Seeking AI/ML Engineer & Forward Deployed roles
Thilak
Mohan
AI Engineer
Just graduated from UMD with a focus in ML. I build zero-to-one AI-native SaaS products with tight user feedback loops—and write foundational models from scratch to deeply understand what's under the hood.
My Best Work
Montessori Teacher Copilot
Reduced observation logging time from ~5 minutes to ~15 seconds (~95% reduction)
SaaS live in production across 4 schools with 100+ daily teachers logging 4k notes/month
My Own LLM From Scratch
Implemented latest research papers in PyTorch with comprehensive training infrastructure
128M-param transformer, 4 GPUs, 10B training tokens
Campus Parking AI
Identified core pain point and delivered a well-directed product ready to scale
EY hosted hackathon winner — UMD wants to fund & scale
