8+ years of engineering experience. Significant portion dedicated to shipping ML/LLM features to millions of active users. Proficient in Python/PyTorch. Comfortable with the modern LLM stack (vLLM, HuggingFace, fine-tuning pipelines, eval frameworks). Understand the 'Uncensored' challenge and technical rigor for moderation. Intuition for LLM alignment (prompt conditioning, temperature, sampling). Doer mindset valuing velocity and shippable production solutions. Owner mindset obsessing over metrics, regressions, and user experience.