-powered applications, pioneering Databricks CI/CD workflows, and establishing AI-driven development practices adopted across the engineering team.

Experience

Where I've worked

Software and data engineering across enterprise tech, AI research, and consulting — with a focus on ML platforms and cloud-native data systems.

Software Engineer

Dish Network, LLC·Denver, CO
Jan 2023 — Present

Technical Lead on multiple enterprise data science projects, delivering ML-powered applications and pioneering CI/CD and AI-driven development practices on Databricks and AWS.

  • Designed and built a multi-agent AI chatbot (LangChain, LangGraph, AWS Bedrock) for the advertisement team to navigate the order processing system
  • Introduced Orchestrated ETL Design Pattern and Generative AI–Driven Development, delivering the first fully AI-generated production project — reducing development time by 50%
  • Pioneered the team's first Databricks Asset Bundle (DAB) CI/CD pipeline; architected the enterprise-level DAB CI/CD controller supporting multi-team, multi-environment deployments
  • Spearheaded Test-Driven Development (TDD) methodology across multiple projects, establishing best practices for code quality
  • Built MLaaS solutions leveraging AWS Lambda, API Gateway, SNS, SQS, S3, Athena, RDS, VPC, and IAM
  • Integrated Apigee platform and Logz for API management and log monitoring; conducted EDA and debugging using SQL in AWS RDS and Athena

M.S. Information Studies

Jun 2024 — Present

Graduate studies in Information Studies with a 4.0 GPA, pursued concurrently with full-time work.

  • GPA: 4.0 / 4.0

Python Developer

Itlize Global, LLC·Piscataway, NJ
Feb 2022 — Jan 2023

Built Django web applications, RESTful APIs, and ETL workflows deployed on AWS.

  • Built Django web applications and RESTful APIs with Django ORM backend integration
  • Developed ETL workflows using Pandas for data transformation and processing
  • Deployed applications and services on AWS (EC2, Lambda, RDS)

Research Assistant

Auburn University·Auburn, AL
Sep 2021 — Jun 2022

Developed classification models for Brain-Computer Interface systems using Riemannian geometry applied to EEG brain-signal data.

  • Developed classification models for Symmetric Positive Definite matrices using Riemannian geometry
  • Implemented and evaluated algorithms on EEG brain-signal data from Brain-Computer Interface systems
  • Conducted simulations comparing algorithm performance: convergence rate, computational complexity, and accuracy

M.S. Statistics

Auburn University·Auburn, AL
Aug 2019 — May 2021

Graduate studies in Statistics with focus on machine learning and computational methods.

  • GPA: 3.67 / 4.0
  • Teaching Assistant for statistics courses

B.Econ. Statistics

Anhui University of Finance and Economics·Anhui, China
Sep 2012 — Jul 2016

Bachelor of Economics in Statistics. Graduated as Outstanding Graduate.

  • Outstanding Graduates Award — Dec 2015
  • President of Students Union — coordinated 10 departments and supervised 11 college Student Unions
  • Organized large-scale events including competitions and annual parties with 2000+ participants

Capabilities

What I do well

ML & AI Engineering

  • Multi-agent AI systems (LangChain, LangGraph)
  • ML model development (scikit-learn, TensorFlow)
  • MLaaS platform design & deployment
  • AWS Bedrock & Amazon Q integration
  • Distributed ML with PySpark on Databricks

Data Engineering

  • Orchestrated ETL design patterns
  • Apache Spark (Python/Scala) on Databricks
  • AWS data stack (S3, Athena, RDS, Glue)
  • Data modeling & schema design
  • Exploratory data analysis with SQL & Pandas

Cloud & DevOps

  • AWS (Lambda, API Gateway, EC2, S3, RDS, SNS/SQS, Bedrock, IAM, VPC)
  • Databricks Asset Bundle CI/CD
  • GitLab CI/CD pipelines
  • Docker containerization
  • Apigee API management & Logz monitoring

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