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  • Caleb Torres

  • What I'm looking for

    • A role where I can build things from an idea all the way to production.
    • A team of people who go get what they want, not what they're told.
    • A company where ownership matters and today is different from yesterday.

  • Technology

    • Languages: Python (Mypy, Pytest, Ruff, uv), JS/TS, Go, Rust, SQL.
    • Frameworks: Django, SQLAlchemy, FastAPI, Flask, Node.js, React, Next.js.
    • AI: Langchain, OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini, etc.
    • Databases: Postgres, MySQL, MongoDB, SQLite, Redis, Cassandra, Spark.
    • Cloud: AWS (EC2, ECS, EKS, Lambda, S3, RDS, DynamoDB, etc.), Azure, GCP, Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, OpenTofu, Linux.
    • Architecture: Monolithic, Microservices, Distributed, Event-driven.
    • API design: RESTful, GraphQL, gRPC, OpenAPI.

  • Experience

    • Staff Software Engineer · Microsoft

      May 2024 – Sep 2026

      • Led a team of 3 full-stack engineers to architect a healthcare AI agent pipeline, automating unstructured document processing and reducing time from 40 minutes to 3 minutes per document.
      • Designed and built an LLM-powered semantic search pipeline featuring intent mapping and tool calling across 17k+ documents, reducing search and accurate retrieval times from 50 minutes to 2 minutes.
      • Architected an Azure-based infrastructure for a healthcare Saas system.

    • Senior Software Engineer · Microsoft

      Jan 2022 – May 2024

      • Architected end-to-end DPU infrastructure, leveraging Terraform to automate provisioning and accelerate deployment cycles.
      • Designed and optimized a high-performance UI for real-time DPU management and telemetry.
      • Engineered high-throughput backend microservices to deliver seamless, low-latency communication between DPUs and frontend applications.

    • Full-Stack Engineer · Fungible

      Feb 2019 – Jan 2022

      • Helped shift the engineering team culture to remove layers between ICs and decisions.
      • Built and maintained interfaces for viewing infrastructure, inspecting attached hosts, configuring resources, and tracking performance.
      • Implemented the services behind those interfaces (storage, network management, telemetry, node management/log collection, and API gateways).
      • Turned complex infrastructure operations into usable interfaces and reusable UI components, collaborating with designers on Data Center Composer and GPU Connect.

    • Founding Full-Stack Engineer · LeapAI

      Jan 2017 – Feb 2019

      • Owned product development end-to-end, from brainstorming ideas, database schema design, API development, UI building, and deployment to talking to users.
      • Eliminated useful but not necessary features based on metrics, reducing main feature shipment from 1 week to 3 days and increasing daily active users from 12 to 70.
      • Shifted team culture to prioritize product output over hours worked to meet deadlines, improving IC ownership and helping secure VC funding.

    • Software Engineer Intern · Facebook

      Sep 2016 – Dec 2016

      • Learned how team collaboration works in a big company.

    • Software Engineer Intern · Servise

      Nov 2013 – Nov 2014

      • Learned that speed and user feedback matter when working at a startup.

  • Education

    • Master's Degree, Computer Science · Carnegie Mellon University

      2015 – 2016

    • Bachelor's Degree, Computer Science · Manhattan College

      2011 – 2013