Nicholas Young
AI Engineer
Fresno, CA · [email protected] · linkedin.com/in/nyoungdev
Summary
AI engineer with 11+ years architecting scalable systems and leading technical teams at Fortune 500 companies and high-growth startups. Currently building AI agent frameworks and reinforcement learning systems for financial applications. Proven track record in production AI, regulated healthcare environments, and translating complex technical requirements into measurable business outcomes.
Experience
Stealth Startup (Confidential)
2025 — PresentMember of Technical Staff · Remote
Building AI systems for financial applications, spanning agentic frameworks and reinforcement learning models for market prediction and automated due diligence.
- Designing AI agent frameworks for research, analysis, and decision workflows
- Developing reinforcement learning models focused on market prediction
- Building tooling to automate due diligence across financial data
Python · Reinforcement Learning · LLMs · MLOps
xAI
2024 — 2025Member of Technical Staff · Palo Alto
Built core systems that improved how support agents classify, organize, and iterate on customer conversations at scale.
- Designed topic classification for support agent conversations
- Built a conversation directory for search and retrieval across workflows
- Contributed to production microservices in Rust after rapid onboarding
Rust · Python · LLMs · Microservices
Fortune 500 Healthcare Company
2021 — 2024Senior Software Engineer, Strategic Architecture Group · Fresno, CA
Led AI technology strategy and implementation across a diabetes care portfolio, delivering production-ready solutions in a regulated healthcare environment.
- Defined enterprise AI roadmap adopted by executive leadership
- Delivered AI tooling evaluation informing $2M procurement decisions
- Architected HIPAA-compliant telemetry processing 50M+ monthly data points
Python · AI/ML · Android · HIPAA · FDA
Bolted
2017 — 2021Founder & Chief Technology Officer · Remote
Founded and scaled a multi-client platform from the ground up, building full-stack capabilities for 100+ clients.
- Built OCR and document ingestion handling 150K+ product diagrams
- Orchestrated distributed infrastructure, databases, and CI/CD pipelines
- Delivered real-time systems and geospatial data visualization platforms
Python · OpenCV · React · PostgreSQL · AWS
Hundred10
2014 — 2017Software Developer · Remote
Engineered custom web solutions and platforms with focus on user experience and automated workflows.
- Delivered 20+ custom WordPress sites with tailored front-end experiences
- Built a golf tracking platform with analytics dashboards
- Created a drag-and-drop CMS with integrated workflow automation
WordPress · PHP · JavaScript · MySQL
Capabilities
AI Systems
Production LLM applications, agent frameworks, and model-driven workflows.
LLM Integration · Agent Frameworks · Reinforcement Learning · Prompt Engineering
Platform Engineering
Scalable backend systems, data pipelines, and cloud infrastructure.
Python · Rust · Microservices · AWS · PostgreSQL · CI/CD
Regulated Systems
Healthcare compliance and secure data handling at enterprise scale.
HIPAA · FDA · Medical Devices · Telemetry · Data Security
Technical Leadership
Strategy, team leadership, and translating technical work into business outcomes.
Architecture · AI Strategy · Cross-functional Teams · Executive Reporting