Christopher Cao
Graduate Research Assistant & Peer Reviewer
Fullerton, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolChristopher Cao is a software engineer and M.S. Computer Science candidate at Cal State Fullerton with a decade of experience building AI-driven backend systems, cloud infrastructure, and data pipelines. He has productionized autonomous AI agents that execute blockchain transactions, improved platform performance by 30%, and designed data pipelines that boosted retention by 20% at ApeWorX, while also authoring docs for a widely used smart contract Python toolkit. His background spans real-time e-commerce APIs and automated order systems at Funimation/Crunchyroll, Azure data orchestration at Sony, and led multi-vehicle simulation projects for Northrop Grumman, blending research rigor with operational delivery. As a Graduate Research Assistant and peer reviewer, he publishes on AI literacy and biometrics/edge AI, bringing a researcher’s lens to deployment challenges on resource-constrained devices. Known on GitHub as an “Agent of Chaos,” he pairs hands-on engineering (Python, Go, AWS/Azure, Docker/K8s, FastAPI) with developer advocacy—having onboarded 300+ engineers via Ape Academy and presented at PyCon and ETHDenver. Actively seeking Summer 2026 internships in AI engineering, DevOps, or cloud database administration, he aims to apply production-grade systems thinking while continuing academic research.
10 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Cal Poly PomonaMaster's Degree, Computer Science, Master's Degree, Computer Science at California State University, Fullerton
Github Skills (8)
python10
documentation10
sphinx9
developer-tools8
solidity7
vyper7
smart-contracts6
web3js5
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
ApeWorX/ape
Nov 2021 - Jan 2023
The smart contract development tool for Pythonistas, Data Scientists, and Security Professionals
Role in this project:
Technical Writer
Technical WriterContributions:90 reviews, 28 commits, 47 PRs in 1 year 2 months
Contributions summary:Christopher primarily contributed to the project by adding and updating documentation. They created a quickstart guide and provided instructions for installation and usage, including code examples. The user also documented the compiler, configuration, and explorer APIs. Furthermore, they added docstrings throughout the codebase to improve code readability and maintainability.
scientistspythonbrownieethereumcontract
Ninjagod1251/ape
Oct 2021 - Nov 2022
The DeFi development tool for Pythonistas, Data Scientists, and Security Professionals
Contributions:96 pushes, 16 branches in 1 year
scientistspythonsecurity-professionalsethereumsecurity
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