Alex Ruan is a Machine Learning Engineer II with nine years of experience building and deploying large-scale ML and GenAI systems across big tech, startups, and academic research. At AWS he led production LLM and BERT-like deployments—designing PII redaction and GenAI security services that cut redaction costs by over 60% and enabled real-time RAG workflows—while also shaping team roadmaps to break organizational deadlock. He previously founded and ran the engineering stack for a ticketing startup that powered 200+ events, sold 3,500+ tickets, and landed venue partnerships including Jay-Z’s 40/40 Club, owning on-call and investor technical defenses. His research work at Michigan blends one-shot learning and medical imaging with practical deployments, and he brings deep full‑stack chops from infrastructure-as-code to mobile apps and ETL pipelines. Based in Seattle, Alex combines production-grade ML infra skills with a founder’s operational rigor and a persistent focus on measurable impact.
9 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science - MS Computer Science, Master of Science - MS Computer Science at University of Michigan - Rackham Graduate School
Bachelor of Science - BS Computer Science, Bachelor of Science - BS Computer Science at University of Michigan
High School Diploma, High School Diploma at Okemos High School
An mobile app built on React Native allowing users to explore Okemos High School using a network of traversable pictures through gestures.
Contributions:31 commits, 2 PRs, 30 pushes in 2 years 6 months
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Alex Ruan - Machine Learning Engineer II at Amazon