Yong Cao • Data Engineer turned AI builder. 11+ years creating value from data — the last two years focused on designing and shipping production agentic AI systems. • At Airbnb, I sole-developed a multi-agent AI platform from scratch: LLM orchestration, NL2SQL, security architecture for PII data, a 15-chart visualization engine, and a full-stack Streamlit frontend — earning a top 5% performance rating. Before that, I built data foundations at Tesla and analytical infrastructure at Walmart. • I learn fast and build faster. When the AI transformation arrived, I didn't wait for a team — I taught myself agentic frameworks, prompt engineering, and LLM system design, then shipped a production system end-to-end as a single engineer. • M.S. in Statistical & Economic Modeling, Duke University. Co-authored peer-reviewed research with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (Journal of Applied Microbiology, Int'l Journal of Food Microbiology). • AI · Agentic Systems · NL2SQL · LLM Engineering · Full-Stack · Data Engineering · Visualization · Statistics
Staff Engineer
Senior Data Engineer
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Master's studies
Bachelor's studies in mathematics
Bachelor's studies in mathematics
