2025—now
AI evaluation
Building reproducible terminal-based software engineering evaluations, deterministic graders, and realistic infrastructure tasks at Snorkel AI.
About · the person behind the systems
I like hard problems with real people on the other side.
I’m Mel, a software engineer working across AI evaluation, identity, data systems, and cloud infrastructure. My best work happens when the requirements are incomplete, the production behavior is surprising, and the team needs a clear path forward.
Working principles
- 01Make the failure mode visible.
- 02Prefer reproducible evidence over confident guesses.
- 03Leave the system easier to operate than I found it.
Selected timeline
2023—25
Identity & access management
Shipping enterprise identity migrations, Snowflake connectors, production diagnostics, and test infrastructure at Trivir.
2022—23
Azure cloud & developer tools
Two Microsoft internships spanning HPC telemetry, data pipelines, access-review automation, and operational dashboards.
2019—23
Applied mathematics & computer science
Studied at the University of Utah and learned to enjoy problems where the model and the implementation have to agree.
A personal build